capable of communicating a status of the form factor card to a user of the host electronic device the form factor card comprises an adapter region for interfacing the card with the host electronic device an on card electronic device for performing a task for the host electronic device an on card intelligent controller and an indicator in communication with the on card intelligent controller to communicate an operational status of the form factor card application_number US 5157102 A description in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof and in which is shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural or logical changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention the following detailed description therefore is not to be taken in a limiting sense and the scope of the present invention is defined by the claims one embodiment of a form factor card according to the present invention is illustrated generally in block diagram form at 100 in fig1 form factor card 100 includes an on board intelligent controller 102 a memory.