Analog VU Meter - I2C OLED SH1106 - OLEDMeter Animation

Nice! Have you seen the difference between an i2c oled display and SPI? This is a video I made of the difference after making two different boards: Bean i2c vs SPI - YouTube
Your meter could possibly be more responsive.

Mike

Oscarko:
Nice job!

0miker0:
Nice! Have you seen the difference between an i2c oled display and SPI? This is a video I made of the difference after making two different boards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvOX-xs9v8M
Your meter could possibly be more responsive.

Mike

Thanks for the "nice" comments. I think the response time is better than real analog VU meters. Art imitating life has already been achieved. Please feel free to bring an SPI OLED video to the conversation.

~stievenart

Hello. Excuse my English, I'm doing the same project as OLED meter stievenart even with the same hardware, the problem I have with the software I used OLED meter .ino from Stievenart libraries but could you show error.Prosím someone was repeated I advise beginners and power do not understand, or if I sent the entire code Stievenart much I needed it or somehow advise I would be very grateful to you, please and thank you. :confused:

Hello Choze,

Please send your question in your native language and I will have it interpreted.

Best regards,
Stievenart

Hello Stievenart,

mohl bych vás poprosit o Complete source-code bitmap oled meter, moc by mi to pomohlo Děkuji.

Best regards Choze,czech republic

choze:
Hello Stievenart,

mohl bych vás poprosit o Complete source-code bitmap oled meter, moc by mi to pomohlo Děkuji.

Best regards Choze,czech republic

Hello Stievenart,
I would like to ask you for complete source code of bitmap oled meter. It would help me much. Thank you.
...

:slight_smile:

Here is a link to the original bitmap (BMP file) to this post and the original bitmap:

The code for the bitmap is in the link'ed .ino file on the first post.

// VU meter background mask image:
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};

The entire code is downloaded in the original post at:

Awful lot of lines of just 0's there. Can't you add a simple test and if the index to the array is <= 90 or >= 312 (whatever the 0x20 0x0F is at) then output a 0? Would save a lot of bytes.

Hi Crossroads,

You are correct, we could both easily add a loop to write up bunch of 0's... I just want newer users to understand you can use any image and "cut and paste" it into any .ino file. Besides, the code works great with them in it... you should try it. :smiley:

~stievenart

Hello Stievenart,

OLED Meter not working,please complete source-code,hank you Stievenart,

choze:
Hello Stievenart,

OLED Meter not working,please complete source-code,hank you Stievenart,

The code is complete... you need to load the libraries to make this work. This is not a beginner animation and you should try some basic Arduino codes first. Arduino is a learning tool and I am not going to hold your hand.

~Stievenart

I HAVE ATTACHED THE WHOLE CODE A SECOND TIME BELOW!

OLEDMeter.ino (10.1 KB)

stievenart,

CHEERS! :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

was searching the net for addtl info on VU meter with Oleds, when I stumbled upon your project. saved me LOTS of time coding :wink:

done mine though with SSD1306, some minor changes on code, and viola!. will definitely "try" another VU image background

sorry for the dark image, did NOT want to use flash on phone, else I get incomplete LCD info. I hope attached image comes out right!

now on to some more tweaking! plan on adding this to an existing arduino VU meter (WS2812B) project, if addtl memory permits :slight_smile:

Ive done the said hardware with an Arduino nano clone, a 128x64 Oled (clone?) of ebay. careful with this one, some Oled displays have "NO ACKNOWLEDGE". ask me how I know :confused: but there are some fixxes to that.

define a single Digital pin as output, and use that PIN to power the display. problem fixxed! although u8glib has this done already.

Best Regards,
Ralph

raffxj:
stievenart,

CHEERS! :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

Best Regards,
Ralph

VERY NICE RALPH! I was hoping someone would confirm the code. I have gotten a lot of traffic on this project. Thanks for posting a picture the OLEDMeter in action.

BTW, feel free to post your .ino with the u8glib version. I haven't tried u8glib yet and I am sure someone might need help with it... :smiley:

~stievenart

Hello, RALPH
Please ino file OLED meter version u8glig thank Choze.

Superb bit of code!
Just what I was looking for.

I have changed the 'VU' to read "S units" and the display will be used as an S meter on the front panel of my BITX40 transceiver.
I have another identical display as the operating frequency and step rate display for a modified Adafruit si5351 oscillator.
Each display is running from its own Arduino Nano simply because they're so cheap.
Thanks again for the code (and the link to the Image3GLCD conversion software)

:slight_smile:
MasterIce

masterice:
Superb bit of code!
Just what I was looking for.

I have changed the 'VU' to read "S units" and the display will be used as an S meter on the front panel of my BITX40 transceiver.
I have another identical display as the operating frequency and step rate display for a modified Adafruit si5351 oscillator.

:slight_smile:
MasterIce

Thanks for the "Superb" comment... So, you are using it for signal strength on a HAM radio?

~stievenart

Hi Stievenart
Yes the S meter project is exactly as you say. It won't be too accurate as it's using an audio derived signal from prior to the main audio amplifier but it's more to make the front panel of the final rig look that bit more professional LOL :slight_smile:

Masterice

Hello stievenart

Please yaks type OLED display size using 0.96 or 1.3 I2C

THANK YOU CHOZE

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Loved it. I really enjoyed the project. Thanks for sharing. I'm waiting for Oled to arrive (Aliexpress) to do it. Congratulations Stivienart.

I used the Project Sketch in the Arduino IDE, however the following error appears:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_SH1106-master\Adafruit_SH1106.cpp: In member function 'virtual void Adafruit_SH1106::drawPixel(int16_t, int16_t, uint16_t)':

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_SH1106-master\Adafruit_SH1106.cpp:123:14: error: 'swap' was not declared in this scope

swap(x, y);

^

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_SH1106-master\Adafruit_SH1106.cpp: In member function 'virtual void Adafruit_SH1106::drawFastHLine(int16_t, int16_t, int16_t, uint16_t)':

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_SH1106-master\Adafruit_SH1106.cpp:673:16: error: 'swap' was not declared in this scope

swap(x, y);

^

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_SH1106-master\Adafruit_SH1106.cpp: In member function 'virtual void Adafruit_SH1106::drawFastVLine(int16_t, int16_t, int16_t, uint16_t)':

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries\Adafruit_SH1106-master\Adafruit_SH1106.cpp:741:16: error: 'swap' was not declared in this scope

swap(x, y);

^

exit status 1

Erro compilando para a placa Arduino/Genuino Uno

Does anyone know the reason?

Thanks!