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Okay, I'm using u8g2 library for my OLED display. After calling SD.begin(4) function, I cannot display anything on my OLED.

I'm using U8G2_SH1106_128X64_NONAME_F_HW_I2C u8g2(U8G2_R0, /* reset=*/ U8X8_PIN_NONE); constructor from u8g2 library since I'm using I2C for the display and SPI for microSD reader. I removed the CS Pin 4 from SD.begin() and I can now display something on the OLED.

How did supplying CS Pin parameter to SD.begin() function affected the I2C OLED display?

asked Feb 6, 2018 at 10:48

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Pins 4 and 5 are the I2C pins that belong to the built in I2C peripheral on the Arduino. You have to put your CS line for the SPI SD card on a different pin.

EDIT: The answer above is relevant to the Arduino ATMega328-based board, not ESP8266-based NodeMCU board. This answer is not relevant to ESP8266 or NodeMCU with regard to hardware I2C, as the ESP8266 does not have a dedicated hardware I2C peripheral.

answered Feb 6, 2018 at 11:25
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  • I'm using ESP8266 (NodeMCU v3) and pin numbers for I2C is D1 & D2 (printed on the board). Man, this caused confusion to me. Thanks for the explanation. Commented Feb 6, 2018 at 11:38
  • The NodeMCU docs say to use Pin 8 for SPI (SD Card) slave-select. Commented Feb 6, 2018 at 11:47

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