Interface OLED Graphic Display Module with Arduino - JohnHau/mis GitHub Wiki
https://lastminuteengineers.com/oled-display-arduino-tutorial/
Bored of using LCD display in you Arduino projects again and again? Well! They are indeed a thing of past. Enter the super-cool OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) displays! They’re super-light, almost paper-thin, theoretically flexible, and produce a brighter and crisper picture.
SSD1306 OLED Driver & its interfaces At the heart of the module is a powerful single-chip CMOS OLED driver controller – SSD1306. It can communicate with the microcontroller in multiple ways including I2C and SPI.
SPI is generally faster than I2C but requires more I/O pins. While I2C requires only two pins and can be shared with other I2C peripherals. It’s a trade-off between pins and speed. So, it really boils down to your choice.
Wiring OLED display module to Arduino Uno Before we get to uploading code and sending data to the display, let’s hook the display up to the Arduino.
Connections are fairly simple. Start by connecting VCC pin to the 5V output on the Arduino and connect GND to ground. Now we are remaining with the pins that are used for I2C communication. Note that each Arduino Board has different I2C pins which should be connected accordingly. On the Arduino boards with the R3 layout, the SDA (data line) and SCL (clock line) are on the pin headers close to the AREF pin. They are also known as A5 (SCL) and A4 (SDA).
If you have a Mega, the pins are different! You’ll want to use digital 21 (SCL) and 20 (SDA). Refer below table for quick understanding.
Installing Library for OLED Display Module The SSD1306 controller of the OLED display has flexible yet complex drivers. Vast knowledge on memory addressing is required in order to use the SSD1306 controller. Fortunately, Adafruit’s SSD1306 library was written to hide away the complexities of the SSD1306 controller so that we can issue simple commands to control the display.
To install the library navigate to the Sketch > Include Library > Manage Libraries… Wait for Library Manager to download libraries index and update list of installed libraries.
Arduino Code – Displaying Text Now comes the interesting stuff!
The following test sketch will print ‘Hello World!’ message on the display. It also includes
Displaying Inverted text Displaying Numbers Displaying Numbers with base (Hex, Dec) Displaying ASCII symbols Scrolling Text Horizontally & Vertically Scrolling part of the display This will give you complete understanding about how to use the OLED display and can serve as the basis for more practical experiments and projects. Try the sketch out and then we will dissect it in some detail.
When building the sketch, the IDE will display a low memory warning message. This is because the library allocates 1KB of memory from ATmega328P as display buffer. You can ignore it.
#include <SPI.h> #include <Wire.h> #include <Adafruit_GFX.h> #include <Adafruit_SSD1306.h>
Adafruit_SSD1306 display(-1);
void setup()
{
// initialize with the I2C addr 0x3C
display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C);
// Clear the buffer.
display.clearDisplay();
// Display Text
display.setTextSize(1);
display.setTextColor(WHITE);
display.setCursor(0,28);
display.println("Hello world!");
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
// Display Inverted Text
display.setTextColor(BLACK, WHITE); // 'inverted' text
display.setCursor(0,28);
display.println("Hello world!");
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
// Changing Font Size
display.setTextColor(WHITE);
display.setCursor(0,24);
display.setTextSize(2);
display.println("Hello!");
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
// Display Numbers
display.setTextSize(1);
display.setCursor(0,28);
display.println(123456789);
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
// Specifying Base For Numbers
display.setCursor(0,28);
display.print("0x"); display.print(0xFF, HEX);
display.print("(HEX) = ");
display.print(0xFF, DEC);
display.println("(DEC)");
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
// Display ASCII Characters
display.setCursor(0,24);
display.setTextSize(2);
display.write(3);
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
// Scroll full screen
display.setCursor(0,0);
display.setTextSize(1);
display.println("Full");
display.println("screen");
display.println("scrolling!");
display.display();
display.startscrollright(0x00, 0x07);
delay(2000);
display.stopscroll();
delay(1000);
display.startscrollleft(0x00, 0x07);
delay(2000);
display.stopscroll();
delay(1000);
display.startscrolldiagright(0x00, 0x07);
delay(2000);
display.startscrolldiagleft(0x00, 0x07);
delay(2000);
display.stopscroll();
display.clearDisplay();
// Scroll part of the screen
display.setCursor(0,0);
display.setTextSize(1);
display.println("Scroll");
display.println("some part");
display.println("of the screen.");
display.display();
display.startscrollright(0x00, 0x00);
}
void loop() {}
You can scroll the display horizontally by calling startscrollright() & startscrollleft() functions and diagonally by calling startscrolldiagright() & startscrolldiagleft(). All these functions accept two parameters viz. start page and stop page. Refer to OLED Memory Map section for explanation of the pages. As there are eight pages in the display from 0 to 7, you can scroll entire screen by scrolling all the pages i.e. passing parameters 0x00 and 0x07.
To stop display from scrolling you can use stopscroll() function.
Arduino Code – Basic Drawings In this example, we’re going to try some basic drawings. This sketch demonstrates many drawing functions, including rectangles, round rectangles, circles and triangles. Try the sketch out and then we will dissect it in some detail.
#include <SPI.h> #include <Wire.h> #include <Adafruit_GFX.h> #include <Adafruit_SSD1306.h>
Adafruit_SSD1306 display(-1);
void setup()
{
// initialize with the I2C addr 0x3C
display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C);
// Clear the buffer.
display.clearDisplay();
display.setTextSize(1);
display.setTextColor(WHITE);
display.setCursor(0,0);
display.println("Rectangle");
display.drawRect(0, 15, 60, 40, WHITE);
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
display.setTextSize(1);
display.setTextColor(WHITE);
display.setCursor(0,0);
display.println("Filled Rectangle");
display.fillRect(0, 15, 60, 40, WHITE);
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
display.setTextSize(1);
display.setTextColor(WHITE);
display.setCursor(0,0);
display.println("Round Rectangle");
display.drawRoundRect(0, 15, 60, 40, 8, WHITE);
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
display.setTextSize(1);
display.setTextColor(WHITE);
display.setCursor(0,0);
display.println("Filled Round Rectangl");
display.fillRoundRect(0, 15, 60, 40, 8, WHITE);
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
display.setTextSize(1);
display.setTextColor(WHITE);
display.setCursor(0,0);
display.println("Circle");
display.drawCircle(20, 35, 20, WHITE);
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
display.setTextSize(1);
display.setTextColor(WHITE);
display.setCursor(0,0);
display.println("Filled Circle");
display.fillCircle(20, 35, 20, WHITE);
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
display.setTextSize(1);
display.setTextColor(WHITE);
display.setCursor(0,0);
display.println("Triangle");
display.drawTriangle(30, 15, 0, 60, 60, 60, WHITE);
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
display.setTextSize(1);
display.setTextColor(WHITE);
display.setCursor(0,0);
display.println("Filled Triangle");
display.fillTriangle(30, 15, 0, 60, 60, 60, WHITE);
display.display();
delay(2000);
display.clearDisplay();
}
void loop() {}
Arduino Code – Displaying Bitmap This last example shows how to draw bitmap images to the OLED Display. This is useful for creating splash screens of company logos, making sprites or just creating fun graphics for displaying information. Copy the following code, paste it into the Arduino IDE and click upload.
#include <SPI.h> #include <Wire.h> #include <Adafruit_GFX.h> #include <Adafruit_SSD1306.h>
Adafruit_SSD1306 display(-1);
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void setup()
{
// initialize with the I2C addr 0x3C
display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C);
// Clear the buffer.
display.clearDisplay();
// Display bitmap
display.drawBitmap(0, 0, MarilynMonroe, 128, 64, WHITE);
display.display();
// Invert Display
//display.invertDisplay(1);
}
void loop() {}
Online Bitmap Array Generator – image2cpp There’s an online application called image2cpp – http://javl.github.io/image2cpp/ which can convert your image into an array. Image2cpp is newer and much more powerful than LCD Assistant (later solution). It will allow you to:
Convert multiple images simultaneously. Scale your image file – Stretch/Scale to fit/Original Adjust the Brightness threshold between black and white. Re-center the image vertically and / or horizontally. Reverse image colors This tool is so powerful that it can work offline as well. Simply save the page to your PC and open it in your browser. Thanks to Jasper van Loenen for his excellent contribution.
To begin with, open image2cpp in your browser and select any image you want to display on OLED screen.
