@j.e.f.f said in How do I go about making a decent sized mirror cheap?:

@chaseb1357 the cost of your mirror is going to scale proportionally with how big you want to make it. If you want to keep it relatively small (say 20" monitor) then you can likely get away with this:

https://www.amazon.ca/2-way-Acrylic-Mirror-Smart-Mirrors/dp/B01N05S3BC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500571369&sr=8-1&keywords=two-way+mirror

and combine it with any refurb computer monitor you can find. However you’ll still need to purchase the raspberry pi and build the frame for it. You’ll looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of $250 at a minimum. Not sure if that fits your budget, and that’s before even considering touch capability.

When I built mine my costs quickly spiralled out of control… mine finished around $800. But that was with a 32" TV and a 1.5 meter piece of two-way glass.

They can get VERY expensive… so far I’m about right where you are with the 32"… but like I said I also used a real itx board and IR touch frame… with more to come…

In Gemany, You can consider Uni-box. It is made for Sammeln. It has enough thickness and be compatible any other normal frame. But I don’t know whether it is available out of Europe.

@BenTrigger

Or a laptop with MagicMirror running on it for an even better idea of how it will work/look

@oldversions That’s nice. With some right-angle plugs, you’d be good to go with that.

@j.e.f.f

I will add heatsinks once the frame is built and mounted. Thank you.

I found this type of mirror : MIRASTAR

Do you have expérience and advice ?

Thankx,

SGG MIRASTAR
Product information
Technical information
PROCESSING CAPABILITIES
In principle, the coating of SGG MIRASTAR can be thermally toughened*, even on the pulley roll side. Chromium mirror glass can therefore be converted to toughened glass, giving it a huge advantage over conventional silvered mirrors!
Wet treatment and surface processing (grinding, drilling, engraving or screen printing) are possible as well as its fabrication to laminated safety glass.
The coatings are applied using a magnetron process. Their scratch resistance and hardness are however equivalent to pyrolytic hard coatings.
The glass has passed the following tests:
Taber test
Erichsen test
Condensation resistance
Acid water resistance
Resistance to neutral salt spray
Reflectance: coating side: ≥ 58 %**
Transmission: 3 %**

Radiation and convection heaters are suitable for these applications. Please contact the manufacturers of SGG MIRASTAR.
** +/- 1 %
Please ensure that SGG MIRASTAR is only used for its intended purpose. In case of doubt please contact the manufacturer directly.

Note: Ideally I would like to order 18 x 24 or 24 x 36. Larger would be better as anything smaller in my opinion wouldn’t make a good mirror.

I’ve used the HDMI on/off before and my TV brings up a blue no signal box.

Is it possible to time the blank screen saver to come on/off at certain times?

@Chiumanfu said in Shopping list off Amazon:

I would add a USB Microphone
https://www.amazon.com/Kinobo-Microphone-Desktop-Recognition-Software/dp/B00IR8R7WQ/

And a PIR Sensor
https://www.amazon.com/PIR-motion-sensor-HC-SR501-Arduino/dp/B00L9GKN3I/

If I was to do it again, I would call your local glass shops first. I got the same acrylic mirror from Amazon and no matter how careful I was with the frame, it flexes and create a funhouse mirror effect. I called around and the first glass shop I contacted had glass two-way mirror for roughly the same price.

What are you planning to do with the acrylic cement

I bought a real two way mirror and it was not cheap… BUT worth it :)

@bhepler Thanks for your feedback. I’ll be sure to check out Parts Express. In the meantime I did get a cheap set of speakers off amazon and will attempt disassembly for my cabinet. I may end up just modifying the cases they’re in rather than completely disassembling them though. And if all that fails I’ll look at doing a direct build off of parts from Parts Express.

Have a look here, al sizes and functions.

i have the same problem, my magic mirror installation is fine, but when it comes to pir motion sensor installation , i have not able to set it up it correctly, my pir will sense it when there is a movement but my magic mirror has no reaction, it will just stays on.any suggestion…i have rasp pi 3, pir motion sens conn to gpio 18. no error message. …

{ module: 'MMM-PIR-Sensor', config: { sensorPIN: '18', powerSaving: 'true' } },

(my module config)

Hi,

I have currently purchaced a 32 inch IR frame (Link) with an Android Box (Link) and was planning to connect them together as the controls for my SmartMirror.

However, When i connect the two the Android box (Which runs full android, like any tablet or phone) does not seem to recognize or detect the IR Touch Frame. I have installed the provided app that I was told to do and is supposed to set up/calibrate the frame but this does not recognize the IR touch frame at all.

I have separately tested the frame on my windows laptop and it works well.

Any help is appreciated as this did cost quite a bit and for it not to work will be devastating!

Once you have Linux installed just follow the MM install instructions…

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror

Manual Installation

Download and install the latest Node.js version.

Verison 6
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

OR

Verison 8
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

THEN:

Clone the repository and check out the master branch: git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror
Enter the repository: cd ~/MagicMirror
Install the app: npm install
Run the app: npm start
Important: npm start does not work via SSH, use DISPLAY=:0 nohup npm start & instead. This starts the mirror on the remote display.

IF you get any errors search this forum or Google your error to see how to fix…

Gotta go to work, Have a good day!!!

@Atheose Which monitor are you using?

Maybe someone has interest

my first try to buy by ebay

@bhepler Thanks bro!

@SpecialRob Pictures certainly are better than words. After all, they take up more disk space.

@yawns Thanks! Yeah that second link seems more or less exactly the same as what I’m trying to do. Looks like it has validated my approach.