forked from UCTRONICS/U6143_ssd1306

SSD1306 Modified Driver and Installer Script for UCTRONICS U6143 Raspberry Pi Rackmount Case. Modified source project to display temps in Celsius and dynamically configure system hostname in header file using installer script. Installer script also configures systemd rc-local functionality and enables OLED screen using the modified parameters at boot.

Download installer script, set executable, and run with Bash: For now - run as root!

sudo -i
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brad07x/U6143_ssd1306_ubuntu/master/install.sh
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

sudo raspi-config

Choose Interface Options Enable i2c

git clone https://github.com/UCTRONICS/U6143_ssd1306.git

cd U6143_ssd1306/C

sudo make clean && sudo make 

sudo ./display

• Open the rc.local file

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

• Add command to the rc.local file

cd /home/pi/U6143_ssd1306/C
sudo make clean 
sudo make 
sudo ./display &

• reboot your system

• For the older version lcd without mcu controller, you can use python demo
• Install the dependent library files

sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ssd1306
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
sudo apt-get install python3-pil

• Test demo

cd /home/pi/U6143_ssd1306/python 
sudo python3 ssd1306_stats.py

• Open the U6143_ssd1306/C/ssd1306_i2c.h file. You can modify the value of the TEMPERATURE_TYPE variable to change the type of temperature displayed. (The default is Fahrenheit)

• Open the U6143_ssd1306/C/ssd1306_i2c.h file. You can modify the value of the IPADDRESS_TYPE variable to change the type of IP displayed. (The default is ETH0)

• Open the U6143_ssd1306/C/ssd1306_i2c.h file. You can modify the value of the IP_SWITCH variable to determine whether to display the IP address or custom information. (The custom IP address is displayed by default)