12/29/2023 0 Comments Diy digital photo frameMeural is bigger and with nice functionalies, but on the downsize, it is 16:9 aspect ratio. Meural Art Frame costs 521 € plus international shipping 83 € plus 148,11 € taxes when importing to Finland, making a grand total of 752,11 €. 3 meter long white Grateq micro usb to usb cable – 11,95 euros.3 meter long white power cord for display – 9,90 euros.Used 24″ IPS Led display with VESA wall mount compatibility – 40 euros.Raspberry Pi 3 – about 50 euros (got as a christmas gift).There were quite a few purchases I needed to make my frame work and look neat. The commercial options use IPS Led as well. IPS Led strikes a neat balance between quality and price. The best image quality for the screen would be colored E-ink display (doesn’t exist yet) or an OLED display (which are only available as expensive TV monitors). You can even install a script on Raspberry Pi which creates a slideshow of all the uploaded photos. Google Drive didn’t work as an image hosting site, but I used Imgur, where I am able to get a direct url to the photo.Īfter everything is set up and the images are loaded to the service, I can just log on to Openframe’s website with my mobile phone and click what pictures I want to show on my screen. The uploaded image must be uploaded twice, once in thumbnail-sized version and the second time in proper resolution (1920×1200 in my case). Openframe requires you to upload your art to an image hosting site. After installing you connect the smart frame to your home wifi and use Openframe’s online service to cast art to your frame. Otherwise the Openframe wouldn’t work very well, but it was a simple thing to do. One thing to note though, I had to increase the shared amount of graphic processing memory from bios. I simply followed the instructions found on Openframe.io and after maybe 3 hours, the setup was ready to go. The power switch is a bit fiddly, but you have to turn it only once and then it will start up automatically when you plug in the monitor. The monitor has just the right amount of depth so I could fit the Raspberry Pi 3 and necessary cabling on the backside. The default Raspberry Pi 3 power cord was really short and the cord was fixed to the charger so I had to order a new USB-charger and micro usb cable for it. I then ordered a slim VESA wall mount for 19,90 euros and two white power cords for Pi and monitor and a cable sleeve. I took the besel frame to a professional art framer and for 100 euros, my screen received this massive passepartout and frame. The besel part was easy to take off, I just removed two screws and gently pried the besel frame off. The Lenovo monitor has about 2 cm wide besels around the screen. Now a proper digital art frame needs something that isolates the picture from the wall, like a passepartout and frames. 24″ Lenovo monitor with VESA wall mount compatibility. A used monitor with a maximum resolution of 1920×1200 dating back to 2014 cost me 40 euros. After a quick browsing of second hand marketplace, I decided on a 16:10 Lenovo ThinkVision IPS Led 24″ monitor. My photos are shot in 4:3 or 3:2 aspect ratios, so I wanted something where I wouldn’t have to crop the photos as much. One thing I don’t like about the commercial options is the aspect ratio 16:9, which is too screen-like ratio for me. After receiving a Raspberry Pi 3 as a Christmas gift, I decided to create my own digital art frame. I have long wanted to get a cool digital art frame like Meural or Memento, but I really really can’t justify their very high prices. ![]() In this article, I’ll show how I made my own digital art frame from and old IPS LED display and Raspberry Pi 3 and I’ll tell you how much it cost. Creating your own digital art frame to showcase your work is not at all that hard and is a lot cheaper than commercial alternatives.
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