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0.42" OLED Display with SSD1306 driver, 72x40 points.

Spida requested to merge NetSpida/kicad-footprints:oled_042_ssd1306_74_40 into master

This footprint will likely require some discussion.

I would like to add one or several footprints for a very common (on aliexpress) 0.42" monochrome OLED with 7472x40 point resolution and SSD1306 driver. Example "datasheet":

https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1kqOPaGWs3KVjSZFxq6yWUXXaG.jpg

https://www.buydisplay.com/download/manual/ER-OLED0.42-1_Datasheet.pdf

oled-042-ssd1306-74-40

oled-042-ssd1306-74-40_measures

The display has a flex cable, which provides a number of mounting options:

  1. Cable and display straight, as pictured
  2. Cable bent 180°, display folded over
  3. Cable bent around a board edge (or through a board slit)

Due to my needs, I started by implementing option 2: ER-OLED0.42-1W

I am not sure whether option 1 (cable straight) is practical at all due to the cable length.

For option 3 (folded around board edge), the cable length depends on the board thickness, so this might be impractical.

IMO the following questions need to be discussed:

  • is the part with its various chinese sources specified closely enough?
  • I would suggest something like oled-042-ssd1306-74-40 as part name
  • apart from the pads and outlines on f.Silk I added the visible area of the display on F.Fab. Is that level of detail ok?
  • which variants of the footprint should be created?
Edited by Spida

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