12864 OLED display library for Raspberry Pi

remove the blacklisting for spi-bcm2708 in /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf

reboot or load the driver manually with sudo modprobe spi-bcm2708

Checkout Python Spidev

for basic Raspberry Pi GPIO manipulation

sudo apt-get install python-rpi.gpio

for working with BDF font files

pip install bdflib

for remote display control

pip install zerorpc

from display import Display

disp = Display(15, 13, "/home/pi/wenquanyi_12pt.bdf")
disp.displayText(0, 0, 1, "Hello World")

Run server script:

python server.py

Display text via rpc

zerorpc "tcp://IP-ADDRESS:4242" displayText 0 0 1 "Hello World"

Show current time via rpc

./showtime.sh