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Frameless Bathroom Magic Mirror (Hue-controlled)
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Hi all!
After a long break with some woodwork excursion, I finally finished our main bathroom mirror.
The mirror is composed of:
- Pilkington MirroView 6mm
- Raspberry Pi 4B
- 24" Display BenQ GL2450
- Solid-State-Relais (SSR-40DA)
The frame is made of plywood and glued to a black foil, which is attached to the mirror glass.
I use a Hue Tap Dial Switch to control my YouTube module:
Some anecdotes
I’m really satisfied with the end result, despite encountering quite a few setbacks along the way. For example, I should have tested the backlighting more thoroughly before applying the glue onto the frame. I also wanted to make the backplate, which holds the display, removable. Unfortunately, it seems that i used too much glue in the final step, and some of it must have spilled over, unintentionally gluing the backplate as well.
Additionally I also didn’t think about the display’s standby message until I had already assembled the mirror. This resulted to some experiments with a mechanical relay and eventually a solid-state relay, which instantly cuts the display power without any delay or unnecessary notifications.
For the power management I initially planned to use a Doppler microwave sensor (RCWL-0516) as motion sensor. While it worked fine during development, it didn’t function at all behind the mirror glass. As a result, I got rid of it and started developing a module to integrate it with our light switch, which I modified using a Hue Wall Switch module (which itself was also not straightforward since the light switch was coupled with the bathroom ventilator, but that’s a different story…).
The probably more interesting part
I wanted to keep it simple and only planned to use ~50% of the display since the beginning. Because it’s our main bathroom mirror, i focused on what i really want to see in the morning.
- Default Clock module
- Default Calendar module (hidden)
- MMM-Pir (will propably replace it when it’s not working anymore)
- MMM-CalendarExt3Agenda
- MMM-OpenWeatherForecast
- MMM-DWD-WarnWeather
- MMM-Miku
- MMM-HueControl
- MMM-RemoteYoutube
The last three modules are written by myself, since i was too lazy to search for fitting existing modules or didn’t want to compromise.
Credits
While this project gave me quite a few short nights and several headaches, I had a lot of fun during the research and build. I’m really impressed with how far the main MM² project has come, and I truly appreciate it and everyone that contributed to it.
Special thanks to @spitzlbergerj , i took a lot of inspiration for the frame work from his work and of course all app developers of the modules from above.
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@Chloe282 Nice job! 👏 Thanks for sharing 😀
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@Chloe282 Thank you for mentioning. I am glad if I could help with my work as inspiration.
Grüße
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This is awasome!!! Congrats!!
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@Chloe282 That’s freaking awesome! Nice work. I joined this forum to make a family hub for the bedroom wall (non mirrored) But I’ve been thinking about refreshing the master bath and this is inspirational. Had no intensions of putting something like this in the bathroom, but now thinking about being able to play music in the shower etc… You have me thinking about taking on yet another project. I thank you…
My fiancée on the other hand, may have a few choice words for you. :-D
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Nice stuff, very well done. I like the hue integration.
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@stephanvdplas you not worried about condensation in the electricals?
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Nice job. Looks great
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@TGBB said in Frameless Bathroom Magic Mirror (Hue-controlled):
@stephanvdplas you not worried about condensation in the electricals?
Not really. I observed the inside with a humidity sensor for about a week and didn’t notice anything significant (believe me, i shower very hot) - but of course, time will tell. I secretly hope it will only last two or three years, since this was my 10±year-old main display and I would finally have a reason to buy a dedicated OLED display for it.
Nice side effect: the screen seems to have an anti-fog effect on the mirror glass.
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@Chloe282 said in Frameless Bathroom Magic Mirror (Hue-controlled):
Pilkington MirroView 6mm
Where can buy this mirror and how much did you pay?
