Magic mirror / Family calendar
Old monitor dismantled and placed in a photo frame. Addition of a mirror film and cutting of a black sheet for the background.
Raspbian installed on a RaspberryPi Zero W (placed in a 3D printed blue box).
Configuration :
- Download and install Raspbian (full : with Chromium)
- Setup network, timezone, user/pwd, blockpopup…
- Install Unclutter to be able to hide mouse cursor :
- Apt-get install unclutter
- Create your Dakboard (it’s free for a simple private usage) on https://dakboard.com/options/message
- Make sure that Chromium starts up full screen, the mouse is hidden :
- sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
- @xset s off
- @xset -dems
- @xset s noblank
- @chromium-browser --noerrdialogs --incognito –disable-features=TranslateUI –kiosk https://dakboard.com/yourURL
- @unclutter -idle 0
- Set up a cronjob if you want to turn the Pi's screen on and off on a schedule. crontab -e that looks like this:
- # Turn monitor Off at 21:00/09:00pm during weekdays
- 0 21 * * 1-5 /usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 0
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- # Turn monitor On at 06:00/06:00pm during weekdays
- 0 6 * * 1-5 /usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 1
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- # Turn monitor Off at 22:00/10:00pm during the weekend
- 0 22 * * 6-7 /usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 0
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- # Turn monitor On at 08:00/08:00pm during the weekend
- 0 8 * * 6-7 /usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 1
- Rotate your display to portrait mode :
- Sudo nano /boot/config.txt
- Add the following line to the bottom of the file :
- display_rotate=1
- how to add Google Calendar to Dakboard : https://dakboard.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/35000030558-how-to-add-your-google-calendar-to-dakboard
- And reboot your RaspberryPi (sudo reboot)...