Grove OLED Display 0.96" (SSD1308Z)

The OLED display 0.96" module is a monochrome 128x64 dot matrix OLED display module with the Grove compatible 4-pin I2C interface. Compared to LCD, OLED screens are more competitive with a number of advantages such as high brightness, self-emission, high contrast ratio, slim/thin outline, wide viewing angle, wide temperature range, and low power consumption. For complete specifications, please check the official WiKi page of this component.

You can see how to download and install the driver by referring to:

• How to install driver

• Driver repository

After the installation is done, follow the steps below to use this component.

Setup and Execution

1. Connect the OLED module to the I2C header of the LinkIt 7697 breakout board.

2. Select the File / Examples / OLED_Display_128X64-master / OLED_Z_Display_Driver_Test_Suite menu.

3. Click the Upload icon to compile and upload the sketch file to the board.

Then you should be able to see there are multiple demos displaying characters on the OLED display.

Reference

If you're using sources from the repositories of module vendors:

• the driver for OLED Display 0.96"

Please follow the steps to modify the codes for making it available to the LinkIt 7697:

1. Open the SeeedOLED.cpp file in the library folder.

2. Comment out the line 28 as below:

   #include "Wire.h" 
   #include "SeeedOLED.h" 
    
   //#include <avr/pgmspace.h> 
   
   // 8x8 Font ASCII 32 - 127 Implemented

3. Save the file.

4. Edit the OLED_Z_Display_Driver_Test_Suite.ino to comment out line 3 as below:

   #include <Wire.h> 
   #include <SeeedOLED.h> 
   //#include <avr/pgmspace.h>

5. Save the file.