display makes its own light, no backlight is required. This reduces the power required to run the
OLED and is why the display has such high contrast; we really like this miniature display for its
crispness!
Please note that this display is too small to act as a primary display for the Pi (e.g. it can't act
like or display what would normally be on the HDMI screen). Instead, we recommend using
pygame for drawing or writing text.
Using the display and controls in python is very easy, we have a library ready-to-go for the
SSD1306 OLED chipset and the joystick/buttons are connected to GPIO pins on the Pi. Our
example code allows you to draw images, text, whatever you like, using the Python imaging
library. We also have example code for using the joystick/buttons/OLED together. Our tests
showed 15 FPS update rates so you can do animations or simple video.
Comes completely pre-assembled and tested so you don't need to do anything but plug it in
and install our Python code! Works with any Raspberry Pi computer, including the original Pi 1,
B+, Pi 2, Pi 3 and Pi Zero.
Instructions, software, downloads and more in the Learning Guide!
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Product Dimensions: 65.3mm x 30.7mm x 15.5mm / 2.6" x 1.2" x 0.6"
Product Weight: 11.4g / 0.4oz
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