raspberrypi_oled_stats

Parts:

• Raspberry Pi 4
• OLED SSD1306 Display I2C IIC 128x32 0.91 4 pin

Connections:

How to install

Highlevel guidelines written by heart. Some steps might be missing, some commands might have the syntax not 100% accurate.

• Python3 must be installed.
• Adafruit CircuitPythin must me be installed
  https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-on-raspberrypi-linux/installing-circuitpython-on-raspberry-pi
  https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-pioled-128x32-mini-oled-for-raspberry-pi/usage
• DejaVuSans.ttf font must be present in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/ folder
  https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/dejavu-sans

1. getting the files

cd ~  
git clone https://github.com/f616/raspberrypi_oled_stats.git  
cd raspberrypi_oled_stats  

2. create and enable the service

cd /usr/bin/  
sudo ln -s ~/raspberrypi_oled_stats/statsdisplay_start.py  
sudo ln -s ~/raspberrypi_oled_stats/statsdisplay_stop.py  
cd /lib/systemd/system  
sudo ln -s ~/raspberrypi_oled_stats/statsdisplay.service  
cd /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/  
sudo ln -s /lib/systemd/system/statsdisplay.service  
sudo systemctl daemon-reload  

To enable the service at start-up:

sudo systemctl enable statsdisplay.service 

Start the service command:

sudo service statsdisplay start  

Stop the service command:

sudo service statsdisplay stop  

Get the service status

sudo service statsdisplay status  

40 pin header side extension

https://oshwlab.com/filipe.neto616/raspberry-pi-40-pin-header-replicator

Based on:

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-pioled-128x32-mini-oled-for-raspberry-pi/usage
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22180
https://learn.sparkfun.com