Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Minimal depth of a frame for the magic mirror
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@stepan it really depends on monitor. My 24" Samsung S24D330H screen without mainboard is max depth like 17mm. The screen’s mainboard is connected with 3 cables to the screen. One is for screen data, second for screen lighting inverter, and third for touch buttons panel.
Luckily screen data cable is long enough so I can move the mainboard around. The inverter power cable is not long enough for maneuvering but its only few wires so I will just extend those wires to the desired location. The touch panel cable I don’t care about since I won’t be manipulating with buttons at all.
One more good thing about this monitor is the power supply. It uses an external brick-style power supply which gives only 14V to monitor. I guess that’s why they managed to make monitor so thin, no need for internal power supply electronics. Saying that it will make my life easier to just solder on +/- power wires directly on the mainboard.Anyway, that’s my plan for my first MM. Now I am waiting for the glass mirror to be produced and delivered. Then I plan to summarize complete build.
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@stepan I got lucky, I guess. The circuit boards don’t take up so much room, and they’re in a case that’s way too big for them. If I move the boards a bit, I can get it down to the depth of the monitor itself… of course, that’s playing with stuff that’s at line voltage, and you might not not want to do that.
