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Offline robothehoboTopic starter

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Digital calendar???
« on: May 09, 2009, 08:17:27 PM »
O.k, I want to make a digital calendar(sorta like a digital photo frame) but I would like it be able to add text to each square. Anyone know how I could make this? There would also be one arrow in the right corner pointing to the right to go to the next month/s and a arrow in the left corner to go to previous months(deletable if you put the memory card into the computer and delete it).Any ideas?
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Re: Digital calendar???
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2009, 08:36:00 PM »
do you have any experience with this sort of stuff?
im assuming you want touch screen? this will be a hard one....
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Re: Digital calendar???
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2009, 08:48:51 PM »
Baby steps first... don't rush into huge projects like these. 100% of the people I have seen rushing into big projects have abandoned them due to complexity. Start off small... but keep your eventual goals in mind.

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Re: Digital calendar???
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2009, 08:54:50 PM »
So, I think I should just make the calendar with arrows that are not on the screen but on a rim below the screen.Could anyone help me with this project? It will be fun and challenging?

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Re: Digital calendar???
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2009, 09:08:35 PM »
I just had an idea, couldn't you just make a digital photo frame then make it so you could edit the pictures/calendar pages
and be able to use a small keyboard to type events on the calender(borders around each day square)? I just thought about that but have no idea how I would do it......any ideas? Btw I would love to make a prototype that isn't a touch screen but it's hard to not use it.
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Re: Digital calendar???
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2009, 11:35:43 PM »
Basically with the stuff that will be required... you're making a computer  ;)

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Re: Digital calendar???
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2009, 11:37:07 PM »
you could try hacking a sciphone? they're only like $70-$80.. touch screen and calendars...
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Re: Digital calendar???
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2009, 04:03:23 AM »
i've seen projects online for putting custom firmware on digital picture frames.
that's how i would do it.

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