Attempting to run a test on the OLED SS1306 display.

rogers1313
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Attempting to run a test on the OLED SS1306 display. Apr 19, 2018 15:01:00 GMT -8

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Post by rogers1313 on Apr 19, 2018 15:01:00 GMT -8

I have asked a broad question in another thread. I am attempting to whittle down my issues one by one. So I will try to focus on one thing in this thread. I am trying to test the OLED SSD1306 display that came with my GroveWeatherPi system. It presently does work with my project.
This is what I have. I am using the PI2Grove board on a Raspberry Pi 3B. I have the display connected with a Grove connector to the I2C port on the board. I am attempting to run the SDL_image.py program below and get the following error.
Can you help me with this. So I can see if I have a bad display.

pi@weatherpi:~/SDL_Pi_GroveWeatherPi/SDL_Pi_SSD1306 $ sudo python SDL_image.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "SDL_image.py", line 56, in <module>
disp = Adafruit_SSD1306.SSD1306_128_64(rst=RST, i2c_address=0x3C)
File "build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/Adafruit_SSD1306/SSD1306.py", line 240, in __init__
File "build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/Adafruit_SSD1306/SSD1306.py", line 85, in __init__
File "build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/Adafruit_GPIO/GPIO.py", line 321, in get_platform_gpio
ImportError: No module named Adafruit_BBIO.GPIO

SDL Global Moderator Posts: 5,650 Raspberry Pi: Yes Other Device: PC, arduino, beagleBone	Attempting to run a test on the OLED SS1306 display. Apr 19, 2018 18:22:48 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SDL on Apr 19, 2018 18:22:48 GMT -8 Run i2cdetect -y 1 and post the results. I think you are missing the module Adafruit_BBIO.GPIO and not that the board is bad. BP

rogers1313
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Attempting to run a test on the OLED SS1306 display. Apr 19, 2018 20:36:54 GMT -8

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Post by rogers1313 on Apr 19, 2018 20:36:54 GMT -8

i ran this command with the OLED connected to the PI2Grove and no other I2C connection.

pi@weatherpi:~/SDL_Pi_SSD1306-master $ i2cdetect -y 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3c -- -- --
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

I also tried to run the sudo python SDL_image.py program same results as in previous posting.

SDL Global Moderator Posts: 5,650 Raspberry Pi: Yes Other Device: PC, arduino, beagleBone	Attempting to run a test on the OLED SS1306 display. Apr 23, 2018 13:04:36 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SDL on Apr 23, 2018 13:04:36 GMT -8 I think you are missing the module Adafruit_BBIO.GPIO BP

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Attempting to run a test on the OLED SS1306 display. Jan 9, 2019 15:49:36 GMT -8

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Post by rogers1313 on Jan 9, 2019 15:49:36 GMT -8

It's been a long time coming, but I did a fresh install on my raspberry pi 3 and the Grove weather project and finally got this display to work.
This is all I did differently (I think)...
I installed the latest NOOBS 3.0.0. I had NOOBS 2.7.0 and 2.99 SwitchDoc software when it did not work.
I installed the latest SwitchDoc software.
Then I went through the same install procedure for the database
and all the other suggested installs. I have these all written down in order so I can reproduce this again.
Ran the I2c bus test routine all looked good.
Started up program. Everything appears to be working.

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Last Edit: Jan 9, 2019 15:57:39 GMT -8 by rogers1313

SDL Global Moderator Posts: 5,650 Raspberry Pi: Yes Other Device: PC, arduino, beagleBone	Attempting to run a test on the OLED SS1306 display. Jan 10, 2019 9:49:52 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SDL on Jan 10, 2019 9:49:52 GMT -8 Woohoo! Glad to hear that. The Raspberry Pi installs are easy to screw up and then how to recover is not very obvious. BP

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Attempting to run a test on the OLED SS1306 display.

Post by rogers1313 on Apr 19, 2018 15:01:00 GMT -8

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