27" Mirror with selfmade frame

kruemel

Hello Everyone

My Mirror Project is already finished since a couple months, but i had no “time” :-) to post it here.

First, thank you very much @MichMich and @j.e.f.f for this amazing Idea and the modules i can use for this.
It’s a pleasure to stand up in the morning, looking on the screen to see the traffic, calender and weather information in this esthetic manner :hugging_face:

The screen is always off until the radard sensor detects motion in front of the display.
I used Douglas wood because its cheap and has intresting visual structure ^^

Parts

product	cost
Mirror Glass ~149x36cm (Glas Trösch, Switzerland)	66€
Douglas wood for the frame (OBI)	25€
27" Philips monitor	spare - 0€
Raspberry Pi 3 incl. powersupply	~ 57€
Radar sensor (RCWL0516)	8€
DHT22 Temp & Hum Sensor (Seeed 101020019)	15€
Screws and little stuff	~ 10€
Total	~ 181€

Modules

MMM-MyCalendar
MMM-MyCommute
MMM-MyWeather
MMM-MyWastePickup
MMM-PIR-Sensor replaced with MM-Display-Controller
thats an os-deamon based solutions, because PIR sensor doesn’t work anymore since MM 2.4 and OpenGL…
MMM-DHT22
newsfeed
clock

Pictures

Regards and thanks for feedback

MadScientist

Very nice build! What are the transmission values for your mirror? Have the Mirropane Chrome Spy with 8% and I am not too happy about it. The modules aren’t easy to read when it’s bright. Even in the night when I just turn on the light.

lavolp3

Would interest me as well.
Also, your mirror seems very cheap! (and that in SWITZERLAND :-))

kruemel

Thanks :)
Its 12% and 4mm thick

They have 1, 12, 20, 30 and 40%
https://www.glastroesch.ch/glas/82-spionspiegel.html

MadScientist

Thank you very much. I saw they are also in Germany. I will call them up tomorrow and ask for prices for the mirror and for shipping. If it’s really that cheap I will order one with 12% and with 20% transmission and see which one fits best.

maxbachmann

How far does your radar detector detect through the glass?

bhepler

Excellent work. That looks great!

kruemel

@maxbachmann
Its in the middle behind the thick wood and it detects at least 4m. (would be more if there would be no wood, just the glass :-)
Due to the position across from my wardrobe thats fine but if the range is too faar for detection it would be possible to reduce it with a resistor.
https://github.com/jdesbonnet/RCWL-0516

maxbachmann

@kruemel ty for the info

soul

great job, looks great full height!