Juicebox digital picture frame for mom

posted May 14th 2006 5:00am by Eliot Phillips
filed under: digital cameras hacks

picture frame

[joevennix]’s digital picture frame for Mother’s day is really an update to a previous how-to he wrote. The original shows you how to build a digital photo frame using a Juicebox media player. His version doesn’t require the MP3 addon (it would make it easier) since he connects the SD card directly to the header. His latest features a much better case and hideaway controls. He admits that he still can’t cut a matte worth a darn.

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wow! i really like this! i think i might make one… anywhos, i think the matte looks fine!

Posted at 5:44 pm on May 14th, 2006 by Skyone

cool im on hackaday

Posted at 5:44 pm on May 14th, 2006 by joevennix

I did a similar thing but with an old Powerbook 540c laptop. Great digital picture frame, ended up costing about $40 after all the materials.

Posted at 9:39 pm on May 14th, 2006 by Matt Jordan

Cool! Their mom should be proud.

Posted at 9:40 pm on May 14th, 2006 by kingkael

Hey, nice job. I bet your mom was pretty pleased with it.

Posted at 10:47 pm on May 14th, 2006 by jaded

I had a similar project with an old compaq laptop. The screen was surprisingly bright for a 486, though the color depth was only 256. The screen size was pretty decent compared to the matte.

How small could the frame around the juicebox be? As pictured, it looks too big.

Posted at 11:40 am on May 15th, 2006 by deltaf

Nice work.

I’ve made a few of these frames, but they were all based on laptops or PSone LCDs of 5″ and up.

I personally wouldn’t bother with anything smaller, since the frame ends up being 3-4 times the size of the screen itself. Old laptops can be found very cheap on eBay, so it makes more sense to use those.

I’d strongly recommend you give it a go.

Posted at 2:03 pm on May 15th, 2006 by Geo

Ok, is it possible for me to swap the LCD panel out with a larger LCD panel, say a 640×480 one?

Posted at 8:57 pm on May 15th, 2006 by tapsemi

where can I buy that enclosure? It looks like it works perfect.

Posted at 7:26 pm on May 17th, 2006 by klebel

The digital picture frame resource site at http://www.likelysoft.com/hacks/pictureframes.shtml lists a bunch of digital frame projects (mostly ones made from old laptops or cheap “toy” lcds) for those interested in making one of their own.

Posted at 5:45 pm on Jun 5th, 2006 by charlietuna

great job! another resource you may want to checkout is: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=11&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.instructables.com%2Fex%2Fi%2FE910621E39D71029AC23001143E7E506%2F%3FALLSTEPS&ei=BqGRRMCjMK_giwGkkNjvBg&sig2=7pvNrXnsmqc_ovLLY8_D0w

this guy has done a similar thing with a sandisk photo viewer.

Posted at 2:06 pm on Jun 15th, 2006 by DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME

Jeroen Domburg provides instructions on how to hack the firmware on those cheap (~$20) keychain digital picture frame so that you can send images, stream video! and even use it as a mini console by sending it text through the usb connected to a unix (asus eee) box.

http://www.planetsurfer.net/2008/06/05/use-a-cheap-digital-picture-frame-as-a-secondary-display/

Posted at 3:28 pm on Jun 9th, 2008 by edman