DIY Components For Your Digital Picture Frame Project
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DIY Components For Your Digital Picture Frame Project
iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit
Every serious home brewer will be happy to have this iFixit toolkit for opening monitors. From the guys who take apart everything.
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DIY Components For Your Digital Picture Frame Project
90 Degree Down Angle Elbow HDMI Cable AmazonBasics
Depending on where the HDMI output is located on your display, you may need this down-angle HDMI cable.
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DIY Components For Your Digital Picture Frame Project
Acer BW257, 25-inch, 16:10
One of the few remaining 16:10 aspect ratio, 24-inch (-ish) high-quality displays – ideal for displaying photos.
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DIY Components For Your Digital Picture Frame Project
Amazon echo dot – Smart speaker with Alexa
If you want to voice control your digital picture frame, I recommend this Alexa model.
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DIY Components For Your Digital Picture Frame Project
AmazonBasics Wall Mount for 32-80 inch TVs
Super flat-mount.
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DIY Components For Your Digital Picture Frame Project
ASUS BE24WQLB, 24.1-inch, 16:10
One of the few remaining 16:10 aspect ratio, 24-inch (-ish) high-quality displays – ideal for displaying photos.
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DIY Components For Your Digital Picture Frame Project
ASUS ProArt Display PA248QV, 24.1-inch, 16:10
One of the few remaining 16:10 aspect ratio, 24-inch (-ish) high-quality displays – ideal for displaying photos.
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DIY Components For Your Digital Picture Frame Project
Aukey Power Supply for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, USB-C, 5V, 3A
I like the Aukey products because they provide good quality for a reasonable price and include a 24-month warranty. This flat power supply is well suited for mounting behind displays.
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DIY Components For Your Digital Picture Frame Project
BenQ PD3200U, 32-inch, 16:9, 4K Resolution
Outstanding large display with 4K resolution. Get a good wall-mount – it’s heavy!
See a great article on how to build a digital picture frame with this display: How I built a superslim 32-inch 4K digital picture frame based on the BenQ PD3200 and the Raspberry Pi 4
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DIY Components For Your Digital Picture Frame Project
DELL UltraSharp UP3017, 30-inch, 16:10
The only 16:10 aspect ratio in the 30-inch size that I know of. Not 4K and not cheap but great colors.
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DIY Components For Your Digital Picture Frame Project
Official power supply for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, USB-C, 5.1V, 3A
Get a high-quality power supply for your Raspberry Pi 4 like this one. Otherwise, you’ll be in for all kinds of inexplicable bugs.
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DIY Components For Your Digital Picture Frame Project
Official Raspberry Pi 3 Case
This case is fine for the Raspberry Pi 3. For a digital picture frame application, you won’t need additional cooling unless you also have other programs running.
