Hello everyone, I am trying to get a transparent OLED display to work, but every time I plug the VCC and GND pins into my microcontroller it starts to heat up a lot - the display was hot enough to melt the plastic foam packaging it was on. I've checked all the pins and the power unit, which all see…

Are you sure you don't have the display connected to the driver upside down...? [image] Edit: looks like you have...

Transparent OLED overheating when plugged in?

kmin February 7, 2025, 10:08am 2

Are you sure you don't have the display connected to the driver upside down...?

Edit: looks like you have...

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