No Mirror = Awesome Daily Assistant Frame

Rayvenhaus

I bloody love it!! Looks beautiful. A couple of questions;

How much trouble did you have disassembling the monitor?
Where did you get your frame from?
Are you using WiFi or Ethernet for the internet connection?

TazDev

thank you very much. its really an eye-catcher in the kitchen.

How much trouble did you have disassembling the monitor?
» none, iMacs are easy to disassemble, see here

Where did you get your frame from?
» designed and build it with my neighbor myself

Are you using WiFi or Ethernet for the internet connection?
» wifi in this case and its working flawlessly, I have a good mesh network in my home already

more fotos from inside

TazDev

Cost Overview

iMac Screen 27" with Front Glas, 2k from 2009 to 2011: depends where you harvest it: from 50€ to 300€
Driver Board: ~60€, ebay
USB Touch Frame: ~70€ in this size, from aliexpress or ebay
Raspberry Pi 4, 45€, good times ;)
Pi Aluminum Case: 12€, ebay
Pi Power, Slim Version: 11€, amazon
Pi Camera Extension Flexcable Ribbon 30cm, black: ~5€
HDMI Cable Pi to Driver Board: 5€
Power Extension, 3 slots, Slim Version: 7€, ebay
Wood for Frame, Oak 2x 120x26x1,5cm: 40€, ebay
(todo) Playstation PS3 Move Camera and Mic Array, USB: 5€, ebay
(todo) Pi Camera: ~25€

OberfragGER

@TazDev …Looks nice so far.
Can you provide a front-picture of the assembled Frame?

What do you want to do with the move cam, Mic-Array and PI-Cam?

TazDev

@OberfragGER

sure, here you go, still WIP, I need to fix 2 borders and decide if I want to paint it black.

the camera from the playstation move is deactivated, I removed everything and try to use the mic array inside the frame. I want to use it for voice stuff, but honestly the touch frame with MMM-Touch is already awesome to control.

the PI Cam should be used for face recognition & photo booth fun with guests.

also I try to add PS3 Controllers and use the Screen as a retro game console in the kitchen.