How to save power by adding a PIR motion sensor to your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame
Learn about the different types of PIR sensor hardware and get a complete Python script to automate display on/off.
Home Automation
How to install the MQTT Mosquitto broker locally on your digital picture frame’s Raspberry Pi
Bring the incredible world of Internet of Things (IoT) communication to your Raspberry Pi without using Cloud services.
Voice control your Raspberry Pi digital photo frame with Amazon Echo, MQTT, and Node-RED
Not using Home Assistant and looking for an alternative to use Alexa without diving deep into the bowels of an Amazon developer account? Meet Node-RED.
Voice control your Raspberry Pi digital photo frame with Amazon Echo and Home Assistant
In a time where we should avoid touching things, voice control is the way to go. I’ll explain how to make Alexa operate your photo frame without asking for treats.
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Display the number of photos on your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame in Home Assistant
Do you want to see how many images you have uploaded to your frame? MQTT makes it easy.
Control your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame with Home Assistant’s WiFi presence detection and MQTT
One of my best articles on integrating a digital frame in to a Home Automation environment and saving power in the process.