SOLOMON SYSTECH
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNICAL DATA
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SSD1306 Rev 1.1 P 1/59 Apr 2008
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SSD1306
128 x 64 Dot Matrix
OLED/PLED Segment/Common Driver with Controller
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CONTENTS
1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................6
2 FEATURES...................................................................................................................................6
3 ORDERING INFORMATION...................................................................................................6
4 BLOCK DIAGRAM ....................................................................................................................7
5 DIE PAD FLOOR PLAN ............................................................................................................8
6 PIN ARRANGEMENT..............................................................................................................11
6.1 SSD1306TR1 PIN ASSIGNMENT.......................................................................................................................... 11
7 PIN DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................................13
8 FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DESCRIPTIONS.............................................................................15
8.1 MCU INTERFACE SELECTION.............................................................................................................................. 15
8.1.1 MCU Parallel 6800-series Interface..........................................................................................................15
8.1.2 MCU Parallel 8080-series Interface..........................................................................................................16
8.1.3 MCU Serial Interface (4-wire SPI)............................................................................................................17
8.1.4 MCU Serial Interface (3-wire SPI)............................................................................................................18
8.1.5 MCU I
2
C Interface.....................................................................................................................................19
8.2 COMMAND DECODER ......................................................................................................................................... 22
8.3 OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY TIME GENERATOR..................................................................................... 22
8.4 FR SYNCHRONIZATION ....................................................................................................................................... 23
8.5 RESET CIRCUIT ................................................................................................................................................... 23
8.6 SEGMENT DRIVERS / COMMON DRIVERS ............................................................................................................ 24
8.7 GRAPHIC DISPLAY DATA RAM (GDDRAM)..................................................................................................... 25
8.8 SEG/COM DRIVING BLOCK ............................................................................................................................... 26
8.9 POWER ON AND OFF SEQUENCE ........................................................................................................................ 27
9 COMMAND TABLE.................................................................................................................28
9.1 DATA READ / WRITE .......................................................................................................................................... 33
10 COMMAND DESCRIPTIONS .............................................................................................34
10.1 FUNDAMENTAL COMMAND ................................................................................................................................ 34
10.1.1 Set Lower Column Start Address for Page Addressing Mode (00h~0Fh) .................................................34
10.1.2 Set Higher Column Start Address for Page Addressing Mode (10h~1Fh) ................................................34
10.1.3 Set Memory Addressing Mode (20h)..........................................................................................................34
10.1.4 Set Column Address (21h) .........................................................................................................................35
10.1.5 Set Page Address (22h)..............................................................................................................................36
10.1.6 Set Display Start Line (40h~7Fh) ..............................................................................................................36
10.1.7 Set Contrast Control for BANK0 (81h)......................................................................................................36
10.1.8 Set Segment Re-map (A0h/A1h).................................................................................................................36
10.1.9 Entire Display ON (A4h/A5h)..................................................................................................................37
10.1.10 Set Normal/Inverse Display (A6h/A7h)..................................................................................................37
10.1.11 Set Multiplex Ratio (A8h).......................................................................................................................37
10.1.12 Set Display ON/OFF (AEh/AFh) ...........................................................................................................37
10.1.13 Set Page Start Address for Page Addressing Mode (B0h~B7h).............................................................37
10.1.14 Set COM Output Scan Direction (C0h/C8h)..........................................................................................37
10.1.15 Set Display Offset (D3h)........................................................................................................................37
10.1.16 Set Display Clock Divide Ratio/ Oscillator Frequency (D5h)...............................................................40
10.1.17 Set Pre-charge Period (D9h).................................................................................................................40
10.1.18 Set COM Pins Hardware Configuration (DAh).....................................................................................40
10.1.19 Set V
COMH
Deselect Level (DBh) ...........................................................................................................43
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10.1.20 NOP (E3h) .............................................................................................................................................43
10.1.21 Status register Read...............................................................................................................................43
10.2 GRAPHIC ACCELERATION COMMAND................................................................................................................. 44
10.2.1 Horizontal Scroll Setup (26h/27h).............................................................................................................44
10.2.2 Continuous Vertical and Horizontal Scroll Setup (29h/2Ah).....................................................................45
10.2.3 Deactivate Scroll (2Eh)..............................................................................................................................46
10.2.4 Activate Scroll (2Fh)..................................................................................................................................46
10.2.5 Set Vertical Scroll Area(A3h) .................................................................................................................... 46
11 MAXIMUM RATINGS..........................................................................................................47
12 DC CHARACTERISTICS.....................................................................................................48
13 AC CHARACTERISTICS.....................................................................................................49
14 APPLICATION EXAMPLE..................................................................................................55
15 PACKAGE INFORMATION................................................................................................56
15.1 SSD1306TR1 DETAIL DIMENSION ..................................................................................................................... 56
15.2 SSD1306Z DIE TRAY INFORMATION.................................................................................................................. 58
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TABLES
TABLE 5-1 : SSD1306Z BUMP DIE PAD COORDINATES...................................................................................................... 10
TABLE 6-1 : SSD1306TR1 PIN ASSIGNMENT TABLE.......................................................................................................... 12
TABLE 7-1 : MCU BUS INTERFACE PIN SELECTION............................................................................................................ 14
TABLE 8-1 : MCU INTERFACE ASSIGNMENT UNDER DIFFERENT BUS INTERFACE MODE ...................................................... 15
TABLE 8-2 : CONTROL PINS OF 6800 INTERFACE................................................................................................................. 15
TABLE 8-3 : CONTROL PINS OF 8080 INTERFACE................................................................................................................. 17
TABLE 8-4 : CONTROL PINS OF 4-WIRE SERIAL INTERFACE................................................................................................. 17
TABLE 8-5 : CONTROL PINS OF 3-WIRE SERIAL INTERFACE................................................................................................. 18
TABLE 9-1: COMMAND TABLE ........................................................................................................................................... 28
TABLE 9-2 : READ COMMAND TABLE................................................................................................................................. 33
TABLE 9-3 : ADDRESS INCREMENT TABLE (AUTOMATIC) ................................................................................................... 33
TABLE 10-1 : EXAMPLE OF SET DISPLAY OFFSET AND DISPLAY START LINE WITH NO REMAP.......................................... 38
TABLE 10-2 :EXAMPLE OF SET DISPLAY OFFSET AND DISPLAY START LINE WITH REMAP ................................................ 39
TABLE 10-3 : COM PINS HARDWARE CONFIGURATION ..................................................................................................... 40
TABLE 11-1 : MAXIMUM RATINGS (VOLTAGE REFERENCED TO VSS)................................................................................ 47
TABLE 12-1 : DC CHARACTERISTICS .................................................................................................................................. 48
TABLE 13-1 : AC CHARACTERISTICS .................................................................................................................................. 49
TABLE 13-2 : 6800-SERIES MCU PARALLEL INTERFACE TIMING CHARACTERISTICS......................................................... 50
TABLE 13-3 : 8080-SERIES MCU PARALLEL INTERFACE TIMING CHARACTERISTICS......................................................... 51
TABLE 13-4 : 4-WIRE SERIAL INTERFACE TIMING CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................ 52
TABLE 13-5 : 3-WIRE SERIAL INTERFACE TIMING CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................ 53
TABLE 13-6 :I
2
C INTERFACE TIMING CHARACTERISTICS.................................................................................................... 54
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FIGURES
FIGURE 4-1 SSD1306 BLOCK DIAGRAM .............................................................................................................................. 7
FIGURE 5-1 : SSD1306Z DIE DRAWING ............................................................................................................................... 8
FIGURE 5-2 : SSD1306Z ALIGNMENT MARK DIMENSIONS .................................................................................................... 9
FIGURE 6-1 : SSD1306TR1 PIN ASSIGNMENT ................................................................................................................. 11
FIGURE 7-1 PIN DESCRIPTION............................................................................................................................................. 13
FIGURE 8-1 : DATA READ BACK PROCEDURE - INSERTION OF DUMMY READ ....................................................................... 16
FIGURE 8-2 : EXAMPLE OF WRITE PROCEDURE IN 8080 PARALLEL INTERFACE MODE......................................................... 16
FIGURE 8-3 : EXAMPLE OF READ PROCEDURE IN 8080 PARALLEL INTERFACE MODE .......................................................... 16
FIGURE 8-4 : DISPLAY DATA READ BACK PROCEDURE - INSERTION OF DUMMY READ ......................................................... 17
FIGURE 8-5 : WRITE PROCEDURE IN 4-WIRE SERIAL INTERFACE MODE ............................................................................... 18
FIGURE 8-6 : WRITE PROCEDURE IN 3-WIRE SERIAL INTERFACE MODE ............................................................................... 18
FIGURE 8-7 : I
2
C-BUS DATA FORMAT .................................................................................................................................. 20
FIGURE 8-8 : DEFINITION OF THE START AND STOP CONDITION ......................................................................................... 21
FIGURE 8-9 : DEFINITION OF THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CONDITION ................................................................................... 21
FIGURE 8-10 : DEFINITION OF THE DATA TRANSFER CONDITION ......................................................................................... 21
FIGURE 8-11 : OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY TIME GENERATOR .............................................................................. 22
FIGURE 8-12 : SEGMENT OUTPUT WAVEFORM IN THREE PHASES ....................................................................................... 24
FIGURE 8-13 : GDDRAM PAGES STRUCTURE OF SSD1306................................................................................................ 25
FIGURE 8-14 : ENLARGEMENT OF GDDRAM (NO ROW RE-MAPPING AND COLUMN-REMAPPING)...................................... 25
FIGURE 8-15 : I
REF
CURRENT SETTING BY RESISTOR VALUE ............................................................................................. 26
FIGURE 8-16 : THE POWER ON SEQUENCE.......................................................................................................................... 27
FIGURE 8-17 : THE POWER OFF SEQUENCE ........................................................................................................................ 27
FIGURE 10-1 : ADDRESS POINTER MOVEMENT OF PAGE ADDRESSING MODE ..................................................................... 34
FIGURE 10-2 : EXAMPLE OF GDDRAM ACCESS POINTER SETTING IN PAGE ADDRESSING MODE (NO ROW AND COLUMN-
REMAPPING) ............................................................................................................................................................... 34
FIGURE 10-3 : ADDRESS POINTER MOVEMENT OF HORIZONTAL ADDRESSING MODE ......................................................... 35
FIGURE 10-4 : ADDRESS POINTER MOVEMENT OF VERTICAL ADDRESSING MODE .............................................................. 35
FIGURE 10-5 : EXAMPLE OF COLUMN AND ROW ADDRESS POINTER MOVEMENT .............................................................. 36
FIGURE 10-6 :TRANSITION BETWEEN DIFFERENT MODES .................................................................................................... 37
FIGURE 10-7 : HORIZONTAL SCROLL EXAMPLE: SCROLL RIGHT BY 1 COLUMN................................................................. 44
FIGURE 10-8 : HORIZONTAL SCROLL EXAMPLE: SCROLL LEFT BY 1 COLUMN ................................................................... 44
FIGURE 10-9 : HORIZONTAL SCROLLING SETUP EXAMPLE................................................................................................... 44
FIGURE 10-10 : CONTINUOUS VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SCROLLING SETUP EXAMPLE .................................................. 45
FIGURE 13-1 : 6800-SERIES MCU PARALLEL INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS...................................................................... 50
FIGURE 13-2 : 8080-SERIES PARALLEL INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS................................................................................ 51
FIGURE 13-3 : 4-WIRE SERIAL INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS............................................................................................. 52
FIGURE 13-4 : 3-WIRE SERIAL INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS............................................................................................. 53
FIGURE 13-5 : I
2
C INTERFACE TIMING CHARACTERISTICS.................................................................................................. 54
FIGURE 14-1 : APPLICATION EXAMPLE OF SSD1306Z ....................................................................................................... 55
FIGURE 15-1 SSD1306TR1 DETAIL DIMENSION ................................................................................................................ 56
FIGURE 15-2 : SSD1306Z DIE TRAY INFORMATION ............................................................................................................ 58
