How to enable OLED display

How to enable OLED display on Raspbian:

1. Update your Pi and Install the required dependencies

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y upgrade
sudo apt-get -y install i2c-tools python3-smbus python-smbus
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pip python3-pil
sudo pip3 install --upgrade setuptools
sudo pip3 install --upgrade adafruit-python-shell
sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ssd1306
sudo pip3 install pi-ina219
sudo pip3 show pi-ina219

2. Run the following command to check the oled i2c port

sudo i2cdetect -y 1

for X729, the I2C address is 0x3c

3. Installation 3.1 Download the required scripts

pi@raspberrypi ~ $  git clone https://github.com/suptronics/oled.git
cd ~
cd oled

3.3 Install the Adafruit CircuitPython library

pi@raspberrypi:~/oled $  sudo python3 raspi-blinka.py
	 

3.4 Answering Y and hitting Enter when reboot prompted. Then renavigate to the oled directly by entering:

pi@raspberrypi ~ $  cd oled
	 

3.4 Run the script to test the display

pi@raspberrypi:~/oled $  sudo python3 x729.py 
	 

3.5 Run the script at Raspberry Pi boot

pi@raspberrypi:~/oled $  sudo crontab -e
	 

3.6 Add a line at the end of the file that reads like this:

@reboot cd /home/pi/oled && python3 /home/pi/oled/x729.py &

Save and exit. In nano, you do that by hitting CTRL + X, answering Y and hitting Enter when prompted.

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Anonymous user #1

17 months ago

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Could you please update this page according to actual Raspberry OS release?

No python-smbus package there and couple errors coming on install adafruit-circuitpython-ssd1306

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Harry

13 months ago

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Hi, you can ignore python-smbus package.

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