This is an alternative driver for the dreamcheeky LED USB Message Board. I wanted to provide an easy way to display dynamic content on the device. Because I thought that other people may like to do the same I am currently allowing anybody to download my driver for free (with no warranty or support however). I reserve the right to stop making this driver available at any time if I no longer want to give it away.

You can download my original Windows XP 32bit driver by clicking here.

You can download the newer Windows 7 32 and 64 bit driver by clicking here.

NOTE: You will also need the .Net Framework 3.5 to use this driver.

I have included these plugins with the driver:

• Scrolling CPU usage graph
• Simple LED clock (hours and minutes)
• Animated bouncing clock (with seconds)
• Current network bandwidth use (download)

But you can add whatever you like by looking at the source code examples (look at ExamplePlugin.cs in the application folder).

If you can program in C# the driver will allow you to add your own code, so you can display whatever you like on the device. If you don't have the device with you, you can emulate the display from within the driver. So you can test your own code without the device being plugged into your USB port. You don't even need Visual Studio, because the driver can compile and run plugins (if they are written correctly).

I bought my device from Maplin but I don't think that they sell them anymore. The manufacturer of the device made a manual to allow other people to program the device (which you can still read here). Of course, I couldn't resist giving that a try ;-)  I originally wrote a Windows XP 32 bit driver was back in 2008/9.  But after getting a few requests from my blog, I have updated the driver, so that it works on 64 bit Windows 7 machines.  I have only tested the new driver on Windows 7 64 bit, but it should also work on 32 bit machines.

Unfortunately, I will not be able to give people help and advice on how to program in C#, I am very sorry but I just don't have the time.

Have fun!