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I wanted to do a magic mirror earlier in the year, but now I'm worried about the configuration side. I can handle the hardware and wiring no problem. I just always seem to run out of steam putting something useful on the screen. I guess mostly worried about maintaining the calendar integrations. Anyone built one and still use it?
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Sep 19, 2023 11:34
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I would suspect at minimum that someone has a pretty easily configurable framework in place to customize things to your liking or there is just a project you can download that has most of that ready to roll out of the box. Now that I’ve started dabbling in HA I really should come back to that and set something up.
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Sep 19, 2023 15:23
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https://magicmirror.builders/
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Sep 19, 2023 15:45
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Yeah that's the one I was looking at, just checking to see if anyone tried it and had a strong opinion. It looks like a large time sink to get set up. Another project I'm still working on is the Birdnet Pi project. I was looking to see if there's a way to use an I2S mic (adafruit sph0645) and a pico W to make a wireless RSTP streamer mic. It would really cool to use a small solar setup to put a mic up in a tree in the backyard. I don't know anything about the software involved. It seems like just running the mic takes most of the Pico's oomph. There's a couple C++ uf2 projects that convert it into a USB mic (super quiet) Since RTSP streams media and the pico isn't a powerhouse here I don't think there's even a proof of concept RTSP server tutorial. Too bad it can't just encapsulate the I2S data and forward it to the Pi for processing. I suppose since zero 2Ws are appearing again that's the logical platform choice to play with as a non-programmer.
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Sep 20, 2023 20:05
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Any recommendations for simple-to-use but slick-looking IoT data logging services? Short version is I have an old Pi that’ll be collecting data from a few temperature probes on a thing over the winter. I want to send that data somewhere that’ll display it nicely, mobile friendly, maybe a few minor transformations, but basically just three line graphs. I could just send it to a Google sheet or something but if there’s a friendlier UI for actually monitoring the data dashboard style, that’d be cool. I’m sure this is a solved problem, just curious if there are community favorites. e: I want to spend $0 Bad Munki fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Sep 21, 2023 |
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Sep 21, 2023 02:48
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I think Adafruit's IO thing may do the trick, it's okay. Not quite as shiny Web 2.0 as I was looking for and the data retention is fairly short (30 days) but it's up and running with very minimal fuss. I think this'll work well enough: https://io.adafruit.com/gshort/dashboards/fish-temps?kiosk=true The Pi is currently just generating random data instead of actual readings because I am short one ADC but that'll be here Friday. Bad Munki fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Sep 21, 2023 |
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Sep 21, 2023 04:20
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Yeah, that's what I would have suggested too. I've used it before, and it's a nice service. But even better, is that it's built on MQTT, and open protocol. That means that it's super easy to, down the line, migrate to another service, or even your own server, maybe running on another Raspberry Pi
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Sep 21, 2023 06:49
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Azure IoT Hub has a free tier but for what you want and the hardware you're using the Adafruit service looks tailor made for you
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Sep 21, 2023 11:12
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Okay, well this looks cool. Time to fire up the Pi again I guess 
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Sep 21, 2023 13:00
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This looks really awesome but what hardware are they showing other than a raspberry pi?
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Sep 21, 2023 22:51
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Looks like magic mirror is just a node.js/electron app rendered in chrome. So any device that can run chrome at like 4fps and output HDMI (or show a chromium window via some kind of pinout to a ~640x480+ LCD screen) ought to work
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Sep 22, 2023 00:10
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tuyop posted:This looks really awesome but what hardware are they showing other than a raspberry pi? At first glance the website seems weirdly determined to not answer any question about what a magic mirror actually is beyond the Pi's software, but a quick search found this more straightforward explanation: https://www.raspberrypi.com/tutorials/how-to-build-a-super-slim-smart-mirror/
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Sep 22, 2023 03:17
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Super Foul Egg posted:At first glance the website seems weirdly determined to not answer any question about what a magic mirror actually is beyond the Pi's software, but a quick search found this more straightforward explanation: I, too, was curious about that. Thanks for digging this up!
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Sep 22, 2023 05:02
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Looking at the photos a lot of them seem to be really poo poo mirrors because they're way too dark
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Sep 22, 2023 11:31
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All done. Went from this: To this:  Pretty minimal circuit, just a handful of voltage dividers and an ADC, all on headers since this is a temporary thing just until spring.  Not my finest work on the back but I just need it to work. Beep tested everything and it seems to be working fine.  Ended up adding a fourth header/probe because the ADC had the channel for it so why not. Just needs a box and we’re good to go!  Oh, and the final dashboard, with the added probe: https://io.adafruit.com/gshort/dashboards/fish-temps?kiosk=true The io.adafruit thing is certainly working, although the dashboards are roughly 0% mobile friendly. Bad Munki fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Sep 24, 2023 |
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Sep 24, 2023 02:49
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All buttoned up and ready to go!  About as autonomous as can be. Just plug it into power and it starts reporting temperatures to the web within a minute or two at most. Just what I need it to do. Severely over-specced for the job, as all things should be.
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Sep 25, 2023 04:56
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Pi 5 is coming in October https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-5/
Looks like Phoronix got one early and ran some benchmarks: https://www.phoronix.com/review/raspberry-pi-5-benchmarks
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Sep 28, 2023 06:56
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That’s a $60-70 part then
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Sep 28, 2023 07:13
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What is the RP1-C0 thing they talk about at the end of the video?
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Sep 28, 2023 07:19
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finally a power button!
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Sep 28, 2023 07:20
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Price isn't as high as I was expecting https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-5
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Sep 28, 2023 07:21
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$60 for the 4GB $80 for the 8GB - efb- Greeling"s video has more details
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Sep 28, 2023 07:23
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finally they're breaking out some pcie lanes so you can put a real SSD on it
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Sep 28, 2023 10:40
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Huh, I wonder why they handled different RAM sizes this way.
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Sep 28, 2023 10:54
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Raygereio posted:Huh, I wonder why they handled different RAM sizes this way. Presumably they called their board hardware manufacturer and asked which option is the cheapest. Between that or variable stencils or something. And like that the only difference in manufacturing between sizes is the populating robot, while other options would require modifying a different production step also.
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Sep 28, 2023 11:00
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I was wondering more why a jumper like that is necessary at all. But I guess the bootloader isn't capable of detecting RAM size?
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Sep 28, 2023 11:07
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It's not a jumper, it's the cheapest way of indicating what RAM is on the board, no need to modify the silkscreen.
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Sep 28, 2023 11:53
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According to Geerling's video the jumper isn't functional. It's just an indicator to the user to see the amount of installed ram at a glance. That's kinda clever. efb, lol
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Sep 28, 2023 11:56
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I'm going to sell a service clearly advertised as moving the surface mount resistor from wherever it is currently located to the 8GB position, making no references to the system memory.
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Sep 28, 2023 11:59
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Thanks Ants posted:It's not a jumper, it's the cheapest way of indicating what RAM is on the board, no need to modify the silkscreen. Edit: aeiou posted:According to Geerling's video the jumper isn't functional. It's just an indicator to the user to see the amount of installed ram at a glance. That's kinda clever. Raygereio fucked around with this message at 12:21 on Sep 28, 2023 |
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Sep 28, 2023 12:19
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Cojawfee posted:What is the RP1-C0 thing they talk about at the end of the video? a custom I/O chip which runs the USBs, ethernet and GPIOs
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Sep 28, 2023 13:11
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Raygereio posted:It's a 0Ω SMD resistor that's used here as a jumper right? Or am I mixing up my terminology? It looks like it's pulling something down to ground through it, but every position it could go in is the same. So it probably serves a purpose but the location doesn't change anything.
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Sep 28, 2023 13:15
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repiv posted:finally they're breaking out some pcie lanes so you can put a real SSD on it Kinda annoying that you need an additional accessory hat to use it, rather than a m.2 slot on the back of the board like pretty much every pi-clone has done. Like, I don't know how they're possibly going to fit the heatsink plus a m.2 hat and a normal pi GPIO hat on there at once. repiv posted:a custom I/O chip which runs the USBs, ethernet and GPIOs Wonder if that's attached to the CPU via PCIe? Which brings up an interesting possibility: a raspberry pi GPIO accessory board for normal computers.
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Sep 28, 2023 13:55
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Klyith posted:Kinda annoying that you need an additional accessory hat to use it, rather than a m.2 slot on the back of the board like pretty much every pi-clone has done. Like, I don't know how they're possibly going to fit the heatsink plus a m.2 hat and a normal pi GPIO hat on there at once. the official m.2 hat passes through the GPIOs but yeah a heatsink/fan isn't going to do much with this in the way  also the m.2 hat has to replicate the SWD/UART/fan interfaces since it blocks them otherwise, very awkward
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Sep 28, 2023 14:04
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repiv posted:the official m.2 hat passes through the GPIOs but yeah a heatsink/fan isn't going to do much with this in the way Cripes it can't fit a 2280?  The model B form factor is 85mm long. That m.2 is offset enough that a 2280 will stick out past the end of the USB jacks. Aargh, you had one job!
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Sep 28, 2023 14:19
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Feels like the pi deserves a form factor change, poke the GPIO pins through the backside or something. Or I guess people can start using ribbon cables if it causes problems. Or maybe taller hats that leave a bigger airgap above the chips.
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Sep 28, 2023 14:27
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Klyith posted:Cripes it can't fit a 2280? third party case manufacturers can build something that accommodates a 2280 at least per jeff geerlings video the PCIe header is officially only rated for 2.0x1 but the hardware can do 3.0x1 and that can be enabled with a boot flag at your own risk
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Sep 28, 2023 14:32
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It looks like the actual PCIe signaling is on that front ribbon connector, so I think there will be room for alternative configurations rather than just the official HAT. Obviously any design that intends to remain compatible with the original formfactor is going to have to make compromises, and the official design seems to be optimized for cellular cards or the small M.2 SSDs that are now becoming widely available thanks to Steam Deck and the like.
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Sep 28, 2023 14:42
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cellular cards wouldn't work with that hat, those are B key
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repiv posted:the official m.2 hat passes through the GPIOs but yeah a heatsink/fan isn't going to do much with this in the way Below that picture is "Prototype M.2 HAT. Final hardware will not look like this."
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