@1a2a3a - One of the modules that I maintain is MMM-WeatherBackground. It will put a background image on your mirror and change it up according to what your weather app forecasts. I find that the key feature is the ability to set the transparency of the background image. That way you can adjust how much of the background image is present vs the reflection that you see.

Re: MMM-xiaomi - Temperature and Humidity from your smarthome Hey, it seems that the Aqara M2 Hub should work with this module. Has anyone tested this or is using it in the moment? I only want to display multiple Aqara temperature sensors on my MagicMirror without the need to install Home Assistant. Recently, I’ve been trying to read data from a BME280 sensor connected to an ESP32. However, the ESP´s are crashing all the time and I can´t identify the error. I’m looking for a reliable solution that just works. And I guess the fact that these Sensors communicate with Zigbee is also a better solution

@pietervanharen typically there are only 3 wires power (pin 6) ground (pin5) signal (pin 4) so, power and ground should be easy, and picking an available gpio port should also be easy and if you want to.program change it’s behavior the you would connect pins 1 and 2 [image: 1699721254471-screenshot_20231111_104643_chrome.jpg]

@bhepler said in Magic Mirror Mirror/Foil Question: @Syosse - In my experience, the light transmission from film is very different than a one-way mirror glass. The film is a compromise for those on a budget. The film will not let as much light through from the monitor as a purchased piece of mirror glass. In my case, the film lets in about 30% of the monitor’s display and the mirror glass lets 50% through. Ok, now it’s clear, thank you very much. I’ve now ordered a mirror glass.

@ryus see https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

Hi there! use the desktop version and it works ok! thanks for your comments!

Nice! I think the real-time clock is a useful new feature for the MM. With that we should be able to wake up the Raspberry Pi automatically without any external device.

@mmcghee cool… also note that the base doesn’t provide any touch support in any module, as they are designed for output only… you might want to look at this topic https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18011/touchscreen-family-dashboard

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Hi, I have same issue on my raspberry. Have you find how fix it ?

@mr-leahy sure… MM also runs on windows too

@Max-0 What you mean is “powering on a Raspberry PI by touch without any additional device”, NO. What you mean is “powering on a Display(previously powered off) by touch without any additional device”, Possible or not by the kind of the touch-sensor. Built-In touch sensor in a display would not be possible, but an external touch-frame connected to Raspberry Pi could be used to give signals for that control to Raspberry Pi. What you mean is “Waking on a Display(previously slept/hibernated) by touch without any additional device”, YES. But your display('s control board) should support that kind of feature.

@Steuber hi, first thing you have to decided what kind of screen you want to use. This is important because the esp module will have serious problems with big screens, anithing in color over 6 inches it will be pretty much impossible to drive with an esp8266 module because the small ram available.

@sdetweil said in SSD vs Old School Spinning Platter: @ankonaskiff17 so. ssd technology is write once memory. once that bit is written, it cannot be written again. Uh, no. The cells that contain the bits do wear out over time, calculated in Total Bytes Written, but they are re-writeable. Writing and rewriting those bits causes wear. And the SSD has some overhead to let you maintain the listed capacity over time. But it is a read/write technology. There are some write-once SSDs on the market, but you have to specifically purchase them. The few that I found are Windows-only. How Solid State Drives Work

@oraturk75 said in Best monitor or TV: I really don’t think the Acrylic option is better than the Two Way Mirror but then why it’s more expensive? I suspect it has to do with the light transmission rates. The SmartMirror glass is 70/30 reflect/transmit, meaning 30% of the light hitting your mirror isn’t reflected (and only 30% of the monitor display will show through) The Two Way Mirror glass is 11% transparent, so even less light will be transmitted through the glass. (The acrylic is 70/30 as well. Curious.)

@oraturk75 said in How do I know if a monitor is suitable for a MagicMirror: I have just seen a post where the guy purchased a naked LCD panel then a separate controller board and a power supply; rather than taking the plastic cover off from a full blown monitor. I did something like this for another project (Retro arcade in a briefcase). I used an old laptop and ripped the LCD out, bought a controller board off Ebay and then powered it via direct 12v input. It’s definitely possible. My only caution is that the ribbon cable connecting the controller board to the LCD was easily detached from the monitor. Solvable with a little tape, but do watch for it.

Thanks for this.

Use MMM-Touch.

Try to ask the guys at touchandscreen.de

@ErikDK64 which board . that is the system chip number but it should run Linux without issue use my install script to install mm after booting the os see https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts