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 NTF_DISPLAY_TYPE to 1 if using an SSD1306, 2 if using the SH1106 and reboot the board.