New Mirror

rkorell

rkorell

And here the target monitor in action - 27’’ Samsung…

Keep you posted.

Regards,
Ralf

wyovino

@rkorell Nice work! You didn’t specify the type of mirror you were considering. I would suggest a real glass mirror instead of acrylic. It’s more expensive but looks infinity better. I tried acrylic first and it was a waste of money.

rkorell

Dear @wyovino ,
my shame, you are right.
To be honest, acrylic or foil are no variant for me.
In my first approach I’was thinking about 120x60cm, in the meantime I have found two existing mirrors in household - 190x80 and 150x90.
All three possible dimensions - at least for me - are candidates for glass for sure.
I’ve ordered a sample package and currently I’m figuring out which one ist the right.
For sure it will be 6mm, not sure is the brand.
I’ve sapmles from Mirropane Chrome spy which is referenced quite often in this forum.
Alternatively I have a local brand “Mirastar” which looks nice as well (nicer, to be honest :-) ).
Marketing wise (from website) Mirropane sounds “better”, but we tend (from eye’s perspective) to Mirastar.
Next step is talking to vendor - the online ordering form doesn’t allow my bigger dimensions -120x60 is maximum.

But anyway: Thanks a lot for your kind hint!

Regards,
Ralf

rkorell

Hi all,
work in progress :-)
I’ve played around, tried a lot and have found a couple of additional information, worth to show up on our mirror.
I’m really happy that one of the additions is an idea of my wife - this seems like a sign of “acceptance” …
Today in the morning she states “we are looking at earth… - The moon is missing”.

Voilá -

(screenshot, not photo)

Modified: strava (less disciplines).

Added:
fuel prices (MMM-Fuel) ,
moon (MMM-MoonPhase),
a countdown to event (MMM-EventHorizon) and a
custom background (MMM-Profilepicture).

Warmest regards and much fun with your own mirror,
Ralf

rkorell

Addition: I forgot to mention that in the meantime the PIR sensor is here and is working after some “trouble”.
Ininitially this tiny bastard demolites my WLAN on the Raspi so I have bought a new one (Raspi).
It’s possible that there is no causality and the raspi broke for other reasons. But initially when I took power away from PIR WLAN recovers…
Today the new Raspi and PIR are living together without trouble.

Second tricky part was the justification of the sensor - there are two adjusments screws: one of them for the sensitivity and the other one for the length of signal.

First lesson: SMALL adaptions, LONG break to see the “real” behaviour.
Second lesson: Build a housing for the naked sensor.
I Printed a tiny box with a kind of funnel, housing the fresnel lens so the overall sensitivity (viewing angel) becomes lower…

Now it works reliably like a charm…

Regards,
Ralf