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. Who knows, I may make a commercial product out of this driver at some point... so it may not stay free.

You can download the driver installer 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 know that you can purchase the device from Maplin which is where I bought mine from. I saw on the Maplin website that the manufacturer of the device had made a manual to allow other people to program the device (which is here). Of course, I couldn't resist giving that a try ;-)

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!