/us2066-spin

Parallax P8X32A/Propeller, P2X8C4M64P/Propeller 2 driver object for US2066-based alphanumeric OLED character displays

Primary LanguagePropeller SpinMIT LicenseMIT

us2066-spin


This is a P8X32A/Propeller, P2X8C4M64P/Propeller 2 driver object for US2066-based alphanumeric OLED displays

IMPORTANT: This software is meant to be used with the spin-standard-library (P8X32A) or p2-spin-standard-library (P2X8C4M64P). Please install the applicable library first before attempting to use this code, otherwise you will be missing several files required to build the project.

Salient Features

  • I2C connection at up to 400kHz
  • Set contrast level
  • Set cursor attributes: blinking, inverted, shape
  • Set text attributes: double-height, 5 and 6-pixel width text
  • Inverted/normal display
  • Display mirroring (horizontal/vertical/both)

Requirements

P1/SPIN1:

  • spin-standard-library
  • P1/SPIN1: 1 extra core/cog for the PASM I2C engine
  • terminal.common.spinh (provided by spin-standard-library)

P2/SPIN2:

  • p2-spin-standard-library
  • terminal.common.spin2h (provided by p2-spin-standard-library)

Compiler Compatibility

Processor Language Compiler Backend Status
P1 SPIN1 FlexSpin (5.9.14-beta) Bytecode OK
P1 SPIN1 FlexSpin (5.9.14-beta) Native code OK
P1 SPIN1 OpenSpin (1.00.81) Bytecode Untested (deprecated)
P2 SPIN2 FlexSpin (5.9.14-beta) NuCode FTBFS
P2 SPIN2 FlexSpin (5.9.14-beta) Native code Not yet implemented
P1 SPIN1 Brad's Spin Tool (any) Bytecode Unsupported
P1, P2 SPIN1, 2 Propeller Tool (any) Bytecode Unsupported
P1, P2 SPIN1, 2 PNut (any) Bytecode Unsupported

Limitations

  • No scrolling support (chipset has horizontal scrolling support)
  • No support for custom characters
  • No support for parallel interface (not planned)
  • No support for SPI interface