April 2017 archive

SSD1306 OLED Displays

OLED Display attached to an Arduino Nano

For many Arduino projects, there is a need to display information graphically or display more text than what fits on a 16×2 LCD. For that need, consider using SSD1306 OLED Displays. SSD1306 refers to the controller or driver chip for the display. OLED or  Organic Light Emitting Diodes refers to the dot-matrix graphic display system. These …

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ARM Cortex M3 STM32F103C8T6

STM32F103C8T6 with ST-LINK V2

It’s amazing what you can get in a microcontroller board these days for just over $2. For example, just search ebay.com or alibaba.com for the key word ‘STM32F103C8T6’.  You will see the links to an ARM Cortex M3 STM32F103C8T6 development board for just over $2 US including shipping (usually from China, so it may take …

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