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I2C OLED Pinout Nightmare

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jeremiasJeremias 08/28/2017 at 08:262 Comments

I have now ordered the OLEDs from three different vendors. Two of three times they had the "right" pinout (the pinout I used for the PCB design). The other time the VCC and GND pins were swapped. On the first picture you can see how I fixed this problem.

The last displays I have ordered, came in these nice cases. I have to build a project which fits in there. (thinking of an ATtiny and a coin cell, ...)

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davedarko wrote 08/28/2017 at 10:25 point

It might be of interest to you to place another header on the board, where you can solder in the display upside down and fix it in software?

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Jeremias wrote 08/28/2017 at 14:02 point

Great idea, with this method I could also use the same mounting holes. The OLED library I use has a function to flip the display, so this would be very easy.

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