Re: Controllable Digital Picture Frames

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Rather than doing all the hacking implied in my previous message, look at...

     http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8511

nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote:

>Where's the problem?
>
>     http://www.digitalframez.com/g/6557/how-does-it-work.html
>
>It should be fairly simple to convert to RF but that really depends on how
>much room there is inside for a small receiver module (+ µController) like
>the receivers I list at...
>
>     http://davehouston.org/modules.htm
>
>Updating with dynamic data is another thing entirely. I think you need a
>video display for that although, again, it depends on how they read the
>memory card. If it's via SPI or a standard FDD/HDD transfer process, I can
>envision doing (sloooooow) dynamic updates with an add-in board that
>receives the data and emulates the memory card. Take a look at some of the
>gizmos for interfacing to various memory cards at Spark Fun Electronics.
>
>     http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php
>
>Warren Block <wblock@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Digital picture frames could be very useful as annunciators if a host
>>computer could at least tell them "switch to picture x now".  Even
>>better would be the ability to download a new image and display it
>>immediately.  Think of it as a slow frame buffer.
>>
>>There are now 15" versions, and even those little keychain 1" displays
>>might be useful.
>>
>>Web searching shows that the documents on most frames are unhelpful or
>>nonexistent.
>>
>>A cheap notebook computer could be made to do this.  The digital picture
>>frame advantage would mostly be form factor.  Power consumption and
>>price are lower than a notebook for the smaller versions.
>>
>>Are there any digital picture frames that can be controlled by a host
>>computer via USB or Ethernet?
>
>
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