Introduction

luma.oled provides a Python3 interface to OLED matrix displays with the SSD1305, SSD1306, SSD1309, SSD1315, SSD1316, SSD1322, SSD1325, SSD1327, SSD1331, SSD1351, SSD1362, SH1106, SH1107, CH1115 or WS0010 controllers to connect with Raspberry Pi and other Linux-based single-board computers (SBC). It provides a Pillow-compatible drawing canvas, and other functionality to support:

  • scrolling/panning capability,

  • terminal-style printing,

  • state management,

  • color/greyscale (where supported),

  • dithering to monochrome

The SSD1306 display pictured below is 128 x 64 pixels, and the board is tiny, and will fit neatly inside the RPi case.

mounted ssd1322

See also

Further technical information for the specific implemented devices can be found in the following datasheets:

  • SSD1305

  • SSD1306

  • SSD1309

  • SSD1315

  • SSD1316

  • SSD1322

  • SSD1325

  • SSD1327

  • SSD1331

  • SSD1351

  • SSD1362

  • SH1106

  • WS0010

  • WEH001602

Benchmarks for tested devices can be found in the wiki.

Examples and Emulators

As well as display drivers for various physical OLED devices there are emulators that run in real-time (with pygame) and others that can take screenshots, or assemble animated GIFs, as per the examples below (source code for these is available in the luma.examples git repository:

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