DonsDeals Blog: Raspberry Pi Wireless Display Using a Cheap Parrot LCD Photo Frame

This Project is just what I wish I could do with my Raspberry Pi... If I had one, that is;)

Don

Sunday, 24 June 2012

cjb.im:

Raspberry Pi Wireless Display Using a Cheap Parrot LCD Photo Frame

One of the first things I've tried with my Raspberry Pi is to get it to use the low cost Parrot DF3120 320x240 picture frame as a wireless display over Bluetooth. These little frames are available on Amazon for under £15!

This builds on the sterling work done here https://sites.google.com/site/repurposelinux/df3120 to hack Linux onto the DF3120. When I first saw this post, I bought a few of the frames as they looked like they might come in handy for something.

The basic idea is to set up Bluetooth networking with the Pi, and use SDL VNC viewer to display the X screen on the Parrot.

Bluetooth Network Setup

The first thing we need to do is get Bluetooth networking set up between the two devices.

To start off with, on the Pi side, I'm using the standard Debian squeeze image and an Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth USB dongle. Install the bluetooth package, and for my atheros dongle, I installed the firmware-atheros package:

Read More...
http://www.cjb.im/2012/06/raspberry-pi-wireless-display-using.html