PhotoEN
Team members:
- Brianna Bethel
- Robert Havlik
- Jessica Lowry
- Alex Silva
In past years, people were accustomed to taking pictures that were captured on photographic film. This film was then dropped off at the local development shop. A few days later, the pictures were available on photographic paper. But during the last couple of years, technology has significantly surpassed these recent photographic conventions. Now, one can buy a digital camera and seconds later, view the images on the computer. While it's convenient to avoid development charges and to view pictures right after they are taken, it is unreasonable to assume that most people carry their computers around to merely show their pictures. Instead, they want an easier way to display and share their memories.
As a senior project, we intend to build a digital picture frame that will use images stored on a compact flash card and display these images on an LCD screen. This project would function similarly to a traditional picture frame; however, it would be capable of displaying thousands of pictures in a slideshow format within a single device. Given the right microprocessor, LCD controller and other peripheral chips, we see this project expanding into a picture frame that has a significant amount of features and intelligence. The interface to our project includes a touch-screen which enables the user to zoom and manipulate the pictures. We will use USB, compact flash memory storage, and infrared technologies to share, store, and control the pictures.
Starting with a development kit, the software will be developed to control the LCD as well as other peripheral devices. While the software is written, the team intends to build custom hardware for our project. Once these hardware designs are complete, the design will be transformed into a printed circuit board, in which the hardware and software will be solely written and designed by the senior project team.