Arduino Mega and 1.3 Inch OLED Display

Description

In this project we will connect a 1.3 Inch OLED display to a Arduino Mega. OK, so why use an OLED display? Some of the advantages are as follow;

• They are sunlight readable and each pixel is self luminous unlike a TFT where there is a back light to light the whole display. 
• They are more energy efficient since only the pixels that are on is lit not the whole back light like a TFT display.

Ingredients

- Arduino Mega 2560

- 1.3 Inch OLED Display

- Prototyping Wires

- Male Header Pin

Setup (Hardware)

1. Cut 4 pins from the male header.
2. Solder the header to the board.
   
   
3. Connect red wire from 3.3V(Arduino Mega) to VCC(Display)
4. Connect brown wire from GND(Arduino Mega) to GND(Display)
5. Connect blue wire from pin 20(Arduino Mega) to SDA(Display)
6. Connect green wire from pin 21(Arduino Mega) to SCL(Display)
7. Connect the USB cable to the computer

Setup (Software)

Do ensure you have done the necessary installation of software as per our setup blog

1. Install the LCD drivers by selecting "Tools->Manage Libraries..", search for U8g2 and install the driver.
2. Ensure you have selected the correct board for your project, if using a Arduino Mega select "Arduino/Genuino Mega or Mega 2560"
   
3. Download the Script
4. Ensure you have selected the correct COM port for the board.
5. Upload the script, and you should see the following.