building a mirror 101

sdetweil

@MMRIZE like you, I haven’t built a mirrored device. I just don’t need another mirror anywhere. the info panel in the hall is perfect.

I thought of one in the master bathroom, but don’t spend much time in there, and nothing is that time critical…

1a2a3a

So now I’m facing kinda my own dilemma here. Having uncovered that mirror shall not have background images, my wife is asking for the dashboard version over the mirror because she wanted our baby daughter photo to be in.

I have bought the ikea Ribba glass version for the mirror. But since it’s going dashboard, my issue here is that the glass has to be the same exact size as the monitor. Previously I was working under the impression that if I hide the small lcd behind a bigger mirror that is fine. But if I were to do a dashboard, my glass and lcd has to be the same exact size. My assumption correct?

Actually for dashboard, do people just frame around the lcd or do they use a plastic/glass?

And if so, any advice what I should proceed with next? I’m stuck with the following item:
24 inch monitor
IKEA ribba glass 50x70

Few options came to my mind.

ignore ribba, mount monitor to wall and use monitor as dashboard and call it a day.
custom made a whole new frame and glass/plastic to fit the monitor.
buy a lcd panel that is 50*70 to fit ribba.
put the lcd panel into the ribba glass. The excess putter space cover it with films or use the white cut out that’s included in the ribba.

Hmmmm

sdetweil

@1a2a3a if I am doing dashboard/info panel, I just use a tv.

there is not much module support for touch, and I don’t want fingerprints anyhow.

MMRIZE

@1a2a3a
Save your money and focus on building itself on first try. After first attempt, you can realize what you need really and what is the point of your work. And finally you will realize what to do.(even though it could be, “Ok, I’ll quit now.” :D)

bhepler

@1a2a3a - One of the modules that I maintain is MMM-WeatherBackground. It will put a background image on your mirror and change it up according to what your weather app forecasts.

I find that the key feature is the ability to set the transparency of the background image. That way you can adjust how much of the background image is present vs the reflection that you see.