Mono OLED Display 1.12″ (SPI)

Mono OLED Display 1.12″ breakout (SPI)

This Mono OLED breakout with SPI interface is a tiny and bright 1.12″ display compatible with Raspberry Pi and Arduino boards. It is the ideal product for displaying data, graphics, and even simple icons, thanks to its 128×128 pixels and monochrome (white/black) display.

Not only does the Mono OLED offer great contrast, extreme brightness, excellent readability, and very small dimensions, but it also has the advantage of fitting perfectly into projects where space is limited.

Features of the Mono OLED breakout (SPI):

• 1.12″ white/black OLED display (128×128 pixels)
• Uses the SH1107 DRIVER CHIP
• Active area: 2 × 2 cm
• SPI interface
• It is 3.3V or 5V compatible
• Reverse polarity protection
• Compatible with Arduino and all models of Raspberry Pi
• Python library

The Mono OLED breakout (SPI) package includes:

• 1.12″ OLED display breakout
• 1×5 male header

To start using the Mono OLED breakout (SPI), you can plug it into one of the Breakout Garden (SPI) slots or connect it with wires to the following pins on your Raspberry Pi board. Note that this uses BCM pin numbering:

• 3–5V to any 5V or 3V pin
• CS to BCM 7
• SCK to BCM 11
• MOSI to BCM 10
• DC to BCM 9
• GND to any ground pin

Software
You can find useful tips to get this OLED display working in the Luma Python library. Full documentation for the Luma library is available at the provided link.

To get started, you need to:

• Install the latest library directly from GitHub: sudo pip install git+git://github.com/rm-hull/luma.oled.git#egg=luma.oled
• Open the examples archive: git clone https://github.com/rm-hull/luma.examples
• Run it with: python3 bounce.py –display sh1106 –height 128 –rotate 2 –interface spi –gpio-data-command 9 (add –spi-device 0 per il back slot, o –spi-device 1 per il front slot)

This software DOES NOT support Raspbian Wheezy.

Product dimensions: 28 × 42 × 5.5 mm.

If you are looking for the same product but with an I2C interface, you can find it here: Breakout Mono OLED display 1.12″ (I2C).

Pimoroni name: 1.12″ Mono OLED (128×128, white/black) Breakout – SPI [PIM473]