Randomrex - The Tweeting Picture Frame
About the project
A tweeting picture frame made by Rex, the floofiest member of 8 Bits and a Byte
Project info
Difficulty: Easy
Platforms: Adafruit, Raspberry Pi, Twitter
Estimated time: 1 day
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA version 4.0 or later (CC BY-SA 4+)
Items used in this project
Hardware components
Story
Overview
Below a quick overview of the content.
- Introduction and showcase video
- Picture frame
- Sticks
- Twitter account
- Photos
- Logic
- End result
Introduction & showcase video
To spread some love and happiness, Rex decided to build a tweeting picture frame to brighten up Twitter with his best pictures.
Picture frame
At first he printed one big house, but left no space for a Pi or any wiring. Instead of one big print, plan "Waggling Tail" was to use six frames and glue them together. The files with all the panels are attached.
![](https://www.electromaker.io/uploads/images/projects/736/story/medium/8Bits_andaByte_story_image_1546598915161531.jpeg)
Sticks
With the basic frame in place, the next step was to hot glue some Popsicle sticks on the outside. Makes it look nice and professional.
![](https://www.electromaker.io/uploads/images/projects/736/story/medium/8Bits_andaByte_story_image_1546598916438813.jpeg)
In order to Tweet you need two things, a Twitter account and developer access. Information about both here. Extra thanks to Raspberry Pi for this great tutorial!
Pictures
To avoid too much repetition, collecting a lot of pictures is important. Luckily we took a lot, and will keep adding new ones as we go. Just make sure they are under 5MB each, otherwise Twitter gets grumpy.
Logic
The code has to do two things:
- Every hour randomly select a picture from the set, and display it on the screen
- Once a day, at 10:00 AM, pick a random picture and Tweet it
For the full code, check the attachment "Code"
End Result
![](https://www.electromaker.io/uploads/images/projects/736/story/medium/8Bits_andaByte_story_image_1546598917529447.jpeg)
You can find his Twitter account here
CAD, enclosures and custom parts
Code
Credits
![Photo of 8BitsAndAByte](/uploads/images/profile_pictures/8Bits_andaByte_profile_picture_1538649378.jpg)
8BitsAndAByte
We’re Dane & Nicole, two makers that create tremendously terrible tech, which we happily share with you on our channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/8bitsandabyte
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