![]() ![]() Nothing a visitor would usually notice though. I very much like the result I only wish I had been a little more careful when cutting the 45° angles so that they would fit slightly better. The two screws are on the top in the back so the whole frame appears to be magically “glued” into place, no mounting hardware is visible. The last step is to screw the top of the frame into place making sure that the groove properly aligns with the mirror. The frame is mounted – the top is screwed into place Unfortunately, the Pi Zero W was not cut out to run Chromium, let alone any kind of a webserver which could serve. The Pi Zero, which I had a couple of, were used to run a Magic Mirror. Due to the increasing prices of the Raspberry Pi in 2022, It was unlikely that I could afford to buy one. I found two ways around that problem though, managing to install it on the Pi Zero anyways. A Magic Mirror that runs on the Pi Zero or Pi Zero W. This comes with Wifi on board and has a mini HDMI output… perfect! Only problem is that it is not officially supported by the MagicMirror² software I used. Instead of buying a new Raspberry Pi 4 for hundreds of Euros I decided to reuse a small Pi Zero W I had left over from an old project. Well unless there is a global supply crisis driving prices to stupid high levels. They are powerful enough, do not need much energy and are cheap. For these projects I love using Raspberry Pis. Now after building the frame and preparing the mirror as well as the TV the last missing component is some source for the images that the TV should show in the mirror. To meet all the needs for the Magic Mirror, the Raspberry needs the following features:Wifi connectivity90 degrees screen rotation to match the portrait screen orientation.A local webserver to host the interface.A browser running full screen to display the interface. It worked very well for its price altough the mirror effect is not perfect (to be fair its not made for that). So, now that all the hardware is done, it’s time to install the Raspberry Pi. ![]() You can find the film I used in the list at the end of this article. The bubbles you can see in this picture went away after some time when the water underneath evaporated. It was not quite wide enough but that is fine and the edges will be hidden inside the groove in the frame anyways. Afterwards I trimmed the film to fit the glass. ![]()
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