Snilles Magic Mirror Project

[grillchips]

I’m about to pull the trigger on the IR touch frame but not really sure how thick it is. The description says it’s about 8.7mm, do you remember if that is somewhat correct for your panel? I don’t always trust Chinese specifications. :D
Feels like the whole mirror frame needs to be quite thick to keep everything in place. The screen I have with the boards on the back is about 5.5cm already, adding the touch frame and mirror glas to that will make it REALLY thick and large…

I know there’s slimmer screens out there but ~5-7cm depth might be what most of us have?

[Snille]

@grillchips Yes, it’s correct. I did not measure it exactly, but the description is correct. Give or take 0,5 mm I would say.

[grillchips]

Sweet, thanks!
Talked to one of the sellers on Aliexpress and it seems like a 21.5" touch screen needs the glass while larger ones only needs the frame. That shouldn’t make any noticeable difference in performance/feel/look, right?

[Snille]

@grillchips Hmm… I don’t see why they would need the glass? It’s basically an array of IR leds on two sides and another array of IR receivers on the opposite two sides. I’m using a 32" frame and that worked in mid air when I tested. :)

[grillchips]

Great to hear how it works! First time with a touch frame/panel for me so I’m a bit nervous.
This is what they sent me:
“Thanks for your inquiry. Yes, 27 inch and above size , we can send without glass. 21.5inch and 24inch, We need to send glass.”

Really doesn’t tell why but I guess it doesn’t matter then… :D

[Snille]

@grillchips I don’t get the answer you got… Maybe they want to sell you a glass? :) Anyway, here is the store I bought mine from: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/922495?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.9vCMC5
I think they have “all” the sizes. :)

[grillchips]

Yeah I have no idea what they’re talking about first. After a few further questions they linked me to the correct size but still with glass. Seems like smaller sizes need it while larger doesn’t…?
I also realized that the touch screen prices has gone up quite a lot lately, dammit. 1300SEK for the one I need. Oh well.
“Ingen minns en fegis” :)

[korevaartje]

Hi Snille,

i am currently trying to copy you setup but at the moment i am stuck.

somehow i cant get the .png’s to show up.

i have created a folder within the file structure of magicmirror called backgrounds . Here i save all images needed , placed my own icons and adressed correctly, i think.

are your png’s stored localy on the pi or remotly on a server?

is my way of adressing correct?

kind regards,

Jay

[Snille]

Hi @korevaartje, If I remember correctly you need to use a URL to the picture. You cant use a “local” path. I’m currently loading all the pictures from an “internal” web server (that I use for lot’s of other stuff as well). And that made it easy to switch the pictures without having to change anything on the actual MM.

I hope that clarify’s it. :)

[ceddirr]

@korevaartje ,
Personally I put my pictures on the css directory, and here is how I load them:

				"Cedric": {
					img: "/css/cedric.jpg",
					width: 60,
					height: 60
				},

And every day I do a rsync save of the css directory, and the conf directory as well to my NAS server.