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https://digilent.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Digilent-Logo-PmodOLED-1024x768.jpg1024768As many of you know, it is possible with many types of displays, such as LCDs and LED displays, to create your own custom characters and, naturally, display them. However, to create your own characters, you need to be able to create a bitmap of how your character (or characters) look. We will be working with the PmodOLED and it's corresponding library to create our own characters.