Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
No Mirror = Awesome Daily Assistant Frame
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Put everything together
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I bloody love it!! Looks beautiful. A couple of questions;
- How much trouble did you have disassembling the monitor?
- Where did you get your frame from?
- Are you using WiFi or Ethernet for the internet connection?
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thank you very much. its really an eye-catcher in the kitchen.
How much trouble did you have disassembling the monitor?
» none, iMacs are easy to disassemble, see hereWhere did you get your frame from?
» designed and build it with my neighbor myselfAre you using WiFi or Ethernet for the internet connection?
» wifi in this case and its working flawlessly, I have a good mesh network in my home alreadymore fotos from inside
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Cost Overview
- iMac Screen 27" with Front Glas, 2k from 2009 to 2011: depends where you harvest it: from 50€ to 300€
- Driver Board: ~60€, ebay
- USB Touch Frame: ~70€ in this size, from aliexpress or ebay
- Raspberry Pi 4, 45€, good times ;)
- Pi Aluminum Case: 12€, ebay
- Pi Power, Slim Version: 11€, amazon
- Pi Camera Extension Flexcable Ribbon 30cm, black: ~5€
- HDMI Cable Pi to Driver Board: 5€
- Power Extension, 3 slots, Slim Version: 7€, ebay
- Wood for Frame, Oak 2x 120x26x1,5cm: 40€, ebay
- (todo) Playstation PS3 Move Camera and Mic Array, USB: 5€, ebay
- (todo) Pi Camera: ~25€
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@TazDev …Looks nice so far.
Can you provide a front-picture of the assembled Frame?What do you want to do with the move cam, Mic-Array and PI-Cam?
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sure, here you go, still WIP, I need to fix 2 borders and decide if I want to paint it black.
the camera from the playstation move is deactivated, I removed everything and try to use the mic array inside the frame. I want to use it for voice stuff, but honestly the touch frame with MMM-Touch is already awesome to control.
the PI Cam should be used for face recognition & photo booth fun with guests.
also I try to add PS3 Controllers and use the Screen as a retro game console in the kitchen.
