  High resolution digital micro-mirror devices (DMD) make it possible to
produce nearly arbitrary light fields with high accuracy, reproducibility and
low optical aberrations. However, using these devices to trap and manipulate
ultracold atomic systems for e.g. quantum simulation is often complicated by
the presence of kHz-frequency switching noise. Here we demonstrate a simple
hardware extension that solves this problem and makes it possible to produce
truly static light fields. This modification leads to a 47 fold increase in the
time that we can hold ultracold $^6$Li atoms in a dipole potential created with
the DMD. Finally, we provide reliable and user friendly APIs written in Matlab
and Python to control the DMD.
