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by ka3zmn
Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:41 am
Forum: OLED Screens
Topic: Controlling OLED backlight on the ZUMspot?
Replies: 5
Views: 5351

Re: Controlling OLED backlight on the ZUMspot?

VK7HSE wrote: Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:34 am I've tried different numbers in that section but there was no difference. You certainly can adjust the brightness when using the screen say with an arduino or similar using PWM. But I'm going to guess that hasn't been ported across for the oled driver. Not sure...
OK, thanks VK7HSE!
by ka3zmn
Sat Jan 26, 2019 12:55 am
Forum: OLED Screens
Topic: Controlling OLED backlight on the ZUMspot?
Replies: 5
Views: 5351

Re: Controlling OLED backlight on the ZUMspot?

Oled displays do not use a conventional backlit method to illuminate like an LCD/TFT. These light up per pixel, granted over time they will suffer from a loss of brightness but I'd suspect that will be long time! Oh! Just learned something new... didn't know that about OLED. So, it sounds like I do...
by ka3zmn
Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:55 pm
Forum: OLED Screens
Topic: Controlling OLED backlight on the ZUMspot?
Replies: 5
Views: 5351

Controlling OLED backlight on the ZUMspot?

Just got a new ZUMspot Kit W/1.3 OLED-2 working. No issues. I notice that the backlight is always on on the OLED. Is there any way to either: 1) keep the backlight off full-time (and still see the screen image unlit) or 2) (Probably more preferable) Only have the screen backlight on when it's "...