Onboard Display
This article explains how to connect a small onboard display to a flight controller which can be useful for displaying a small amount of vehicle information before takeoff.
This information includes:
- arming failure messages
- flight mode
- battery voltage
- GPS Lock and satellite count
- Pre-arm passed/failed
- EKF status
Note
Support for the onboard display is included in Copter-3.5 (and higher).
Where to Buy
These boards have been confirmed to work:
- SSD1306 module from AliExpress
- SSD1306 module from SunFounder on Amazon Spain
- CRIUS display from rctimer
- Diymall 1.3 inch from Amazon
Connecting to a Flight Controller
Connect the display to the flight controller's I2C port as shown in the image above
set :ref:`NTF_DISPLAY_TYPE <NTF_DISPLAY_TYPE>` to 1 if using an SSD1306, 2 if using the SH1106 and reboot the board.