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After a bit of trial and error, he was able to replace the frame’s boot screen with his own custom image as well. He was eventually able to read the device’s flash chip and swapped out the built-in images with his own. He de-soldered the chip from the frame, mounted it on a makeshift breakout board, and started reading up on SPI.
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He started by trying to read data from the frame’s serial flash chip, but found that the processor was preventing him from doing so. The frame came with a set of built in images, and his goal was to swap them out for pictures of his own. After realizing that the frame did not run any sort of Linux-based OS he figured his options were pretty limited, but he gave it a shot anyways. Posted in classic hacks, home entertainment hacks Tagged 1940s, 806, acrylic, coby, ge, laser cutter, oak, retro, roku, smart tv, tv Digital Picture Frame Reverse EngineeringĪ few months ago got his hands on a free Coby DP700WD digital picture frame and thought it would be fun to hack. This project was clearly a labor of love – witness the bloodshed after a tangle with a tablesaw while building the matching remote – and brought some life to an otherwise soulless chunk of mass-produced electronics. Don’t forget the pressure-formed acrylic dome over the screen – here’s hoping that our recent piece on pressure-forming helped inspire that nice little touch. Besides, we think the laser cut birch ply grille is pretty snazzy. In the end though, you need to work with the materials and tooling you have.
One may quibble about not using brass for the grille like the original and going with oak rather than mahogany. From the curved top to the deep rectangular bezel, the details really make this a special build.
His inspiration came from a GE 806 TV from the 1940s, and while his build isn’t an exact replica, we think he captured the spirit of the original perfectly. 1940s GE 806 restored by Steve O’BannonĪnother reason to smile is the attention to detail paid by. That’s why this all-new retro-style case for a smart TV makes us smile. And while a lot of these projects show a great deal of skill and respect for the original device, there’s something slightly sacrilegious about gutting an appliance that someone shelled out a huge portion of their paycheck to buy in the middle of the last century. Refits of retro TVs and radios with the latest smart guts are a dime a dozen around Hackaday.