
I chose to use a Raspberry Pi for its simple wifi integration so that photos could be automatically updated. You can also use the eLinux guide to Raspberry Pi and its handy RPi Hardware Basic Setup wiki.
ARDUINO CAMERA MOTION PICTURE HOW TO
The hard part for me was figuring out how to turn the monitor on and off through the command line.Įverything else is gravy, from configuring wifi and autoboot/auto-login on the device to attaching and setting up the motion detecting PIR sensor. Mainly, you should feel comfortable soldering wires and mounting the screen and Raspberry Pi to a board or other object. This photo frame is easy to build, but it does take a bit of know-how. Secondly, there is a motion detector, built using a PIR sensor, which only turns the monitor on when somebody walks by. It then displays a random photo for a configurable six seconds.

For one, the software which runs the photo frame, which I explore below, keeps the photos fresh from Instagram and Flickr. My girlfriend bought me a Raspberry Pi for my birthday, and so I became determined to build something with it for her birthday two months later.Īs you can see above, I built a photo frame that has a few interesting parts. Building a living photo frame with a Raspberry Pi and a motion detector JanuaryĮvery hardware hacker has a start, and this one is mine.
