esp8266-oled-ssd1306 vs inkplate6

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esp8266-oled-ssd1306		inkplate6
	Project
3	Mentions	1
1,950	Stars	7
1.0%	Growth	-
6.5	Activity	2.9
12 days ago	Latest Commit	4 months ago
C++	Language	C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

esp8266-oled-ssd1306

Posts with mentions or reviews of esp8266-oled-ssd1306. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-26.

I2C OLED display does not work with my Wemos D1 Mini
1 project | /r/esp8266 | 24 Aug 2022

The thingpulse driver on the other hand does not appear to use any of SPI.h or OLED_RESET in their I2C implementation.
OLED display code works with Arduino Uno but not NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP8266MOD)
1 project | /r/arduino | 2 Jan 2022
I2C LCD screen works in setup, not in loop().
2 projects | /r/esp8266 | 26 Jun 2021

inkplate6

Posts with mentions or reviews of inkplate6. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

I made a digital family calendar
1 project | /r/DIY | 21 May 2021

If you want to know more about the details, check out the blog post https://drodil.medium.com/i-made-a-family-calendar-30b0e525b4bc and Github page https://github.com/drodil/inkplate6

What are some alternatives?

When comparing esp8266-oled-ssd1306 and inkplate6 you can also consider the following projects:

Tiny4kOLED - Library for an ATTiny85 to use an SSD1306 powered, double buffered, 128x32 pixel OLED, over I2C

Arduino_Core_STM32 - STM32 core support for Arduino

lcdgfx - Driver for LCD displays running on Arduino/Avr/ESP32/Linux (including Rasperry) platforms

EPub-InkPlate - An EPub Reader for the ESP32 based InkPlate e-Ink devices.

uMQTTBroker - MQTT Broker library for ESP8266 Arduino

Tasmota - Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at

AVR-AtmegaXX-I2C-library-Old- - I2C library used for most the sensors on my github.

arduino-esp32 - Arduino core for the ESP32

LiquidCrystal_I2C - LiquidCrystal Arduino library for the DFRobot I2C LCD displays

inkplate10-weather-cal - Displays today's date, weather forecast and a stylised map of your city using Inkplate10 (ESP32)

rtl_433_ESP - Trial port of the rtl_433 Library for use with OpenMQTTGateway on a ESP32 and a CC1101 Transceiver

ssd1306 - Driver for SSD1306, SSD1331, SSD1351, IL9163, ILI9341, ST7735, PCD8544, Nokia 5110 displays running on Arduino/ESP32/Linux (Rasperry) platforms