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Internet of Things with Python

You're reading from   Internet of Things with Python Create exciting IoT solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785881381
Length 388 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gaston C. Hillar Gaston C. Hillar
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Preface 1. Understanding and Setting up the Base IoT Hardware FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Python on Intel Galileo Gen 2 3. Interacting with Digital Outputs with Python 4. Working with a RESTful API and Pulse Width Modulation 5. Working with Digital Inputs, Polling and Interrupts 6. Working with Analog Inputs and Local Storage 7. Retrieving Data from the Real World with Sensors 8. Displaying Information and Performing Actions 9. Working with the Cloud 10. Analyzing Huge Amounts of Data with Cloud-based IoT Analytics A. Exercise Answers Index

Wiring an OLED dot matrix to the I2C bus


LCD displays are not the only option when we have to display content on an external screen through the I2C or SPI buses. There are also OLED dot matrixes that allow us to control a specific number of dots. In OLED dot matrices we have control over each dot, instead of controlling each character space. Some of them are grayscale and others RGB.

The key advantage of OLED dot matrixes is that we can display any kind of graphics and not just text. In fact, we can mix any kind of graphics and images with text. The Grove OLED Display 0.96" is an example of a 16 grayscale 96-by-96 dot matrix OLED display module that works with the I2C bus. The following URL provides detailed information about this breakout board: http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/Grove-OLED-Display-096-p-824.html. The Xadow RGB OLED 96x24 is an example of an RGB color 96-by-64 dot matrix OLED display module that works with the SPI bus. The following URL provides detailed information about...

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