DIY Digital Picture Frame
From Makers Local 256
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Overview
See DIY_Digital_Picture_Frame/Old for previous attempt utilizing a laptop.
Digital picture frame using an embedded system. Utilizing a dockstar and a USB-to-VGA Adapter
- Get dockstar running debian squeeze with an 8gb thumb drive. Done, thanks to brimstone
- Get USB-to-VGA adapter working
- Get some kind of screen saved working, pulling from flickr or some image upload site
- Get some kind of "email it a picture to display" thing working
- Get wireless working
- Mount the damn thing on the wall, preferably with not a lot of wires showing.
Resources
Physical
- Old Dell LCD Screen
- USB-to-VGA Adapter
- Dockstar
- 8Gb Thumb Drive
- Hama brand wireless 802.11b usb stick
References
- Tried this guide to no success: http://plugable.com/2009/11/16/setting-up-usb-multiseat-with-displaylink-on-linux-gdm-up-to-2-20/
- Need to try this next: http://mulchman.org/blog/?p=90
Tips from Makers
- brimstone says a displaylink adapter is ideal
- use lsmod to determine if SiS module is loaded when plugging in the adapter I have
- recommends installing xinit and xdm on the dockstar
- and then something lightweight like fluxbox or lxde
- ramgarden says to try this for adding to photostream dynamically:
- http://spoon.cx/~larcher/2009/01/06/flickr-screensaver-for-linux/
- Then you can email new photos to the flickr account for this photo frame using the special email address unique to each account.
- Then run the podget every 5 - 10 minutes or so to get the latest pictures from the flickr account.
- There might be a better way since podget will download every picture but OK if the file location is pointing somewhere with plenty of space.
