Comments on: Flickr images on a Nokia LCD

By: raj vignesh

raj vignesh — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:46:25 +0000

I also wanted to know if the pins of the display can be directly connected to the MCU or if there should be anything in between the the Mcu and the display.. I just have a fresh 6100 LCD display with me….

By: raj vignesh

raj vignesh — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:25:13 +0000

what modification?? can you please explain??

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:17:44 +0000

Yes, you can, but you may have to adapt the code a bit.

By: raj vignesh

raj vignesh — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:17:10 +0000

i want to interface nokia 6100 colour LCD with arduino running ATMEGA8. Please help me with interfacing diagram.

By: Anjan Bose

Anjan Bose — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:33:40 +0000

Hi Alex

Managed to get my FTDI breakout board from Sparkfun. Just a quick question: Should I macth the TXD and RXD pin of the mega (pin 3) with that of the FTDI breakout board? The reason I am asking this is because sometimne they label it the reverse on boards to make it easier for the MC connection. Sorry for asking this silly question but wanted to make sure before i connect up. very much appreciate your help.

Cheers

Anjan

By: anjan

anjan — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:52:30 +0000

Hi Alex
Thanks very much for your response. I have already received the API-key from flickr and also received the secret with it , hence i was not sure if it was required.
thanks for the suggestion with the FTDI cable. I will try to order that from sparkfun

cheers
Anjan

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:35:42 +0000

Hi Anjan,
to use the flickr API you have to use an API-key. You can request that at flickr.com. Then insert the key in the python script. Then insert your flickr ID, the rest should work unchanged.
If you have a USB-to-serial, it should work. Check the voltage before. Or take a look at FTDI-cable, these are best for this.
Cheers,
Alex

By: Anjan Bose

Anjan Bose — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:26:55 +0000

Hi Alex

regarding the flickrApi :
in your code, you have not used the secret , is it optional?
Also in this syntax: url = “http://farm%s.static.flickr.com/%s/%s_%s_m.jpg” % \
(photo.get(“farm”), photo.get(“server”), photo.get(“id”), photo.get(“secret”))

do we need to change the parameters for farm, server, id, and secret?

Thanks in advance for clarifying the above. Will try to get a display soon. Also is there any way of interfacing directly from a conventional serial port with TTL logic (-12v etc) to the mc? I am also wondering if I use a USB to serial converter can i just connect the TX and RX signals
directly to the mc without worrying about voltage levels.

Thanks so much for this very nice project idea, getting excited to implement this.

Best regards

Anjan

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:47:19 +0000

Python is only used to fetch the images from flickr.

By: avr

avr — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:16:19 +0000

Why code is only on Python? I want to programm it on AVR GCC is this posible? What kind of controller is used on this Nokia LCD? I read there can be few variants: Philips and other.