When I moved into a new apartment, I was faced with a new (absolute luxury) problem. My old MagicMirror, which I had previously installed in my bathroom cabinet, couldn't move with me because [...]
Weiterlesen
Category: Magic Mirror
The Magic Mirror category contains all articles including material lists for building, configuring and operating the Magic Mirror
HowTo: Raspberry Pi - Evaluate MPR121 touch sensor via I2C and Node Red
Thanks to the I2C bus, the Raspberry Pi can be equipped with many practical sensors and actuators. One (in my opinion) very elegant possibility for user input is the MPR121. The [...]
Weiterlesen
HowTo: Node Red - Turn Raspberry Pi screen on and off
To make sure that my MagicMirror is only on when I really use it, I configured a small automation using NodeRed. So the screen is only turned on when [...]
Weiterlesen
HowTo: Raspberry Pi – Configure default speakers
The RaspberryPi can be equipped with a speaker in different ways. The easiest way is the connection via the 3.5mm jack plug. There is also the option of connecting the sound via the [...]
Weiterlesen
HowTo: Raspberry Pi - Use Raspberry Pi with "Raspotify" as a Spotify speaker
In the article RaspberryPi - "Shairport" Install Airplay on the RaspberryPi I described how you can extend your RaspberryPi relatively easily with the function of an AirPlay speaker. Thanks to a [...]
Weiterlesen
HowTo: Magic Mirror – Show current traffic overview
A cool and practical plugin for the MagicMirror is the "MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic" plugin. This shows you the status of the current road traffic in your area. How to install this is described in the [...]
Weiterlesen
HowTo: Magic Mirror – set up autostart
The installed MagicMirror software does not start automatically "out-of-the-box" after the RaspberryPi has booted up. It is therefore practical to set up an autostart for the MagicMirror software. How to do this is described in the following article. [...]
Weiterlesen
HowTo: Node Red / Magic Mirror – Display data from Node Red on the mirror
For a long time I have been looking for a way how I can display the data I collect with NodeRed from my SmartHome comfortably on the MagicMirror. Thanks to the many plugins [...]
Weiterlesen
HowTo: Magic Mirror – Install 3rd party modules
As already mentioned in the article MagicMirror - Installation of the required software, the basic functionality of the MagicMirror software can be extended by various plugins. Where you can find these plugins and how you can use them [...]
Weiterlesen
Build your own OpenSource SmartHome
I must admit I have not yet found the perfect solution to list all SmartHome-relevant articles clearly. Until then, to bring at least some overview into the available SmartHome articles comes [...]
Weiterlesen
HowTo: Node Red – Reboot, Shutdown and Boot Remote Raspberry Pi
This article describes how you can execute commands from NodeRed on a remote Linux system and thus be able to reboot another system [...].
Weiterlesen
English 
Deutsch 
Français 
Español 
Nederlands