SWAKES Mirror

pqpxo

Here is my Magic Mirror

32" TV (bought from auction for £35 as sound doesn’t work)
Raspberry Pi 2 B+ (thought RasPi 3 would be overkill)
Frame bought from Dunelm, original mirror removed and replaced with two way glass
Frame is mounted to the wall using metal wall brackets (second image), luckily the spacing was perfect and allows easy access to ports
Running Amazon Alexa Voice service in the background (activated by LED push switch)

BROSS

That’s a great looking mirror.

kanczug

I would love to know how You hooked the Alexa and wired a button for it. Can You make a module for others to install in their mirror? I have seen some tutorials how to create Amazon Echo / Tap from a Raspberry PI, but they are freaking complicated! I am afraid that I will run in some troubles implementing it into MagicMirror

pqpxo

@BROSS Cheers bro!

pqpxo

@kanczug It was pretty easy to setup! Basically followed the instructions in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frH9HaQTFL8)

I connected the button to GPIO18

Noticed my first button didn’t work unless I had a 10k resistor between the button and GPIO18

I bought an external sound card for the mic and speakers from PiHut for £3!

kanczug

Thanks! Gonna try it out!

Mitchfarino

@pqpxo Where did you get your glass from?

RogierKentie

@pqpxo Can you show me a picture of the backsite of your mirror and the code? Than I know what to do for installing the button!