To edit it type: nano /home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js What actually gets displayed in MagicMirror comes via the configuration file. Editing the MagicMirror Configuration File I think only the first changes need to be made, but I changed both and it works for me! In any case, running the script above may be easier. Then I edited the very similar: sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostartĪnd I added the same lines as above. First: sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart I edited two different files and added the same extra lines. Now what I should have done is carried on reading down the installation script page where a second script does the job for you! bash -c "$(curl -sL )"īut since I did it the hard way, I’ll share what I did. Touching the touchscreen wakes it up, but with a couple of sheets of acrylic in front of the screen, that may well not work, and in any case, you’ll be getting fingerprints all over your lovely mirror! You want to do this because otherwise the screen will time out. MagPi’s instructions are actually for an installer script, but the linked script on the installation page is actually that of a different user.
Magic mirror project code#
In MagPi they give the code for an automatic installer, but when I went to the Magic Mirror installation page they state that as of the start of 2020 they’d removed the automatic installer. Right-hand click on it and choose Orientation > Right (in my case). Then use Preferences > Screen Configuration. If MagicMirror is already up and running Ctrl-Esc should get the menu up. Either plug a keyboard and mouse in, or enable and use VNC. The best route is to use the built-in “Screen Configuration” tool to reorient the screen.
Magic mirror project update#
Update mid-2023: I rebuilt my MagicMirror using a Raspberry Pi 4, and the above does not work. (Incidentally if you change 1 to 2 you get a 180 degree rotation, and if you change it to 3 you get a 270 degree rotation). Then add this line to rotate it 90 degrees: display_rotate=1 To this, from a command line: sudo nano /boot/config.txt I wanted my magic mirror to be portrait (or vertical) in orientation. See update below for instructions for Raspberry Pi 4. Note: I originally used a Raspberry Pi 3B+ for this, and it worked. Here are a few things that came up for me while I was building my mirror. Note that the Pi does still boot to desktop before the MagicMirror app takes over – just wait a few seconds. I followed the instructions and I was up and running with no problems. Obviously MagPi magazine gives you most of the information you need. The official power supply is white and has a mostly white cable, so I’ll use that since my mirror will be wall mounted. You obviously also need a micro-USB power supply and an SD card. This is an opensource modular system with various extra functionality developed by a global community. The whole thing uses MagicMirror 2 to produce a good looking display. I previously used one to make a lightbox). (Ribba frames are great for projects because of their depth. You don’t get that with the PDF!Īnyway, the design in MagPi uses a Pi (they used a 4 but I used a 3 B+), the official touchscreen (the most expensive part of this build), a £3.50 IKEA Ribba frame, and a £7.00 A5 sheet of two-way mirror. There’s a laser printed cover mounted Raspberry Pi mount (not for this project). Issue 90 which features this project is here. I like to buy the print versions anyway – but find it useful to go back to PDFs later if needed.
Magic mirror project free#
MagPi magazine, incidentally, uploads free PDFs of their publications which is rather generous of them. The latest issue of the always great MagPi magazine featured a magic mirror on the cover, and when I looked at what was needed to replicate their model, I realised that I had most of the parts already, or could get them inexpensively. Commonly people re-purpose old monitors to provide the screen. If the screen is mostly black, with white writing, then the bright parts come through, and you get a mirror for the most part. The basis of them is a two-way mirror in front of a screen. The idea is that they provide useful information in a non-intrusive screen – you probably have mirrors hanging on your wall after all. Smart mirrors or magic mirrors are pieces of mirror-glass with a screen behind them that can display data. Some elements of this may change over time! And yes, I’ve intentionally blurred a portion of the screen here.Īlso note that as is the way of these things, everything here was true in January 2020 using a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with Raspbian Buster. Note: Taking good photos of mirrors is very hard! This photo suggests lots of double images, but in fact they’re not visible to the human eye, and the text is nice and sharp! Nor can you see acrylic marks in the screen.
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