Upgrading Mirror Mark II

Mykle1

5 star! I commented on the youtube page. :thumbsup:

BD0G

Thats a monster Magic Mirror!
Its looks great!
Fantastic job!
I would recommend placing heat shrink tubing over the female spade connectors that you route to the internal power strip when you revise it again. Less chance of short that way.

bhepler

@BD0G - Yeah, that’s a good idea. Right now, so long as nobody bumps it, it should be okay. The spade connectors include a little bit of insulation at the joint where you crimp them down. The plug really is a nifty little addition.

BD0G

@bhepler Yes , but the ends that plug into the Male Spades are at full AC potential. 110 V AC assuming you are in the states. Small strips of shrink tubing fit over the end of the plugs and heated to shrink down onto the exposed ends would be a nice addition.
As long as you dont send this in to Underwriters Labratorories to have it certified as UL listed you may be fine for now.

I built a plug just like that into the base I built for my 3 D printer and it works amazing!

Fozi

Wow, what a massive piece of mirror! I love the triple display setup. And regarding the reworked cabeling I have now some good inspirations for my own make over. Thanks!
Btw, which module do you use for the spinning globe?

BD0G

@Fozi Just so you know. Others have reported that the spinning globe is very processor intensive and a standard Raspberry Pi can struggle with displaying it without stutters or hang ups.

Stoffbeuteluwe

@bhepler please show us how change the globe for looking like your globe…

Fozi

@BD0G thanks for the info, it’s good to know!

jrial

Awesome mirror!

Awesome beard too, btw ;)

jrial

@Fozi On his YT page he mentions this is a video on a loop, not a MagicMirror module.

Alphons

Whats the globe code and the rotating text? I like that a lot.

Alphons

Oke thanks.

bhepler

Yeah, I don’t know how I keep missing notifications for this thread. The globe is just a video clip that the company purchased through the marketing department. It’s all of 60 seconds long and is playing through VLC. The Magic Mirror software isn’t running on the center and right displays.

I worked out the command to play the video on a loop and with a borderless configuration and used a cron job to play it after boot.

bhepler

@Alphons - The rotating text is the company logo. I used Blender to add some 3D to it and then animate the spin. Once I had a full rotation, I exported it to MP4 and then used a video editor to create a 5 minute MP4 with just the rotation on loop.

And @BD0G will be happy to know that the electrician put an outlet on the wall behind the mirror. So I’ll be reworking the power plug & switch so they aren’t visible. I’ll put a simple switch with a Molly lock on it because I have some available.

bhepler

Well, the mirror has been refreshed with an internal power cable to an electrical outlet behind the mirror. It looks much more professional now. The forum isn’t letting me upload images right now, but I’ll circle back here and post them eventually.

bhepler

Now that photos are working again, here are some photos of the refreshed Magic Mirror Mark II. All three screens are active and the look is much cleaner.

And a close up of the switch.

Mykle1

@bhepler

That is the bomb! :thumbsup:

Stoffbeuteluwe

@bhepler That’s Cool

Where have you bought the mirror and is that glass or acrylic?

bhepler

@Stoffbeuteluwe - It’s glass and it came from www.twowaymirrors.com. They have a rep who floats around here every so often. Ah, here they are: @twowaymirrors

I had a great experience with them and they’ve supplied the glass for four out of my five mirrors. This one was a special case and they boxed it up in a custom crate for me. Excellent stuff.

Stoffbeuteluwe

@bhepler :thumbs_up_medium-light_skin_tone: