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Spencer Organ has taken a Pi, the PiTFT<\/a> and a USB stick, merged them all together and created a small digital photo frame. This is a great use for the PiTFT (although it doesn’t use the touchscreen… yet) and I think I might give it a go! Read about how he did it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spencer Organ has taken a Pi, the PiTFT and a USB stick, merged them all together and created a small digital photo frame. This is a great use for the PiTFT (although it doesn’t use the touchscreen… yet) and I…<\/p>\n

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