SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-28T12:02:11-06:00SparkFun Electronicsturbo2ltr on DEV-13628 - SparkFun Photon Micro OLED Shieldturbo2ltrurn:uuid:30d2bf58-ceb9-f479-a95d-da90a7d63f162017-05-31T22:37:10-06:00<p>This product has a design flaw IMO. If you want to use this in a project, and put that project in a box with the screen showing through a hole in the box, the design makes it impossible to do because of the way the Photon mounts, it pushes the display away from any surface you want to mount it to.<p>Here are my suggestions..
1a: create a version that mounts the Photon on the back, behind the screen.</p><p>1b: in either that version or another version, cut the board in half. It is totally unnecessarily large. Again, if you want to mount the display in a box so it displays through a hole, valuable faceplate real estate is taken up by the overly large board. (In my case I need room for the RFID reader)</p><p>2: have a version that comes with the headers unsoldered. A slightly less attractive alternative to 1a/b is to allow the soldering of the headers to the back of the board and mount the Photon "upside down". (Requires manually installing headers pointing up on the Photon). At least then you can surface mount the display in a faceplate albeit with wasted faceplate real estate.</p></p>
Deadbot1 on DEV-13628 - SparkFun Photon Micro OLED ShieldDeadbot1urn:uuid:da8deea9-92cd-3a25-d84a-cf650489f2ca2017-04-29T15:12:20-06:00<p>More a question than a comment...
I'm working on a project where the OLED would be nice, but I need the headers on the backside of the board. If I ordered a large enough quantity, could you make a special run with the headers on the back?</p>
turbo2ltr on DEV-13628 - SparkFun Photon Micro OLED Shieldturbo2ltrurn:uuid:56712cc2-f4ce-cd5e-897c-bab42338786c2017-03-22T21:22:23-06:00<p>Thanks for this! I was wondering why nothing was happening!</p>
Dougie on DEV-13628 - SparkFun Photon Micro OLED ShieldDougieurn:uuid:3bc8b230-9d03-1c5e-e707-df8a806b07bb2016-07-17T16:32:52-06:00<p>Has anyone used the OLED library to any extent? I'm looking for usage of some of the shape functions, and need some help with the scripts...</p>
jenesaisdiq on DEV-13628 - SparkFun Photon Micro OLED Shieldjenesaisdiqurn:uuid:cd3f94f5-3db8-18f4-136d-f6b9a1706a5a2015-08-31T20:43:37-06:00<p>Hey, ran a workshop recently using these and discovered that they work <em>after</em> the carbon foam has been removed. They come plugged into it to protect the pins, but it looks to me like there's enough conductivity that the crosstalk or drain or something's high enough to cause misbehavior. Foam off, good to go!</p>
Customer #248706 on DEV-13628 - SparkFun Photon Micro OLED ShieldCustomer #248706urn:uuid:89236d09-375d-252f-ed9f-e2b01d0619572015-08-29T12:51:19-06:00<p>I agree with the previous commenter. It is a second product, i purchased with the same OLED module, that simply doesn't work out of the box (first one is Edison OLED module, https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13035) . Very bad quality control on sparkfun's side. If you jiggle the flex ribbon a little, the module may come up, but most of the time it's dead. The issue is not on soldering the flex to the carrier board, but rather the way it is glued to the glass. I can see it wobble under the microscope, indicating bad adhesion.</p>
Customer #232626 on DEV-13628 - SparkFun Photon Micro OLED ShieldCustomer #232626urn:uuid:496ea8c9-ded9-8424-eb24-9d07d8956dbb2015-08-02T19:05:33-06:00<p>I just got one of these in the mail and fired it up. I am really excited about it because it is perfect for so many projects. However, after popping in the Photon and powering it via the micro USB port on the Photon the OLED does not work with the sample code. It does not even light up. The default for the jumpers and the example code is SPI. Do I need to put a jumper across the VD/VB jumper since I am not using the battery shield? <---- Edit: The answer is no. I read the documentation and poured over the schematics for quite awhile to determine that jumper across VD/VB is not required. I squeezed the OLED as I was checking voltages around the board. There must have been a loose solder connection where the OLED ribbon connects to the board. It started working when I was squeezing it. It has worked since.</p>