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    Do you use a PIR sensor? How do you hide it?

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      BluP Project Sponsor @htilburgs
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        BluP Project Sponsor @BluP
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        @BluP said in Do you use a PIR sensor? How do you hide it?:

        @htilburgs

        You May also think of some different solution: I‘m using a Hue Motion detector which is in my corridor anyway and controls the MM via MM-remotecontrol using the Http get requests through HomeKit and homebridge

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          onkelbobby
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          I did not use PIR sensor because it needs to “see” through the frame. After a little research I found an microwave based motion sensor called
          RWCL-0516. This tiny PCB works super reliable even though ma 20mm thick wooden frame.

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            htilburgs
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            @onkelbobby, seems nice for my next mirror ;-)
            How let you this interact with the Pi and MagicMirror? Is there a module, or do you use a Python script?

            (still trying to learn JS, but not afraid to ask) ☺

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              MadScientist
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              The microwave sensor is compatible with the MMM-PIR-sensor module.

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                boblazer @onkelbobby
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                @onkelbobby It works through 20mm of wood for $3.59!? This seems too good to be true! I ordered one. Might be a week or two before I have a chance to test it out. …Actually shipping on that item is super slow (about a month). Still, I’m holding off on drilling the PIR hole until I can try it out the RWCL-0516.

                Edit - Found it here for $1. Shipping times are still brutal though unless you pay about $30 for air mail. btw dimensions of the little fella are 35.9 X 17.3mm/1.41 X 0.68inch

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                  MadScientist
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                  I could use mine because it worked through the prick wall behind the mirror.

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                    cyberphox
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                    Hide it? Why it goes in it’s own enclosure of course? :)

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                    Full time Dad, DJ and entertainer and lover of technology.

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                      onkelbobby
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                      @htilburgs
                      mine is connected to an Arduino micro 3.3V version and this one is controlling a simple relais switching the monitor inside the mirror. But as @MadScientist already mentioned you can also hook it up to the Raspberry Pi since It works perfectly with MMM-PIR-Sensor.

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                        audreyspency
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                        Yeah, that’s my understanding. I can’t find the post but it was here on this site. A guy did some experiments to find the smallest size hole his PIR sensor actually required. He tried 1mm, 2mm and 4mm(?). He said it worked just fine with a 2mm hole.

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