Make Your Own Digital Photo Frame
17 Feb, 2010, 1:58 pm IST | by Francis D'sa
Not only do we show how to build a digital photo frame, we show you how to make it better than any option available in the market today.

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Usually, digital photo frames available in the market are either too small or too expensive. We will help you build a decent sized digital photo frame all by yourself and within a budget of only four or five thousand rupees. All you would need to make one at home are a few old, but working electronic gadgets which you might have lying around the house or which you can even buy secondhand from the local market.
Make sure you have a stretch of time available and nothing distracts you, since mistakes could cause damage to the circuits.
Get ready with all the necessary items required for the workshop. At this stage, you will require the LCD monitor, the TV tuner box and the DVD player. First, connect the DVD player's outputs and plug the monitor into the tuner with their regular wires to ensure they are all working properly—especially playing your digital photos, videos, etc.
Once you have tested the equipment, it is time to disassemble each box. Let’s begin with the DVD player. Carefully unscrew the cover. Save all the screws that are extracted from the unit as they could come in handy at any time.
Study the circuitry carefully. Take photos of the insides of the box or draw the diagram on a piece of paper to remember the connections. This is crucial as you will need to reconnect them with their internal ribbon cables which will most probably be unmarked. Once all the circuitry is carefully studied and separated, we will use only two stages—the decoder board and the power supply. A few more parts that will come in handy at a later stage are the power switch, a few wires, the amplifier unit and some connectors. Time to separate the LCD monitor from its stand. In our case, we have just separated the main unit from the stand and kept the rest intact so we can reassemble the monitor and use it again if the photo frame is ever taken apart, but this will increase the depth of the picture frame by a few inches depending on the LCD monitor model. If you need, you can also extract the actual LCD panel itself from the monitor casing along with the necessary circuitry and power supply and discard the plastic shell to reduce the weight and size of the final product. Parts of an LCD monitor are very delicate; therefore we would recommend that you handle them with extreme care if you choose to do this. Now disassemble the TV tuner box. Unscrew the plastic lid and a single circuit board will be visible. There is not much to worry about here as the connections are pretty straightforward. There is generally no internal wiring, only connectors. |
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