I’m looking for a small display board for Rpi (not a substitute for the console) that I can display some information on. Doesn’t need to be large, doesn’t need to be color (but either would be OK).
What I do need is:
1-Needs to be connected via I2C not SPI (SPI CS already taken by another HAT, Sparkfun’s Acconeer Radar Board).
2-Needs to have support library(ies) so I can program it in C/C++.
I’ve scanned the Sparkfun website, and the boards seem to all use SPI. But I could easily have missed something.
There are a few that show up when searching for qwiic display; they aren’t in hat format but can be bolted to a qwiic hat
I’ve seen them, but don’t seem to find support libraries for Raspberry Pi. For example, I was looking at the “Zio Qwiic OLED Display” (there are plenty of other choices too). It uses the U8G2 library for Arduino. Is there something similar for the Rpi?
I know I’ll need to get a qwiic HAT or even a Shim (which is perfect for what I need) and follow the instructions in the “Raspberry Pi SPI and I2C Tutorial” tutorial. But what do I do for the device-specific libraries. Or am I making this more complicated than it actually is?
That display uses the SSD1327 driver (it’s listed on the features tab). Searching for “Raspberry pi SSD1327 driver” turns up a few options. I haven’t tried these but they look like a start.