diff --git a/src/LedControl.cpp b/src/LedControl.cpp
index e43211fd..af4518e0 100644
--- a/src/LedControl.cpp
+++ b/src/LedControl.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,39 @@ void LedControl::setDigit(int addr, int digit, byte value, boolean dp) {
     spiTransfer(addr, digit+1,v);
 }
 
+#define NON_SIGNIFICANT_ZEROS_AWARE_SET(addr, pos, mask) { \
+  if (flag)                                                \
+    setDigit(addr, pos, digit##pos, points & mask);        \
+  else {                                                   \
+    if (digit##pos) {                                      \
+      setDigit(addr, pos, digit##pos, points & mask);      \
+      flag = true;                                         \
+    }                                                      \
+    else setChar(addr, pos, ' ', points & mask);           \
+  }                                                        \
+}
+  
+void LedControl::setNumber(int addr, unsigned long value, byte points) {
+  bool flag = false;
+  int trimmed = value % 100000000;
+  int digit0 = (trimmed % 10) / 1;
+  int digit1 = (trimmed % 100) / 10;
+  int digit2 = (trimmed % 1000) / 100;
+  int digit3 = (trimmed % 10000) / 1000;
+  int digit4 = (trimmed % 100000) / 10000;
+  int digit5 = (trimmed % 1000000) / 100000;
+  int digit6 = (trimmed % 10000000) / 1000000;
+  int digit7 = (trimmed % 100000000) / 10000000;
+  NON_SIGNIFICANT_ZEROS_AWARE_SET(addr, 7, 0x80)
+  NON_SIGNIFICANT_ZEROS_AWARE_SET(addr, 6, 0x40)
+  NON_SIGNIFICANT_ZEROS_AWARE_SET(addr, 5, 0x20)
+  NON_SIGNIFICANT_ZEROS_AWARE_SET(addr, 4, 0x10)
+  NON_SIGNIFICANT_ZEROS_AWARE_SET(addr, 3, 0x08)
+  NON_SIGNIFICANT_ZEROS_AWARE_SET(addr, 2, 0x04)
+  NON_SIGNIFICANT_ZEROS_AWARE_SET(addr, 1, 0x02)
+  setDigit(addr, 0, digit0, points & 0x01);
+}
+
 void LedControl::setChar(int addr, int digit, char value, boolean dp) {
     int offset;
     byte index,v;
@@ -189,6 +222,16 @@ void LedControl::setChar(int addr, int digit, char value, boolean dp) {
     spiTransfer(addr, digit+1,v);
 }
 
+void LedControl::setString(int addr, char* value, byte points) {
+  short valuel = strlen(value);
+  for (int i=0; i<8-valuel; i++) {
+    setChar(addr, 7-i, ' ', points&(0x01<<(7-i)));
+  }
+  for (int i=0; i<8 && i<valuel; i++) {
+    setChar(addr, i, value[valuel-i-1], points&(0x01<<i));
+  }
+}
+
 void LedControl::spiTransfer(int addr, volatile byte opcode, volatile byte data) {
     //Create an array with the data to shift out
     int offset=addr*2;
diff --git a/src/LedControl.h b/src/LedControl.h
index cdfaa1f5..3877962b 100644
--- a/src/LedControl.h
+++ b/src/LedControl.h
@@ -40,22 +40,22 @@
  * 7-Segment Displays
  */
 const static byte charTable [] PROGMEM  = {
-    B01111110,B00110000,B01101101,B01111001,B00110011,B01011011,B01011111,B01110000,
-    B01111111,B01111011,B01110111,B00011111,B00001101,B00111101,B01001111,B01000111,
-    B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,
-    B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,
-    B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,
-    B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B10000000,B00000001,B10000000,B00000000,
-    B01111110,B00110000,B01101101,B01111001,B00110011,B01011011,B01011111,B01110000,
-    B01111111,B01111011,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,
-    B00000000,B01110111,B00011111,B00001101,B00111101,B01001111,B01000111,B00000000,
-    B00110111,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00001110,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,
-    B01100111,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,
-    B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00001000,
-    B00000000,B01110111,B00011111,B00001101,B00111101,B01001111,B01000111,B00000000,
-    B00110111,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00001110,B00000000,B00010101,B00011101,
-    B01100111,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,
-    B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000,B00000000
+    /* */B01111110,/* */B00110000,/* */B01101101,/* */B01111001,/* */B00110011,/* */B01011011,/* */B01011111,/* */B01110000,
+    /* */B01111111,/* */B01111011,/* */B01110111,/* */B00011111,/* */B00001101,/* */B00111101,/* */B01001111,/* */B01000111,
+    /* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,
+    /* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,/* */B00000000,
+    /* */B00000000,/*!*/B00000000,/*"*/B00000000,/*#*/B00000000,/*$*/B00000000,/*%*/B00000000,/*&*/B00000000,/*'*/B00000000,
+    /*(*/B00000000,/*)*/B00000000,/***/B00000000,/*+*/B00000000,/*,*/B10000000,/*-*/B00000001,/*.*/B10000000,/*/*/B00000000,
+    /*0*/B01111110,/*1*/B00110000,/*2*/B01101101,/*3*/B01111001,/*4*/B00110011,/*5*/B01011011,/*6*/B01011111,/*7*/B01110000,
+    /*8*/B01111111,/*9*/B01111011,/*:*/B00000000,/*;*/B00000000,/*<*/B00000000,/*=*/B00000000,/*>*/B00000000,/*?*/B00000000,
+    /*@*/B00000000,/*A*/B01110111,/*B*/B00011111,/*C*/B01001110,/*D*/B00111101,/*E*/B01001111,/*F*/B01000111,/*G*/B01011110,
+    /*H*/B00110111,/*I*/B00110000,/*J*/B00111000,/*K*/B00000000,/*L*/B00001110,/*M*/B00000000,/*N*/B00000000,/*O*/B01111110,
+    /*P*/B01100111,/*Q*/B00000000,/*R*/B00000000,/*S*/B01011011,/*T*/B00000000,/*U*/B00111110,/*V*/B00000000,/*W*/B00000000,
+    /*X*/B00000000,/*Y*/B00000000,/*Z*/B00000000,/*[*/B00000000,/*\*/B00000000,/*]*/B00000000,/*^*/B00000000,/*_*/B00001000,
+    /*`*/B00000000,/*a*/B01110111,/*b*/B00011111,/*c*/B00001101,/*d*/B00111101,/*e*/B01001111,/*f*/B01000111,/*g*/B01011110,
+    /*h*/B00010111,/*i*/B00010000,/*j*/B00000000,/*k*/B00000000,/*l*/B00001110,/*m*/B00000000,/*n*/B00010101,/*o*/B00011101,
+    /*p*/B01100111,/*q*/B00000000,/*r*/B00000101,/*s*/B01011011,/*t*/B00000000,/*u*/B00011100,/*v*/B00000000,/*w*/B00000000,
+    /*x*/B00000000,/*y*/B00000000,/*z*/B00000000,/*{*/B00000000,/*|*/B00000000,/*}*/B00000000,/*~*/B00000000,/* */B00000000
 };
 
 class LedControl {
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ class LedControl {
          * dp	sets the decimal point.
          */
         void setChar(int addr, int digit, char value, boolean dp);
+
+        /*
+         */
+        void setNumber(int addr, unsigned long value, byte points);
+
+        void setString(int addr, char* value, byte points);
 };
 
 #endif	//LedControl.h