[Help] 1.3" OLED Display (SSD1306) Not Displaying Anything

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Hi everyone,

I'm using a 1.3" OLED display (I2C, SSD1306 driver, 128x64 resolution) with an Arduino Uno. I followed the standard wiring and used the Adafruit SSD1306 and GFX libraries, but nothing is showing up on the screen — not even the Adafruit splash screen.

#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_GFX.h>
#include <Adafruit_SSD1306.h>

#define SCREEN_WIDTH 128
#define SCREEN_HEIGHT 64

Adafruit_SSD1306 display(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT, &Wire, -1); // -1 = no reset pin

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);

  if (!display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C)) {  // 0x3C is the common I2C address
    Serial.println(F("SSD1306 allocation failed"));
    for (;;);
  }

  delay(2000);

  display.clearDisplay();
  display.setTextSize(1);
  display.setTextColor(SSD1306_WHITE);
  display.setCursor(0, 0);
  display.println(F("Hello, VJ!"));
  display.println(F("1.3 inch OLED"));
  display.display();
}

void loop() {
  // nothing here
}

Wiring:

  • VCC → 3.3V
  • GND → GND
  • SDA → A4
  • SCL → A5

What I've tried:

  • Verified all wiring
  • Used different OLEDs and jumper wires
  • Checked I2C address with I2C scanner (it returns 0x3C correctly)
  • Tried other example sketches like ssd1306_128x64_i2c from the Adafruit library

Still no display output.

Any ideas on what might be going wrong? Could this be a library issue, a contrast setting, or something I'm overlooking?

2

  • Do you have a 0.96" SSD1306 or a 1.3" SSH1106

  • Give us a Link to where you bought it.

  • Your sketch works fine.

  • If you are using an Arduino UNO REV3, try Vcc = 5V

3

I am using this

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4

That says SSD1315, not SSD1306.

5

if you have any kind of solution provide me coz of display print like this

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6

Maybe read through this topic to see if a solution was found

7
  • Suggest you try a SSD1306 or the SSH1106 :cry:
    Amazon has next day delivery.
8

it means you said it was faulty

9

  • The SSD1315 probably needs its own unique Library.

  • The SSD1306 or the SSH1106 work well with their associated Libraries.

  • You could try the Adafruit_SH110X.h library to see what happens.

10

Your sketch works correctly on my small OLED, which is labeled 'NFP1315-45AY' on the PCB side. So perhaps you are not using the correct OLED as @PaulRB pointed out.
Or, more likely, you are indeed using the wrong library.

I have another larger OLED labeled GME12864-77 which I'm using with the U8g2lib library.

To remove any ambiguity/confusion, show us a photo of both sides of your module.

EDIT: Have you tried the ssd1306xled library after following up post 6 by @PaulRB ?

If it's not already in Manage Libraries, you can get it here.