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ESP32 With Integrated OLED (WEMOS/Lolin) - Getting Started

Getting started, Arduino style, with ESP32 and an integrated OLED (WEMOS/Lolin).

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ESP32 With Integrated OLED (WEMOS/Lolin) - Getting Started

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ESP32 OLED Clock Demo Working

Arduino
Code Modified with correct I2C settings for the Lolin Wemos ESP32 w/Integrated OLED
/**
 * The MIT License (MIT)
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2016 by Daniel Eichhorn
 * Copyright (c) 2016 by Fabrice Weinberg
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
 * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 * SOFTWARE.
 *
 */

#include <TimeLib.h>

// Include the correct display library
// For a connection via I2C using Wire include
#include <Wire.h>  // Only needed for Arduino 1.6.5 and earlier
#include "SSD1306.h" // alias for `#include "SSD1306Wire.h"`
// or #include "SH1106.h" alis for `#include "SH1106Wire.h"`
// For a connection via I2C using brzo_i2c (must be installed) include
// #include <brzo_i2c.h> // Only needed for Arduino 1.6.5 and earlier
// #include "SSD1306Brzo.h"
// #include "SH1106Brzo.h"
// For a connection via SPI include
// #include <SPI.h> // Only needed for Arduino 1.6.5 and earlier
// #include "SSD1306Spi.h"
// #include "SH1106SPi.h"

// Include the UI lib
#include "OLEDDisplayUi.h"

// Include custom images
#include "images.h"

// Use the corresponding display class:

// Initialize the OLED display using SPI
// D5 -> CLK
// D7 -> MOSI (DOUT)
// D0 -> RES
// D2 -> DC
// D8 -> CS
// SSD1306Spi        display(D0, D2, D8);
// or
// SH1106Spi         display(D0, D2);

// Initialize the OLED display using brzo_i2c
// D3 -> SDA
// D5 -> SCL
// SSD1306Brzo display(0x3c, D3, D5);
// or
// SH1106Brzo  display(0x3c, D3, D5);

// Initialize the OLED display using Wire library
SSD1306  display(0x3c, 5, 4);
// SH1106 display(0x3c, D3, D5);

OLEDDisplayUi ui ( &display );

int screenW = 128;
int screenH = 64;
int clockCenterX = screenW/2;
int clockCenterY = ((screenH-16)/2)+16;   // top yellow part is 16 px height
//int clockRadius = 23;
int clockRadius = 26;

// utility function for digital clock display: prints leading 0
String twoDigits(int digits){
  if(digits < 10) {
    String i = '0'+String(digits);
    return i;
  }
  else {
    return String(digits);
  }
}

void clockOverlay(OLEDDisplay *display, OLEDDisplayUiState* state) {

}

void analogClockFrame(OLEDDisplay *display, OLEDDisplayUiState* state, int16_t x, int16_t y) {
//  ui.disableIndicator();

  // Draw the clock face
//  display->drawCircle(clockCenterX + x, clockCenterY + y, clockRadius);
  display->drawCircle(clockCenterX + x, clockCenterY + y, 2);
  //
  //hour ticks
  for( int z=0; z < 360;z= z + 30 ){
  //Begin at 0 and stop at 360
    float angle = z ;
    angle = ( angle / 57.29577951 ) ; //Convert degrees to radians
    int x2 = ( clockCenterX + ( sin(angle) * clockRadius ) );
    int y2 = ( clockCenterY - ( cos(angle) * clockRadius ) );
    int x3 = ( clockCenterX + ( sin(angle) * ( clockRadius - ( clockRadius / 8 ) ) ) );
    int y3 = ( clockCenterY - ( cos(angle) * ( clockRadius - ( clockRadius / 8 ) ) ) );
    display->drawLine( x2 + x , y2 + y , x3 + x , y3 + y);
  }

  // display second hand
  float angle = second() * 6 ;
  angle = ( angle / 57.29577951 ) ; //Convert degrees to radians
  int x3 = ( clockCenterX + ( sin(angle) * ( clockRadius - ( clockRadius / 5 ) ) ) );
  int y3 = ( clockCenterY - ( cos(angle) * ( clockRadius - ( clockRadius / 5 ) ) ) );
  display->drawLine( clockCenterX + x , clockCenterY + y , x3 + x , y3 + y);
  //
  // display minute hand
  angle = minute() * 6 ;
  angle = ( angle / 57.29577951 ) ; //Convert degrees to radians
  x3 = ( clockCenterX + ( sin(angle) * ( clockRadius - ( clockRadius / 4 ) ) ) );
  y3 = ( clockCenterY - ( cos(angle) * ( clockRadius - ( clockRadius / 4 ) ) ) );
  display->drawLine( clockCenterX + x , clockCenterY + y , x3 + x , y3 + y);
  //
  // display hour hand
  angle = hour() * 30 + int( ( minute() / 12 ) * 6 )   ;
  angle = ( angle / 57.29577951 ) ; //Convert degrees to radians
  x3 = ( clockCenterX + ( sin(angle) * ( clockRadius - ( clockRadius / 2 ) ) ) );
  y3 = ( clockCenterY - ( cos(angle) * ( clockRadius - ( clockRadius / 2 ) ) ) );
  display->drawLine( clockCenterX + x , clockCenterY + y , x3 + x , y3 + y);
}

void digitalClockFrame(OLEDDisplay *display, OLEDDisplayUiState* state, int16_t x, int16_t y) {
  String timenow = String(hour())+":"+twoDigits(minute())+":"+twoDigits(second());
  display->setTextAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER);
  display->setFont(ArialMT_Plain_24);
  display->drawString(clockCenterX + x , clockCenterY + y, timenow );
}

// This array keeps function pointers to all frames
// frames are the single views that slide in
FrameCallback frames[] = { analogClockFrame, digitalClockFrame };

// how many frames are there?
int frameCount = 2;

// Overlays are statically drawn on top of a frame eg. a clock
OverlayCallback overlays[] = { clockOverlay };
int overlaysCount = 1;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println();

	// The ESP is capable of rendering 60fps in 80Mhz mode
	// but that won't give you much time for anything else
	// run it in 160Mhz mode or just set it to 30 fps
  ui.setTargetFPS(60);

	// Customize the active and inactive symbol
  ui.setActiveSymbol(activeSymbol);
  ui.setInactiveSymbol(inactiveSymbol);

  // You can change this to
  // TOP, LEFT, BOTTOM, RIGHT
  ui.setIndicatorPosition(TOP);

  // Defines where the first frame is located in the bar.
  ui.setIndicatorDirection(LEFT_RIGHT);

  // You can change the transition that is used
  // SLIDE_LEFT, SLIDE_RIGHT, SLIDE_UP, SLIDE_DOWN
  ui.setFrameAnimation(SLIDE_LEFT);

  // Add frames
  ui.setFrames(frames, frameCount);

  // Add overlays
  ui.setOverlays(overlays, overlaysCount);

  // Initialising the UI will init the display too.
  ui.init();

  display.flipScreenVertically();

  unsigned long secsSinceStart = millis();
  // Unix time starts on Jan 1 1970. In seconds, that's 2208988800:
  const unsigned long seventyYears = 2208988800UL;
  // subtract seventy years:
  unsigned long epoch = secsSinceStart - seventyYears * SECS_PER_HOUR;
  setTime(epoch);

}


void loop() {
  int remainingTimeBudget = ui.update();

  if (remainingTimeBudget > 0) {
    // You can do some work here
    // Don't do stuff if you are below your
    // time budget.
    delay(remainingTimeBudget);

  }


}

Images Header File

Arduino
Images Header File
const char activeSymbol[] PROGMEM = {
    B00000000,
    B00000000,
    B00011000,
    B00100100,
    B01000010,
    B01000010,
    B00100100,
    B00011000
};

const char inactiveSymbol[] PROGMEM = {
    B00000000,
    B00000000,
    B00000000,
    B00000000,
    B00011000,
    B00011000,
    B00000000,
    B00000000
};

ESP32 OLED with LDR

Arduino
ESP32 OLED with LDR
#include <dht.h>

/**
   The MIT License (MIT)

   Copyright (c) 2016 by Daniel Eichhorn

   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
   of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
   in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
   to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
   copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
   furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
   copies or substantial portions of the Software.

   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
   IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
   AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
   OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
   SOFTWARE.

  This sketch created by JohnnyFRX 17Jun17
*/


#include "SSD1306.h" // alias for `#include "SSD1306Wire.h"'

int sensorPin = 36;   // select the input pin for ldr
int sensorValue = 0;  // variable to store the value coming from the sensor

// Initialize the OLED display using Wire library
SSD1306  display(0x3c, 5, 4);

void setup() {
  pinMode(sensorPin, INPUT);
  display.init();
  display.flipScreenVertically();
  display.setColor(WHITE);
  display.setTextAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER);
  display.setFont(ArialMT_Plain_24);
}

void loop() {
  sensorValue = analogRead(sensorPin);
  delay(500);
  display.clear();
  Serial.print(sensorValue);

  //  display.setColor(WHITE);
  //  display.setTextAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER);

  display.drawString(64, 20, String(sensorValue));
  //display.drawString(String(sensorValue));
  //  display.setFont(ArialMT_Plain_24);

  display.display();

  delay(10);
}

ESP32 OLED Simple Sandbox

Arduino
ESP32 OLED Simple Sandbox
// Include the correct display library
// For a connection via I2C using Wire include
//#include <Wire.h>  // Only needed for Arduino 1.6.5 and earlier
#include "SSD1306.h" // alias for `#include "SSD1306Wire.h"`

// Initialize the OLED display using Wire library
SSD1306  display(0x3c, 5, 4);

#define DEMO_DURATION 3000
typedef void (*Demo)(void);

int demoMode = 0;
int counter = 1;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println();
  Serial.println();


  // Initialising the UI will init the display too.
  display.init();

  display.flipScreenVertically();
  display.setFont(ArialMT_Plain_10);

}


void drawTextFlowDemo() {
    display.setFont(ArialMT_Plain_24);
    display.setTextAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_LEFT);
    display.drawStringMaxWidth(0, 0, 128,
      "Lorem ipsum\n dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore." );
}

void drawTextAlignmentDemo() {
    // Text alignment demo
  display.setFont(ArialMT_Plain_10);

  // The coordinates define the left starting point of the text
  display.setTextAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_LEFT);
  display.drawString(0, 10, "Left aligned (0,10)");

  // The coordinates define the center of the text
  display.setTextAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER);
  display.drawString(64, 22, "Center aligned (64,22)");

  // The coordinates define the right end of the text
  display.setTextAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_RIGHT);
  display.drawString(128, 33, "Right aligned (128,33)");
}

void drawProgressBarDemo() {
  int progress = (counter / 5) % 100;
  // draw the progress bar
  display.drawProgressBar(0, 32, 120, 10, progress);

  // draw the percentage as String
  display.setTextAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER);
  display.drawString(64, 15, String(progress) + "%");
}

Demo demos[] = {drawTextFlowDemo, drawTextAlignmentDemo, drawProgressBarDemo};
int demoLength = (sizeof(demos) / sizeof(Demo));
long timeSinceLastModeSwitch = 0;

void loop() {
  // clear the display
  display.clear();
  // draw the current demo method
  demos[demoMode]();

  display.setTextAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_RIGHT);
  display.drawString(10, 128, String(millis()));
  // write the buffer to the display
  display.display();

  if (millis() - timeSinceLastModeSwitch > DEMO_DURATION) {
    demoMode = (demoMode + 1)  % demoLength;
    timeSinceLastModeSwitch = millis();
  }
  counter++;
  delay(10);
}

Credits

John Hart

John Hart

5 projects • 12 followers
Blinked my first LED in August 2016...had never even heard of Arduino before then. Now I CAN'T STOP MAKING THINGS! Arduino UNO & ESP8266

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