I saw a post about a smart mirror and saw that it didn’t take many parts to assemble and decided to make one. I had an old monitor laying around (13x15), it was DVI however, so I did have to buy an adapter, but I found the monitor really useful as it has to external USB ports and two internal, in addition to the 4 the raspberry Pi has I have 8 total, and I got my raspberry pi from amazon in a kit. I also got my frame and 3mm, 2 way acrylic mirror from Amazon for my 16th birthday!
Finished with what I want on the magic mirror.
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I used a 18x24 in. mirror with the 13x15in monitor. I had to figure out how to get the monitor to stay in the top right and make everything fit. I liked having the bigger mirror than monitor to have more room to actually have a mirror and for cord management.
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I used a type of cardboard from an old bulleting board my grandpa made and cut out the size of the monitor to fit it in.
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Here is the final of what the back looks like.
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I am putting the mirror on my dresser, and in the top drawer I put in a keyboard for easy access to make changes.
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and drilled a hole in the back of the dresser
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the cords behind the dresser
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Here are some pictures of the final project. Thanks to Michael for creating everything that makes this possible.
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My Modules:
Default:
clock
current weather
weather forecast
calendar
compliments
newsfeed - ESPN, TechCrunch, NYTimes, Engadget, Mashable, ProFootballTalk
MMM-Todoist- love how during the school day I can enter my homework so when I get home I know what I have.
MMM-MLB- go Rangers!
MMM-NFL (hidden)- Go Patriots!
MMM-NBA (hidden) -Go Thunder!
MMM-Remote-Module- easy to hide
MMM-System-Stats - check the temp of the CPU
If you have any questions feel free to ask!