HDMI is good as you can control monitor sleep/wake up from stand-by from software.
If I were to rebuild my mirror I would have the glass not cover more than the monitor as the backlight creates a “frame” when the surrounding light is dark, so you can easily see where the screen is. But depending on screen, light and glass, this may be more or less visible.
Definitely go for real glass.
This is more of a javascript question I guess…
Let’s take an example where request gets a result, parses it and sends it to the client:
https://github.com/mykle1/MMM-Cocktails/blob/master/node_helper.js
Now how would I go about if I in that getCocktails function wanted to request 2 URL’s, parse them to one combined result and send that as payload with one socket notification?
Or maybe I should do it in a completely different way?
Check with your insurance company if this is ok. If something happens it could be that you don’t get any money because of wiring not following regulations or holes in the waterproof layers etc.
This is what I followed when I started learning. Short and simple:
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/1885/github-tutorial/2
…or soccer if you prefer :)
Allsvenskan is the top league in Sweden. I tested all other existing modules, but there were no that included free access to Allsvenskan. So I made my own module.
There is no direct API for Allsvenskan, so this module uses the open Text TV API and scrapes the HTML it generates. Not ideal, but it works (for now).
@rabbit83ka How do you cut the power to the backlight only?
@icripps This is because monitors use backlightning. You can use an OLED display instead if you want to build a crazy expensive mirror :)
But in daylight the backlight is hardly visible. As a simple workaround you can try to hang your mirror somewhere else where there’s more light.
One more thing… don’t buy a cheap SD card. Buy a high quality one that gets good reviews together with a RPi. Then you will at least minimize the risk of a corrupt card. Sandisk has worked good for me.
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So I guess this is the first module you’ll install:
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/1370/mmm-horoscope-daily-horoscope
Setup a VPN server at her place, then you can safely access everything. IMO, it seems overly complex to relay warnings etc. She can just call you when things doesn’t work.
I haven’t tried MMM-Admin, but with SSH you can do anything, so I would just go for that.
The only thing that you cannot solve is if the raspberry falls off the network. Then you have to reboot locally. Or simple option: pull the plug. But if you pull the plug while writing to the SD card, strange things can happen…