Raspberry Pi Pico Tutorial - SSD1306 I2C OLED DISPLAY

Welcome to the - Learn how to use the Raspberry Pi Pico Tutorial Series:

This tutorial we look at the SSD1306 I2C OLED display and how to connect it to the Raspberry Pi Pico.

This OLED display is a mono-color, 0.96-inch display with 128×64 pixels which is great to use in projects. In this tutorial we cover how to write basic text, display an image or simple animation on the display.

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If you are new to the Raspberry Pi Pico I have made a Getting started video:

[NerdCaveYT]

A tiny mistake in the schematic of the ground wire that is in wrong rail.

[MarcLuscher]

Thank you for the tutorial. I'll need to look for documentation of other methods supported, but this is a wonderful foundation to begin with.

[jasonsammons]

Excellent, in-depth but brief, tutorial.

[patrickpearson]

Thank you for the very clear tutorial. I have had so much help from this and other tutorials that you have authored. I have one question, however. Is there an easy way to increase the font size on the SSD1306?

[TheNicoanthony]

Really awesome video. Easy to follow and execute. Thanks heaps

[Soph]

If I understand correctly framebuf is no longer avaiable "ImportError" do you know how to correct code to run it now?

[zaynliampolidano]

When complete the temp file and run it it shows me a error code

[abba]

Great Tutorial again! I´ve learned so much from you so far.
Is it possible tu run the animation only one time, not in a loop?

[mangocafee]

Can i do it for normal photo like of any pic ??

[bartvdg]

Great video, I have been struggling to get this Oled to work. I always get static noise and rapidly scrolling text on the first top lines? I2C scan works fine and I get the correct address back (0x3C).
I also soldered the wires to make sure I get good connections but problem stays :-( any thoughts?

Note: I run below small code on Pico with v1.19 because I don't have the temp sensor, also Pico with v1.20 gives me a bunch of errors when running the code:

from machine import Pin, I2C
from ssd1306 import SSD1306_I2C
import framebuf
import time

WIDTH = 128
HEIGHT = 64

i2c = I2C(0, scl = Pin(17), sda = Pin(16),

display = SSD1306_I2C(128, 64, i2c)

# display.invert(1)
#display.contrast(100)

while True:
display.text('Text 1...', 0, 0)
display.text('Text 2...' , 0, 14)
display.show()
display.fill(0)

[pedrocabrera]

Why did you eliminated the transcripts options?

[ceosealemon]

It doesn't work differently than ESP32 if you take the USB power and reconnect it. Do I have to keep uploading it every time I do it? How does it work on batteries?

[vvorldnewsmedia]

Is there a way to do this with Arduino? Thanks for the info my friend.

[larsboevee]

my temperature is displaying too low do u know a fix

[newtuber]

Are you able to collaborate? I have a project I’m working on an I’m a newbie

[alexfernandesportrai]

Hello thanks for the tutorial. I got the first part with temperature correct. The last animation tutorial gave me an error. Could you tell me what I have done wrong?
MicroPython v1.19.1 on 2022-06-18; Raspberry Pi Pico with RP2040

Type "help()" for more information.
>>> %Run -c $EDITOR_CONTENT
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 15, in <module>
OSError: [Errno 2] ENOENT
>>>

[Banana-kowe]

Theres an error i keep on getting. Any know on how to fix? Ill paste the whole message below

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 11, in <module>
File "ssd1306.py", line 117, in __init__
File "ssd1306.py", line 36, in __init__
File "ssd1306.py", line 73, in init_display
File "ssd1306.py", line 122, in write_cmd
OSError: [Errno 5] EIO

[ineraangs]

bad tutorial does not show how to even code

[jjaosopica]

the library doesnt save. i tried to do everything to the point where i even bough a new pico and used another usb cable. but still this error popped up:


Could not write next block after having written 0 bytes to /ssd1306.py
PROBLEM IN THONNY'S BACK-END: Exception while handling 'write_file' (OSError: [WinError Traceback (most recent call last):

File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>

File "<stdin>", line 4, in __W

OSError: 28

See Thonny's backend.log for more info.
You may need to press "Stop/Restart" or hard-reset your MicroPython device and try again.


Process ended with exit code 1.

pls help somoewne

[muhammedeminkose]

the links are correct the code is correct but i am getting error like this. Sometimes it gives an error saying no module named 'ssd1306', can you help me?

♦Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 9, in <module>
File "ssd1306.py", line 116, in __init__
File "ssd1306.py", line 35, in __init__
File "ssd1306.py", line 72, in init_display
File "ssd1306.py", line 121, in write_cmd
OSError: [Errno 5] EIO