Updated Displays (markdown)

Konrad Roeder 2022-08-13 19:53:30 +00:00
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# SSD1306 OLED with VCC-GND-SCL-SDA pin order (preferred)
This is the SSD1306 display that matches the TTGO T-Beam boards:
![SSD1306 VCC-GND-SCL-SDA OLED](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3480859/184472377-ec0e1f14-72da-4e5c-957b-54164bec3400.jpg)
Photo courtesy Konrad Roeder, WA4OSH
When the display has the proper pin order, the pins line up like this:
![SSD1306 VCC-GND-SCL-SDA OLED side view](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3480859/184507418-f6d14463-e922-42a2-bf9e-162d4d307d62.jpg)
Photo courtesy Konrad Roeder, WA4OSH
This tracker has a display with the preferred pin order VCC-GND-SCL-SDA soldered-on:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3480859/184508016-6c63da36-f725-410e-8bbe-76cddda7c777.png)
Photo courtesy Konrad Roeder, WA4OSH
# SSD1306 OLED with GND-VCC-SCL-SDA pin order
This SSD1306 display has the wrong pin order for the TTGO T-Beam boards:
![SSD1306-GND-VCC-SCL_SDA](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3480859/184472625-491d9220-3dba-4038-913b-c26356184e4b.PNG)
(Photo borrowed from the internet-- will find another one soon.)
In order to use this OLED display, solder the OLED board onto the main board this way:
![SSD1306 GND-VCC-SCL-SDA OLED](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3480859/184472168-ab97ba4a-4cbd-4e3f-bed6-7ce6a73a5339.jpg)
Photo courtesy Konrad Roeder, WA4OSH
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3480859/184508239-a4d37113-0f94-44c6-a53d-dfd407a06e74.png)
Photo courtesy Manuel Lausman
Photo courtesy Michael Multerer
Here's the finished product:
![photo_2022-06-21_14-33-54](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3480859/184507885-74e21819-61f6-4aa2-8d2c-35f631641d33.jpg)
Photo courtesy Konrad Roeder, WA4OSH