Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Snilles Magic Mirror Project
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VERY impressed… WOW great work!
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@cowboysdude Thank you! :)
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@Mykle1 Thank you… :)
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Really nice work! I would like to know some more about your hardware, especially mirror type (seller, price etc) and what type of touch panel you’re using.
Still in the planning stage of my build but since I’m doing all the software myself I still have some time to sort everything out. :D -
@grillchips Hi! Thank you. I’m using a Pilkington MirrorView mirror. It’s a 50/50 mirror (bought it through my work) and it work well when it’s normal lighting I think. If I open the door in the hallway and the sun shines in to the hallway it’s hard to see what’s on the screen.
Then I’m (for now) using a Raspberry Pi 3 and a IR Multitouch Overlay Frame to give the mirror “touch” capability. There where a bit of trickery to the setup of the IR-Frame, you can find the information in this thread.
Then I’m using a LPD8806 LED Strip to light up behind the frame. Here I’m for the moment using PixelWeb with Bibliopixel 2.x as a back end. It’s not fully integrated yet with the mirror software. I built a small sh script that sends a json string to PixelWebs (in official) API. :)Hehe, As you can imagine, it’s still a long way to go on the software part, you know how it is. There is always something that can get a little better… :)
I think that’s the important bits. Let me know if you want to know more. :)
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Any chance we can get some close ups? :)
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@cowboysdude Sure, what would you like to see? In the google gallery (the link above) there are lots of “close ups” but is it something in particular you are interested in?
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@Snille Sorry didn’t see the link!! That looks awesome. The bottom is a touch menu If I"m thinking correctly?
Please do share how you have the LED’s working for backlight… I’m very interested in that! :)
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@cowboysdude Thank you!! :) The LEDs you say. :) Ok, for the moment, the mirror is not “aware” of the leds. This is something I’m planing to implement. But as it works now I’m using PixelWeb with Bibliopixel 2.x as a back end. Then I’m using the below sh script to trigger different (predefined so far) animations.
#!/bin/bash #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # Snilles MagicMirror Led Conrol Script. # Use in conjunction with PixelWEB. # #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Connfigure here! # URL to PixelWEB API On the MM. apiurl="http://x.x.x.x:8081/api"; # Default program if no argument is set. defprog="back"; # Default red amount if non is set. defred="45"; # Default green amount if non is set. defgreen="30"; # Default blue amount if non is set. defblue="0"; # Default brightness amount. defamount="50"; ## -------------------------- Dont edit below!! --------------------------- ## while [[ $# -gt 0 ]] ; do case $1 in -h|-\?|--help) echo "Usage: mirrorleds.sh -p or --program [back, running, alarm, rainbow or thunder (rainbow and thunder needs no colors)] -r or -red [0-255] -g or --green [0-255] -b or --blue [0-255] -a or --amount [0-255]"; exit; ;; -p|--program) if [ -n "$2" ]; then program="$2" shift else program="$defprog" fi ;; -r|--red) if [ -n "$2" ]; then if [[ "$2" == ?(-)+([0-9]) ]]; then if [ "$2" -gt "255" ]; then red="255" elif [ "$2" -lt "0" ]; then red="0" else red="$2" fi shift else red="$defred" fi fi ;; -g|--green) if [ -n "$2" ]; then if [[ "$2" == ?(-)+([0-9]) ]]; then if [ "$2" -gt "255" ]; then green="255" elif [ "$2" -lt "0" ]; then green="0" else green="$2" fi shift else green="$defgreen" fi fi ;; -b|--blue) if [ -n "$2" ]; then if [[ "$2" == ?(-)+([0-9]) ]]; then if [ "$2" -gt "255" ]; then blue="255" elif [ "$2" -lt "0" ]; then blue="0" else blue="$2" fi shift else blue="$defblue" fi fi ;; -a|--amount) if [ -n "$2" ]; then if [[ "$2" == ?(-)+([0-9]) ]]; then if [ "$2" -gt "255" ]; then amount="255" elif [ "$2" -lt "0" ]; then amount="0" else amount="$2" fi shift else amount="$defamount" fi fi ;; esac shift done # Default program if non was given. if [ -z "$program" ]; then program="$defprog" fi # Default red amount if non was given. if [ -z "$red" ]; then red="$defred" fi # Default green amount if non was given. if [ -z "$green" ]; then green="$defgreen" fi # Default blue amount if non was given. if [ -z "$blue" ]; then blue="$defblue" fi # Default amount if non was given. if [ -z "$amount" ]; then amount="$defamount" fi # Compose the colors colors="$red,$green,$blue"; # 22 Pixel Alarm if [ "$program" == "alarm" ]; then curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data '{"action":"startAnim","config":{"id":"ColorChase","config":{"end":-1,"start":0,"width":22,"color":['$colors']},"run":{"amt":1,"fps":300,"seconds":null,"max_steps":0,"untilComplete":false,"max_cycles":1}}}' $apiurl; fi # Rainbowalarm (multi color spinning) if [ "$program" == "rainbow" ]; then curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data '{"action":"startAnim","config":{"id":"ColorPattern","config":{"colors":[[255,0,0],[255,165,0],[255,255,0],[0,255,0],[0,0,255],[128,0,128]],"width":20},"run":{"amt":1,"fps":300,"seconds":null,"max_steps":0,"untilComplete":false,"max_cycles":1}}}' $apiurl; fi # 1 Running Pixel if [ "$program" == "running" ]; then curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data '{"action":"startAnim","config":{"id":"ColorChase","config":{"end":-1,"start":0,"width":1,"color":['$colors']},"run":{"amt":1,"fps":40,"seconds":null,"max_steps":0,"untilComplete":false,"max_cycles":1}}}' $apiurl; fi # Backlight if [ "$program" == "back" ]; then curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data '{"action":"startAnim","config":{"id":"ColorPattern","config":{"colors":[['$colors']],"width":1},"run":{"amt":1,"fps":1,"seconds":null,"max_steps":0,"untilComplete":false,"max_cycles":1}}}' $apiurl; fi # Thunder if [ "$program" == "thunder" ]; then curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data '{"action":"startAnim","config":{"id":"WhiteTwinkle","config":{"max_led":null,"speed":2,"density":1,"max_bright":'$amount'},"run":{"amt":1,"fps":300,"seconds":null,"max_steps":0,"untilComplete":false,"max_cycles":1}}}' $apiurl; fi # Stop everything if [ "$program" == "stop" ]; then curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data '{"action":"stopAnim"}' $apiurl; fi # Add a new line... echo $"";Then I’m using Alexa (for now) to trigger different animations (via the HA-Bridge server). But later on this will be triggered by a module that “picks up” other modules communication so I can animate the leds depending on for example weather events, calendar events, memo events or whatever I can figure out. :) I just have to convince my wife that animating the leds IS a good thing… :)
