Thanks all,
Looking like JetJoe is the way to go. I designed and programmed my own Fadec for my KJ-66 but that was with a PIC in assembler and C. Thinking about rewriting it on the Arduino platform to offer it up to students as open source. I have access to CNC equipment to build an engine from scratch but there is only so many minutes in a day.... and I'd rather cash those chips on the other 80% of the project I'm looking to tackle. Good to see there is still a company out there that maintains grass roots possibilities.
Cheers,
Rick