@qu1que
Hi there,

Thanks for your reply. Best thing is just to test it with a new clean install of resbian I guess.
I also found this post but after I posted my own question.
I find the possibility of using an app to “shut down” the system also great and hope this also works for an Android device.

I’ll just have to use my breadboard and test it out. But I think I’ll order a Pi zero W for that purpose.
If I screw it up it only costed about €10,-

Hi all,

I’m still in the process of gathering all components voor my mirror and reading up on it.
And I run into a small thing: I’d like to shutdown my Raspberry Pi 3B+ when I go to bed.
So I’d like to add a fysical button like discribed here: howchoo
And I’d like to use this button for that.

But I’d like to know if this works with the MagicMirror software?
On a windows pc this would work (the “sleep-mode”) but I haven’t got that much experience with a Pi to know it would work.
So that’s why I’m asking it here.

Kind regards,
Mike

I got a notification that there was an update and to install it I had to type:
npm i -g npm

But when I do this I get all kind off warnings about “missing write access to /usr/lib/node_…”
#1: Is this a real update
#2: how do I give it write access?

@sharmstr
Indeed, I’ve read that in there.
Still in the reading part.

Kind regards,
Mike

@mykle1
Okay, Thanks for the answers.
Will order a few fans from Aliexpress sometime soon. No rush.
First I want to have the software part ready.

@Mykle1 : and did you connect the fan to the wallsocket or to the raspberry pi?
If it’s to the pi… what pins did you use?
And how much amp can they handle?
I’d like to ad 2 fans (1 in the bottom and 1 in the top of the frame) and have them draw power from the raspberry pi.
I have a 5v 3amp power supply for my pi 3B+.

It works!
I’ve got my pi 3B+ today and installed the magicmirror software right away…and it works right out of the box!

I just started working on my firts magicmirror
And like everybody thought of making a frame with an glas 2-way mirror or an acrylic piece with folie over it.
Bot tonight I thought: "Way not putting the folie right over te monitor?"
That would eliminate the glas or acrylic part.

Hi all,

Today I’ve recieved my Pi 3B+ and right away I’ve installed the MagicMirror software on it!
And it works!!! Yeah!!!
So now to set it up…but that’s going to be okay. What I noticed is that the heatsink I’ve put on the Pi’s core is getting “hot/warm”.

So… my question: would it be usefull to ad a 5v 0.2amp fan in the bottom and top of the frame of the MagicMirror to have an airflow through the frame?

Thanks for the links.
I recieved my 3B+ today and installed Rasbian, updated it and then installed the MagicMirror software via the installer (not manual).
And it works!!!

Only thing is the wifi… it’s not on in rasbian. So need to sort that out.
Also need to figure out how to keep the screen from going black. Perhaps it’s the screensaver. Need to read up on that.

And then… The fun part starts: adding modules!
Love to add the facial recognition and voice commands to open and close modules per account/person.

So…like I said: got some reading to do.