1.12 ic2 oled Arduino library

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Hi, I just bought the 1.12 ic2 oled display. It says it is compatible with Raspberry Pi and Arduino but I can’t find any info for the Arduino.

Can you tell me what library is best please ?

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Looking at the install instructions it appears to be an SH1106 OLED.
maybe this will help
https://www.learnrobotics.org/blog/oled-display-arduino/
Alternatively do a search for SH1106 OLED arduino library.

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The data sheet says it’s an SH1107

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Ok, I went here, https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/1-12-oled-breakout?variant=29421050757203
And noticed
With the I2C version, you can run an example like so: python3 maze.py --display sh1106 --height 128 --rotate 2 --interface i2c
In the software install section.
So have a search for an SH1107 Arduino library and see if it works…

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Thanks. I won’t have much time over the next couple of weeks so I’ll test it with the Pi version and try the Arduino at some point.

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I still haven’t had a meaningful response to this question. I am trying to connect the screen to an Arduino UNO. Everything on the internet points to the U8g2 library but that doesn’t work for me. Can I have a response please

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You might be on your own Arduino Wise. Pimoroni are mainly Pi / Raspbian oriented.
I buy a fair bit from Adafruit and equally frustrating they are Arduino / Microcontroller orientated. I get the other side of the coin there. I’ve bought a few breakouts there that had all kinds of code and hookup info for Arduino but next to nothing Pi wise, other than a “the code can be ported to work with a Raspberry Pi” comment. But it’s left up to you to do it, or hunt something up on the internet.
I feel your frustration, I really do, just don’t wait too long for an answer here.
You might actually get some help if you post on the Adafruit forum. Even though it is a Pimoroni product. They sell a fair bunch of Pimoroni products on thier site. They may even have something very similar to that display on thier site with working code. I am a member of thier forum, same username I use here.
https://www.adafruit.com/?q=oleed

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Thanks.
I found out what the issue was with the U8G2.
It doesn’t work with version of Arduino IDE installed on the Raspberry Pi.
I haven’t had much chance to look at this with work and Christmas etc. I decided to try it today on my laptop and the U8G2 library works with most of the example sketches.
I haven’t had chance to work out why it doesn’t work with some example sketches but it’s probably down to missing libraries.

I’ll consider this issue closed.

Thanks again

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I’ll have to keep that in mind, I have plans to do some Arduino programing from my Pi 4B. May I ask how you installed the IDE? The instructions I have are as follows
From a terminal window

wget https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-1.8.9-linuxarm.tar.xz
tar -xvf arduino-1.8.9-linuxarm.tar.xz
cd arduino-1.8.9
sudo ./install.sh

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I didn’t use that method. I tried to use the instructions in Raspberry Pi Magpi magazine.
I tried to install v1.8.10 but it would not install.
I used the version that the nstalls with apt-get install arduino

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Word is on the Pi forums is that the apt-get install is a really old version. Which was why I asked. The instructions I posted above were recommended instead. I haven’t tried them yet though.

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I just did the install. I got some errors right at the end but it still launched. No such file or directory cannot remove errors. Cleaning up phase I think?

EDIT: I didn’t plug an Arduino in, didn’t have one handy at the time, just so you know.