DED v1.15 Created by James Storey, May 2022, https://github.com/jg-storey/ded
Arduino code to display F-16 Data Entry Display and F/A-18 Upfront Controls information from DCS-BIOS
on a ER-OLEDM028-1 2.8" 256x64 OLED display from BuyDisplay.com
https://www.buydisplay.com/yellow-2-8-inch-arduino-raspberry-pi-oled-display-module-256x64-spi
Tested with DCS-BIOS v0.10.0
https://github.com/dcs-bios/dcs-bios/releases
A toggle switch (i.e. not a pushbutton) wired between pin D2 and GND allows the user to select between F-16 and F/A-18 modes. If a switch is not connected, the mode defaults to the F-16.
The F/A-18 display also includes a fuel reading and a master arm indicator. There is still some space to add other items in both modes.
- Uses an interrupt to change the mode. This means that the connection to DCS-BIOS no longer needs to be reset after changing modes.
- Added antenna symbols that appear in place of the radio channel number during transmit/receive in the F/A-18.
- Changed LIST and MISC page detection method as the previous approach wasn't working in all circumstances.
- The DEST page in the LIST menu comes up blank. This appears to be an issue with DCS-BIOS.
- When entering data between the highlighted asterisks the field does not highlight. I haven't figured out how to do this yet.
| OLED | => | Arduino Nano |
|---|---|---|
| 1. GND | -> | GND |
| 2. VCC | -> | 3.3V |
| 4. SCL | -> | SCK (D13) |
| 5. SDI | -> | MOSI (D11) |
| 14. DC | -> | D9 |
| 15. RES | -> | D8 |
| 16. CS | -> | D10 |
| Toggle switch (optional) |
||
| 1. | -> | D2 |
| 2. | -> | GND |
I created a custom font by inspecting screen captures of the in-game DED. It is stored as an array of hexadecimal values in the er_oled.h header file following the scheme shown below.
Note: this video shows operation with v1.0 code.
