SSD1306 OLED and MAX30101

Hi everyone,

I am trying to do a project where I use the MAX30101 sensor to calculate heart rate and SPO2, then display it on an OLED through arduino nano. I have attached my code below.


#include <Adafruit_GFX.h>        //OLED libraries
#include <Adafruit_SSD1306.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include "MAX30105.h"           //MAX3010x library

MAX30105 particleSensor;

#define SCREEN_WIDTH 128 // OLED display width, in pixels
#define SCREEN_HEIGHT 32 // OLED display height, in pixels
#define OLED_RESET    -1 // Reset pin # (or -1 if sharing Arduino reset pin)
#define SCREEN_ADDRESS 0x3C ///< See datasheet for Address; 0x3D for 128x64, 0x3C for 128x32

Adafruit_SSD1306 display(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT, &Wire, OLED_RESET); //Declaring the display name (display)

byte pulseLED = 11; //Must be on PWM pin
byte readLED = 13; //Blinks with each data read

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  // Initialize sensor
  particleSensor.begin(Wire, I2C_SPEED_FAST); //Use default I2C port, 400kHz speed
  /*
    byte ledBrightness = 60; //Options: 0=Off to 255=50mA
    byte sampleAverage = 4; //Options: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32
    byte ledMode = 2; //Options: 1 = Red only, 2 = Red + IR, 3 = Red + IR + Green
    byte sampleRate = 100; //Options: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1000, 1600, 3200
    int pulseWidth = 411; //Options: 69, 118, 215, 411
    int adcRange = 4096; //Options: 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384

    particleSensor.setup(ledBrightness, sampleAverage, ledMode, sampleRate, pulseWidth, adcRange); //Configure sensor with these settings
  */
  particleSensor.setup(); //Configure sensor with default settings
  particleSensor.setPulseAmplitudeRed(0x0A); //Turn Red LED to low to indicate sensor is running

  // SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC = generate display voltage from 3.3V internally
  if (!display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, SCREEN_ADDRESS)) {
    Serial.println(F("SSD1306 allocation failed"));
    //for (;;); // Don't proceed, loop forever
  }

  display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C); //Start the OLED display
  display.display();
  delay(3000);
}

void loop() {

#include "spo2_algorithm.h"          //spo2 & Heart rate calculating algorithm
#if defined(__AVR_ATmega328P__) || defined(__AVR_ATmega168__)
  //Arduino Uno doesn't have enough SRAM to store 100 samples of IR led data and red led data in 32-bit format
  //To solve this problem, 16-bit MSB of the sampled data will be truncated. Samples become 16-bit data.
  uint16_t irBuffer[100]; //infrared LED sensor data
  uint16_t redBuffer[100];  //red LED sensor data
#else
  uint32_t irBuffer[100]; //infrared LED sensor data
  uint32_t redBuffer[100];  //red LED sensor data
#endif

  int32_t bufferLength; //data length
  int32_t spo2; //SPO2 value
  int8_t validSPO2; //indicator to show if the SPO2 calculation is valid
  int32_t heartRate; //heart rate value
  int8_t validHeartRate; //indicator to show if the heart rate calculation is valid

  Serial.println("Variables loaded");

  bufferLength = 100; //buffer length of 100 stores 4 seconds of samples running at 25sps

  //read the first 100 samples, and determine the signal range
  for (byte i = 0 ; i < bufferLength ; i++)
  {
    while (particleSensor.available() == false) //do we have new data?
      particleSensor.check(); //Check the sensor for new data

    redBuffer[i] = particleSensor.getRed();
    irBuffer[i] = particleSensor.getIR();
    particleSensor.nextSample(); //We're finished with this sample so move to next sample

    Serial.print(F("red="));
    Serial.print(redBuffer[i], DEC);
    Serial.print(F(", ir="));
    Serial.println(irBuffer[i], DEC);
  }

  //calculate heart rate and SpO2 after first 100 samples (first 4 seconds of samples)
  maxim_heart_rate_and_oxygen_saturation(irBuffer, bufferLength, redBuffer, &spo2, &validSPO2, &heartRate, &validHeartRate);

  //Continuously taking samples from MAX30102.  Heart rate and SpO2 are calculated every 1 second
  while (1)
  {
    //dumping the first 25 sets of samples in the memory and shift the last 75 sets of samples to the top
    for (byte i = 25; i < 100; i++)
    {
      redBuffer[i - 25] = redBuffer[i];
      irBuffer[i - 25] = irBuffer[i];
    }

    //take 25 sets of samples before calculating the heart rate.
    for (byte i = 75; i < 100; i++)
    {
      while (particleSensor.available() == false) //do we have new data?
        particleSensor.check(); //Check the sensor for new data

      digitalWrite(readLED, !digitalRead(readLED)); //Blink onboard LED with every data read

      redBuffer[i] = particleSensor.getRed();
      irBuffer[i] = particleSensor.getIR();
      particleSensor.nextSample(); //We're finished with this sample so move to next sample

      //send samples and calculation result to terminal program through UART
      Serial.print(F("red="));
      Serial.print(redBuffer[i], DEC);
      Serial.print(F(", ir="));
      Serial.print(irBuffer[i], DEC);

      Serial.print(F(", HR="));
      Serial.print(heartRate, DEC);

      Serial.print(F(", HRvalid="));
      Serial.print(validHeartRate, DEC);

      Serial.print(F(", SPO2="));
      Serial.print(spo2, DEC);

      Serial.print(F(", SPO2Valid="));
      Serial.println(validSPO2, DEC);
    }

    //After gathering 25 new samples recalculate HR and SP02
    maxim_heart_rate_and_oxygen_saturation(irBuffer, bufferLength, redBuffer, &spo2, &validSPO2, &heartRate, &validHeartRate);

    //Insert display code using if statement to write the calculated HR/SPO2/Temp

    Serial.println("Vitals Refreshed");

  }
}

Whenever I try to run the code, the SSD1306 allocation fails. However, if I comment out the function "maxim_heart_rate_and_oxygen_saturation(irBuffer, bufferLength, redBuffer, &spo2, &validSPO2, &heartRate, &validHeartRate);" then the OLED will be detected by the arduino nano. However, this function is needed to output the values of SPO2 and heart rate. Any tips on how to get the SSD1306 working with the MAX3010x Sparkfun library? Thanks for your help

You are out of memory. Options include using an Arduino with more RAM, or the text only version of the SSD1306 library, which does not allocate a large display buffer (no graphics, of course).

To save RAM, always use the F macro (as done elsewhere in the code) with lines like this:

    Serial.println("Vitals Refreshed");

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