[Rick TYler]

Heh. We talked about that, and also looked into how the military does HUD. It was a little too expensive for us, so we looked into using a Lexan panel in front of the RIO, but it was considered too distracting. Our current control panel rises about 20 inches above the driver's shelf, and is tilted towards the RIO. It includes LED cluster lights (six LEDs packaged in a lamp base complete with rectifier and resistor) which light up to indicate ON/OFF status of the motors. Smaller, regulation LEDs indicate "ball in hopper," "ball in loader," and "system ready to fire, target acquired." I'd publish a picture, but I want to wait until Eric finishes the vinyl decals.

And yes, the 6-volt cluster LEDs are perfectly legal, and draw a lot more than 10 mA. If you ask, I'll tell you how we did it without violating OI rules, but I'm pretty sure you want to figure it out on your own.