USB Message Board Electronic Kit

Velleman K8101 Electronic Kit ( Soldering Required)
Ability Level 5 : Professional

The Velleman K8101 SELF-ASSEMBLY electronic kit enables you to add another screen to your computer so you can display the information you want - even if your main screen is off!

• 4 downloadable example programs with source code supplied
  • Twitter Display: displays the incoming feeds
  • Mail Display: shows incoming mail subjects
  • Drive Display: shows info of your HDD
  • Eyes Display: mouse movement and click animation
• DLL supplied to easily code your own applications (VB.net - C#)
• 1 Button with 2 programmable functions (short & long press)
• Equipped with a buzzer that can be configured through software
• A test program (with source code) can also be downloaded to test all functions of the kit (button, backlight, buzzer, LCD draw routines)
• Available commands:
  • Send images to the display (.BMP 128x64)
  • Draw or erase pixels
  • Draw or erase a square
  • Draw or erase a line
  • Activate the buzzer by sending a beep amount (0-255)
  • Activate the backlight by sending an "ON-time" (0-254 sec / 255 = always on)
  • Send small or big text
  • Change the contrast
  • Invert the display
  • Clear everything but the background image
  • Clear everything
  • Do something on a short button press
  • Do something on a long button press

• LED - Backlight (white)
• LCD resolution: 128 x 64 pixels
• USB powered
• Max. power consumption: 35 mA
• dimensions: 77.5 x 60.5 x 38 mm (3.05" x 2.4" x 1.5")
• Product format: SELF-ASSEMBLY electronic kit (KT Product Formats Info)
• Velleman K8101 Datasheet Product information about the USB message board
• Velleman K8101 Driver installation guide How to install the driver for the K8101
• Velleman K8101 Parts list English assembly instructions through illustrations, pictures, etc
• Velleman K8101 Assembly instructions Written multilingual manual explaining how to build the kit
• Velleman K8101 setup file Installation package including several sample programs with source code
  (Twitter display, Mail display, Drive display, Eyes display)
  A test program (with source code) to test all functions of the kit (button, backlight, buzzer, ...) is also included.