I bought a OLED screen and would like to power it up but I am not quite confident enough to attempt it without some help first since I'm new to electronics (only on page 215 of the first manual). Normally I wouldn’t even attempt it at this point, but since I already bought it, I want to make sure its not broken incase I have to exchange it for a new one (its quite expensive at $100). So can someone help me power it up, from there I can use the built in microSD card and software to test it with no additional hardware needed.
Here is some brief info about the OLED screen:
And here is a link to the docs on the OLED: http://www.4dsystems.com.au/downloads/micro-OLED/uOLED-160-GMD1/Docs/Pdf/ The pins I'm concerned with are the +, - and reset pins. The other two I don't need for now since I can run a script directly from the microSD card when the jumper is positioned correctly.
I have built a basic 5 volt power supply onto a breadboard. It uses a 9 volt DC (500mA) wall transformer for its initial power. The schematics that I built it from can be viewed here:
And it if I've interpreted the manual correctly, it says the OLED needs a nominal 5 volts power with 40mA of current, hence the reason I built the 5 volt power supply. But I'm not sure were to go from here to achieve the correct current without altering the voltage. By the way, I also have a push button for grounding the reset pin if that’s the way its done.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Here is some brief info about the OLED screen:
And here is a link to the docs on the OLED: http://www.4dsystems.com.au/downloads/micro-OLED/uOLED-160-GMD1/Docs/Pdf/ The pins I'm concerned with are the +, - and reset pins. The other two I don't need for now since I can run a script directly from the microSD card when the jumper is positioned correctly.
I have built a basic 5 volt power supply onto a breadboard. It uses a 9 volt DC (500mA) wall transformer for its initial power. The schematics that I built it from can be viewed here:
And it if I've interpreted the manual correctly, it says the OLED needs a nominal 5 volts power with 40mA of current, hence the reason I built the 5 volt power supply. But I'm not sure were to go from here to achieve the correct current without altering the voltage. By the way, I also have a push button for grounding the reset pin if that’s the way its done.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks