Hey all,

Nothing fancy going on with my mirror but I felt like i’d share it with everyone anyways.

In the end it cost me ~$200cdn from start to finish. $80 for the Pi 3, $120 for the mirror and delivery. The woodworking I did myself using some spare lumber I had lying around. The whole project only took about 2 days of dedicated ‘work’.

Modules I used were:
MMM-Wunderlist
MMM-NHL
MMM-Wunderground
MMM-Compliments (Changed to favourite song quotes)
MMM-Clock

Special thanks to @strawberry-3-141 for creating the NHL module and help setting it up, and thanks to @carteblanche for helping me debug Wunderlist.

I don’t believe that it is possible to have the compliments floating around. If you take a peek here:
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/286/regions

You can see color coded regions for where the modules are allowed to be displayed. You (or someone else) could always change the code to possibly rotate which region the module is displayed but I think that may lead to other problems.

Also, check out here for how to rotate the screen orientation:
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Configuring-the-Raspberry-Pi

I used that guide to change mine to landscape and to disable the screensaver (which i recommend).

Cheers!

Hey all,

It seems that every month I end up with food, drinks, condiments, etc. that expire without me noticing (damn back of the fridge food!), so I was thinking of attempting a module that would display items in the fridge’s expiry date (or possibly just a notification when the time is approaching).
I know how to program but i’m quite mediocre at it so I figured this may be a good way to develop some skills. Since I’ve never created a module before, i’m open to any suggestions or resources.
What I’m thinking is to use a barcode scanner to get the items information, pass that into the MM Module and from there compare the food’s information with maybe a static list of expiry dates.

If I can get that working, id like to expand the module to also possibly show nutrition and such by using an API like: https://www.nutritionix.com/business/api

Does this sound doable? Or worthwhile?

Thanks

@spooke I recently ran into a similar issue. I used a french cleat on the back of my frame. That stuck out just enough to make the frame and the monitor roughly stick out the same distance so the mirror was flat when I hung it.

@mickyas Its an example of what options are available. Every module has to be placed into the Magic Mirror config file and inside of that file will be the settings for each module. For example:

modules: [
 {
	module: "compliments",
	position: "lower_third",	// This can be any of the regions.
								// Best results in one of the middle regions like: lower_third
	config: {
		// The config property is optional.
		// If no config is set, the default compliments are shown.
		// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
	}
}
]

Above is taken from the compliments module. As you can see there is the position:“lower_third” option. The link I gave you gives you all of the other options for where you can place your module.
As for colors, the link only used colors to help make each region stand out. Modules set their colors through their .css files so you can always go into that and change it to your needs.

I just moved to Toronto so I am trying out this module and so far it works great except one kink. The icons are never on the right hand side of the module so they always overlap the text on the left hand side. I’ve checked everything I can think of (made sure the module has plenty of space, checked the code, reinstalled, etc) but I still cant get it to properly fill its container. Has anyone run into this before?

@jrotondo I use the fitbit app (https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/6/mmm-fitbit) to track some metrics. I couldn’t get anything as fancy as the above mirror working so I went with the traditional youtube video being played on my mirror which has the same effect.
Alternatively Google fit has a module as well (https://github.com/amcolash/MMM-GoogleFit)

This doesn’t directly answer your question, but with some clever thinking you can for sure get your mirror to be similar to the qaio

@mickyas Id use the advice that @Mykle1 gave. The Xscreensaver is really easy to use and is much easier than editing a file through the terminal

@jrotondo I use the fitbit app (https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/6/mmm-fitbit) to track some metrics. I couldn’t get anything as fancy as the above mirror working so I went with the traditional youtube video being played on my mirror which has the same effect.
Alternatively Google fit has a module as well (https://github.com/amcolash/MMM-GoogleFit)

This doesn’t directly answer your question, but with some clever thinking you can for sure get your mirror to be similar to the qaio

Very nice!
I like the polished finished look to it.

@spooke I recently ran into a similar issue. I used a french cleat on the back of my frame. That stuck out just enough to make the frame and the monitor roughly stick out the same distance so the mirror was flat when I hung it.

@orayoflighto Appreciate it! I was able to get my mirror hung up in the end with very tiny (yet amazingly sturdy) wall tacks. Was helpful going through the other options though

@Charley The issue is that i’m only renting and it’s in my lease to not make any holes in the walls. I have a concrete drill bit so I may end up just doing that anyways if I can’t come up with another solution.

Hey all,
So I recently moved and my new apartment has all concrete walls. I cant drill into the walls to hang up my mirror so I wanted to ask here if anyone has any other ideas for a way to display my mirror? It weighs a solid 30lbs or so, so I was thinking of using an art easel perhaps?

Thanks in advance!

@austenzombie7 I’ve set up a RetroPi but only using Jessie so I couldn’t help with Stretch. Maybe give RecalBox a look too as it is very very similar to RetroPi

I agree with the PI 3. I’ve built a mirror using the PI 3 and the new(er) Pi 0 and it was night and day easier with the PI 3. It’ll of course cost you more up front and its a little bigger but its more powerful and easier to use ‘out of the box’

@j.e.f.f Sorry for the delay. My config is just the simple:

{
  module: 'MMM-MyWastePickup',
  position: 'top_left',
  header: 'My Waste Collection',
  config: {
    collectionCalendar: 'Tuesday2'
  }
},

I’ll do a pull once I get back home and let you know if it works. Thanks for looking at this!

I just moved to Toronto so I am trying out this module and so far it works great except one kink. The icons are never on the right hand side of the module so they always overlap the text on the left hand side. I’ve checked everything I can think of (made sure the module has plenty of space, checked the code, reinstalled, etc) but I still cant get it to properly fill its container. Has anyone run into this before?