It was a day when we were used to storing our beautiful memories in photo albums. As time moves technology takes a place in our memories also. Yeah!  We start using digital cameras, smartphones, or other digital gadgets to store digital photos. As of now most of us are storing our digital photos on cloud storage. We found that in the modern techno-era almost every electronics gadget has been connected to the internet. Whenever you want to see your favorite photos, you visit your storage and download those pictures to refresh your memories. How about a photo frame those do these things automatically, even you don’t need to visit your memory storage, sounds good! If you are thinking about a Digital photo frame then you are on the right way. Today we are going to explain the working process of that stuff. So without any further delay let get started.

What is a Digital Photo Frame?

We can say that it is a thin color screen in the form of a picture frame, which shows your digital photographs can change between multiple images in a slideshow. Framing your beautiful memories into digital form presents a whole new meaning. This gadget comes in two categories, the first one simply store and display digital pictures whereas the second one is smart. The last one uses internet connectivity as well as its internal memory to display digital pictures. Here we are going to discuss the second one that can be accessed via internet connectivity.

Engineering Inside:

This gadget contains similar units to a computer system but one major difference is that its functionalities are limited. Some of the Digital photo frames are designed to work based on their operating system and they are using advanced control cords like Raspberry Pi. Most probably below hardware units are present inside a Digital photo frame:

1. Display
2. CPU
3. Memory
4. Operating system
5. Modem
6. Wireless module
7. Control buttons

Display:

It makes the first impression on the user as per its resolution. So, we can say that a good quality digital photo frame also has a high-resolution display unit. Most of them are LCD  (Liquid Crystal Diode) type. This type of display is thin enough that the digital frame is not much thicker than an ordinary photo frame.

CPU:

Central Processing Unit in a Digital Photo Frame is similar to an electronic handheld game. As we know this gadget performs some predefined intensive tasks like downloading the image from our integrated user account by using the internet, scrolling images, etc. The rest of the time, it does normal functions like synchronizing hardware units.

Memory:

This gadget also has some Read-Only Memory (ROM) to store the Operating System (OS) to perform their operations. It also has some Flash Memory to store the running configuration, photos, and some small-sized operating software. Both types of memory are persistent, it means that no data is lost if the gadget is unplugged.

Operating system:

Not all but some of the Digital photo frames are working to an advanced level. And they are using a control board to hold a particular operating system to perform more tasks by using this display device. And a common Digital photo frame contains an OS to execute its limited functions.

Modem:

Based on data transfer rate modem type has been defined for the Digital photo frame. Some of the old modeled digital frames are using 2G or 3G modem for data transmission whereas newer models are using 4G modem.

Wireless Module:

This module is either integrated with a control board or a separate unit that provides wireless connectivity to the gadget by using WiFi and/or Bluetooth. By using this module you can connect a Digital photo frame with other wireless connectivity enabled devices like smartphones.

Control Buttons:

Most of the models of this gadget provide user-operated control buttons to adjust the brightness and/or contrast level of the display unit, configure display settings manually, and much more.

Working Process:

There are several manufacturers are present in the techno market. Most of them are manufacturing Digital photo frames with remote connectivity like the internet. In this type of Digital photo frame, the user needs to create an account by using an email ID as advised by the manufacturer. That email-ID gets integrated with the user’s Digital photo frame. The user only needs to send an email to its favorite digital pictures to registered email-ID. It is a convenient way to merge email and your digital photo frame into one joyful, family-focused action. You can send your photos in widely used formats like JPEG, GIF, BMP, and PNG or you can snap pictures on your smartphone and email those pictures to the integrated email-ID. Now that’s what we call the intelligent or ultimate Digital photo frame.

Applications:

You can enjoy your beautiful digital pictures on your desk, bedside table, or anywhere else you show off these pictures.

Thanks for reading. See you soon with another exploration!