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I went to do this sort of thing the other day. First thing I did was try and find a Pi Zero 2 W. Discovered most models of Raspberry Pi are completely unavailable. And so, another side project was canned.
There is still no touch input. If the display has PCAP that can't reach through the mirror then this type of module would add touch on top of the mirror. https://neonode.com/technologies/zforce/touch-sensor-modules
How are there exactly zero photos showing how slim this thing is/isn't!?! EDIT: In other news, the settings menu of Pi Imager is brilliant. It automagically fills in your RSA public key, your WiFi details, and other time-saving details. I can't believe how hard we had to fight the RPi devs to make the feature usable and stop hiding it behind a weird keypress combo (to the point we released a fork). They were obsessed…
They link to the display to use on Amazon. It's very thin at 1 cm.
edit: biggest "lesson learned" I'd add here is, I experimented with both touch and voice support but didn't like either. I already have laptops and tablets aplenty to interact with, I prefer to use this mirror like a clock - glance at it when I want to information, and otherwise ignore it.
This is all great but don't underestimate these mirror displays: A friend built a similar one and disabled it when he saw the energy consumption. And this was a few years back. Still waiting to pull the trigger on an appropriate e-paper display. At least I'd suggest to measure the setup before you commit to the whole crafts project.
I don't think an e-paper display would work in this case, though? The nature of two way mirrors requires that the screen actually emits light (instead of just reflecting it) for it to come through. Maybe an OLED panel would do the trick though, since most of the screen will be turned off. Probably much more expensive to get one of those, though.
My wife had a monitor die early (16 months?) and I'd LOVE to turn it into a screen. The problem is that I'm betting the panel is fine, and the power is fine, but finding a driver board is near impossible, and I don't know enough about driving a screen to roll my own. (It's a 24" 2k screen, which would be awesome, and I kinda don't want to recycle it if I can conceivably reuse it.)
I went to do this sort of thing the other day. First thing I did was try and find a Pi Zero 2 W. Discovered most models of Raspberry Pi are completely unavailable. And so, another side project was canned.
Linus Tech Tips recently listed like 10 raspi alternatives.
I went to do this sort of thing the other day. First thing I did was try and find a Pi Zero 2 W. Discovered most models of Raspberry Pi are completely unavailable. And so, another side project was canned.
Linus Tech Tips recently listed like 10 raspi alternatives.
How are there exactly zero photos showing how slim this thing is/isn't!?! EDIT: In other news, the settings menu of Pi Imager is brilliant. It automagically fills in your RSA public key, your WiFi details, and other time-saving details. I can't believe how hard we had to fight the RPi devs to make the feature usable and stop hiding it behind a weird keypress combo (to the point we released a fork). They were obsessed…
There is a render[1] with the 2mm and 3mm acrylic they call for. Judging off of that, this thing is probably 11-12mm thick
[1]https://www.raspberrypi.com/app/uploads/2023/01/Screenshot-2...
I went to do this sort of thing the other day. First thing I did was try and find a Pi Zero 2 W. Discovered most models of Raspberry Pi are completely unavailable. And so, another side project was canned.
That has been the situation ever since the worldwide chip shortage hit. Raspberry Pi (the company) decided to prioritize companies that use Raspberry Pi's in their products over consumers. So it became almost impossible to get a Raspberry Pi, unless you were willing to pay a huge markup to a scalper. The situation should improve this year though. > As a result, we can say with confidence that, after a lean first quar…
