This is my Smart mirror, there is many like it, but this one is mine

Let’s start with all my modules. The modules listed below is modules that is not in the default installation and were all added after the mirror installation

MMM-NowPlayingOnSpotify
MMM-DHT-Sensors
MMM-Multimonth
MMM-CurrencyExchange
MMM-Worldclock
MMM-Lunartic
MMM-NetworkScanner
MMM-Bingmap
MMM-iFrame
MMM-GoogleAssistant
MMM-TelegramBot
MMM-Alexa
MMM-Detector
MMM-PIR-Sensor
MMM-COVID19-SPARKLINE

Special thanks to all the module creators. Your time and effort and after development support is highly appreciated by us all.

My Glass
I have decided to work with glass instead of film. The glass that I used is called S10 one-way mirror. There are basically two types of S10 glass that I worked with. The one is a golden look (Left Mirror) and the other is a dark smoked look (Right Mirror). I have literally no favourite. They are very similar once the screens are lit up. The monitor always leaves a light footprint as can be seen on the far-right picture. You will notice the light stripe in the rectangular red box. Take care with regards to this when designing your mirror. For this reason, I won’t advise a small monitor behind a big mirror and/or an off-center screen.

Raspberry
I started the project with a Pi3B+ with a 16GB card. I would highly recommend to rather use a Pi4 4GB and a 32GB Micro SD card which I am currently running. The 16GB become too small after updates and the 3B+ just isn’t powerful enough

GPIO
Below is a basic wiring diagram, the way my GPIO is connected to my sensors and switching relay. I decided the best way to approach this is to build an interface board. I had a bit of trouble with false triggers on my PIR sensor. I realised that the sensor was too close to the pi and that the WiFi chip induced EMF into the PIR sensor. I solved this by moving the sensor further away as well as introducing a low pass filter.

Components
I purchased a USB microphone which I stripped to component level. This makes for easy installation and hiding the mic.

I used the speakers that came with the LED TV. Doing this enables me to use my audio on the HMDI cable with an amp and speakers that’s correctly configured. I also used the RPI PSU and soldered wires to the connector pins that I removed.

At the bottom of the screen I left myself a bit of space for the component installation. This became really handy not to have a cramped environment for the Pi and the interface board.

Assembly
I used skirting for the frame. The nice thing about this is there is an existing machined boarder and no additional rotor work is needed. Just ensure that you have enough inside flesh available to have enough space to router for the glass, brackets and box assembly. I used dowels for the corners as well as the box mount on the frame. Tie downs also work great to pull everything together for the glue to set.

Cost
Below is a quick cost calculation on my mirror.

@solelo
The screen switches off completely. The 2A relay that i have cut the power completely to the 32" screen. I need to save the screen in the long run and also save power. I believe this is the only way. Once there is movement, the screen switches on again

@Sean
Hi Sean
I only have ideas that i have seen on other sites where Google home has been installed on a Raspberry. There is a file In the link below at Step 7 that one might used as an idea on how to manage it. Not sure if i am allowed to post links to other sites other than Github and this forum?

https://medium.com/@kevalpatel2106/turn-your-raspberry-pi-into-homemade-google-home-9e29ad220075

And then there is also in the middle of the following page a way of doing it with a heading
“Bonus: Voice Activated GPIO”

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/diy-google-home-assistant-raspberry-pi/

My slate is clean other than this :-(

@mumblebaj
I am going to try that with my previous image. Thanks for the heads up

@mumblebaj
Awesome, thanks very much for the quick response and assistance. I have a visual and cant wait for load-shedding to start again to see the module in action lol :-) :-)

My mirror is a very old build and I had to install MagicMirror from scratch but it was only a question of time before I had to do that

Thanks for the great app that you made available. It really gives the mirror so much more purpose

@mumblebaj
Hi guys

I please need your help. When I make use of the api, do I leave it exactly as is or do I remove the “-” in-between the characters

Is this fine
token: "1234ABCD-5678EFGH-1234ABCD-5678EFGH ",

I am also unsure about the area. I have run the below in the command prompt on the Pi but I don’t get the correct info

curl --location --request GET “https://developer.sepush.co.za/business/2.0/area?id=eskde-10-fourwaysext10cityofjohannesburggauteng” \ –header "1234ABCD-5678EFGH-1234ABCD-5678EFGH "

Currently my area on the phone app indicate as below

Golden Harvest A.H (10)
Golden Harvest A.H (5)|JHB City Power

Please advise me on the correct way to get the area

Nice, looks good

@mz-ber
The controller board with the low pass filter

@mz-ber
Apologies for the late response
1, 2 and 3 is capacitors yes
4 & 5 is inductors or coils. The rule is a Capacitor conduct high frequency but block low frequency. The coil or inductor is doing the opposite, and conduct low frequency but block high frequency. The whole idea is to short circuit any spikes on the power line as well as the data line to ground. This is quite a big low pass filter and you can make it smaller with less components.
Remove 1
Leave 4 & 2
Replace 5 with a wire

6 is a resister yes. 10 Kilo Ohm 1/4 watt is perfect

The coils you can strip out of an old circuit board. If it looks like a wire wind coil and it measure less than 3 ohm then its perfect

@danjvd It sounds as if your screen saver wasn’t disabled correctly?

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Configuring-the-Raspberry-Pi

@fozi I also had false triggers. It turned out that my PIR was too close to my Pi and the WiFi chip induced EMF into the PIR. By moving the PIR further away and introducing a low pass filter i solved my issue. Have a look at my circuit and comments

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/15458/smartmirror-dashboard

@trividar I am not too sure on that one.
One thing that you can be on the lookout with this module is the following. There is two pictures missing if i remember correctly. You will have to edit your js file to fix this. just compare your available picture names with the names in the js file that is being called

@jakobud

The price that i paid just before our 2020 lockdown in March was actually R544-00. That accounts to US$ 36.44 with today’s exchange.