<s>
LCD	B-Language
Smartie	I-Language
is	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
which	O
allows	O
a	O
character	O
LCD	B-Device
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
auxiliary	O
display	O
device	O
for	O
a	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
devices	O
include	O
displays	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Hitachi	B-Device
HD44780	I-Device
LCD	I-Device
controller	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Matrix	O
Orbital	O
Serial/USB	O
LCD	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
devices	O
(	O
when	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
PalmOrb	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
cpu	O
load	O
,	O
network	O
utilization	O
,	O
free	O
disk	O
space	O
...	O
)	O
,	O
downloading	O
RSS	O
feeds	O
,	O
Winamp	B-Application
integration	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
several	O
other	O
popular	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
support	O
less	O
common	O
applications	O
LCD	B-Language
Smartie	I-Language
uses	O
a	O
powerful	O
plugin	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
started	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
by	O
Basie	O
P	O
who	O
wrote	O
it	O
in	O
Delphi	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
running	O
the	O
software	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
from	O
2001	O
to	O
late	O
2004	O
,	O
Basie	O
P	O
quit	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
passed	O
it	O
on	O
to	O
Chris	O
Lansley	O
as	O
an	O
Open	O
Source	O
project	O
hosted	O
on	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LCD	B-Language
Smartie	I-Language
is	O
a	O
relatively	O
mature	O
software	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
executable	O
has	O
slowed	O
considerably	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
features	O
are	O
introduced	O
by	O
new	O
plugins	O
which	O
are	O
released	O
by	O
both	O
the	O
core	O
team	O
and	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LCD	B-Language
Smartie	I-Language
forums	O
are	O
the	O
primary	O
source	O
for	O
support	O
and	O
developer	O
discussion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
facilitate	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
LCD	B-Language
Smartie	I-Language
on	O
modern	O
PCs	O
running	O
version	O
of	O
windows	O
7	O
and	O
8	O
the	O
team	O
has	O
started	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
USB	O
interface	O
to	O
connect	O
LCDs	B-Device
to	O
a	O
PC	O
that	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
any	O
additional	O
kernel	O
driver	O
and	O
provides	O
a	O
complete	O
plug	O
and	O
play	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
