Salac, Nio Jomarie

Yabes, Jasper Brylle

BSEEn
EE180
Electronic Photo Frame

I. About the Project

a. Materials:
i. Arduino Uno
ii. 3.5 TFT LCD Screen (ILI 9481)
iii. Micro SD
b. ILI9481 is a 262,144-color single-chip SoC driver for a-TFT liquid crystal display with
resolution of 320RGBx480 dots, comprising a 960-channel source driver, a 480-channel
gate driver, 345,600 bytes GRAM for graphic data of 320RGBx480 dots, and power
supply circuit.
The ILI9481 supports 18-/16-/9-/8-bit data bus interface (DBI) and serial peripheral
interfaces (SPI). It also supplies 18-bit, 16-bit or 6-bit RGB interface (DPI) for driving
video signal directly from application controller. The moving picture area can be
specified in internal GRAM by window address function. The specified window area can
be updated selectively, so that moving picture can be displayed simultaneously
independent of still picture area.
c. Reference:
i. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Display-Images-on-24inch-TFT-and-
Make-It-a-/
ii. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-use-24-inch-TFT-LCD-SPFD5408-with-
Arduino-U/

II. Significance/Importance
a. The electronic Photo Frame will revolutionize the photo frame displayed in every home.
b. The Electronic Photo Frame will use an Arduino Uno Microcontroller to read the image
from the Micro SD and display it in the TFT LCD Screen. If the SD card has multiple
images, it will play a slideshow.

III. Learning in Terms of Programming

a. Programming
i. In this project will give knowledge on how to display images in an LCD Screen
using an Arduino as a microcontroller.
 ii. To fully control the LCD Screen, it will need a library that matches the model of
the LCD Screen.
b. Hardware
i. In this project well learn how to run the Arduino from a higher voltage input or
by an AC mains supply.

IV. Product/System
a. Top Side

b. SD Card Side

c. 5V Side