Cheap and Cute Digital PhotoFrame Without SD Card on ESP8266and1-8inch TFT

Cheap & Cute PhotoFrame Without SD Card on ESP8266 + 1.8inch TFT

Difficulté

Medium Moyen

Durée

1 hour(s) heure(s)

Catégories

Décoration, Mobilier, Maison, Jeux & Loisirs

Coût

10 USD ($)

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Introduction

Digital photo frame are awesome thing to show photos of your family members, friends and your pets. I wanted to build a small, cheap and cute photo frame with the parts already in my hand. This frame use 1.8" Small TFT panel and ESP8266 wireless development environment in a 3D printed case.

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Étape 1 - Parts

1.8 TFT Panel ST7735 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32913848470.html

1.8 TFT Panel ST7735 https://www.banggood.com/1_441_82_02_22_42_8-Inch-TFT-LCD-Display-Module-Colorful-Screen-Module-SPI-Interface-p-1494883.html

ESP8266 WEMOS D1 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33036965281.html

3D Printed Case https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4097143

Some Wires & Soldering Iron.

Étape 2 - 3D printed Object

I've prepare parts and printed frame on my 3D Printer.

Model Download: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/1oIgHjgjMjd

Étape 3 - Mounting Parts & Technical Information

Solder and mount parts on 3D Printed case as shown above images.

1.8" (Actually 1.77") TFT Panel datasheet

Wemos D1 datasheet

Étape 4 - Programming

This photoframe uses internal flash of ESP8266 module. So you don't need any external SD Card. You may convert 128x160 pixel photo to C array with LCDimageConverter. ESP8266's 4MB flash memory is enough to store many photos. You can download software and convert C Array your photos.

Étape 5 - Programming Continue...

Étape 6 - C Array Photo

You can sore your c array photos on photos.h file. Also need Adafruit GFX library and Adafruit ST7735 header file for this application.

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