The MagPi - February 2020

Creating a good magic mirror requires

experience in many disciplines including

carpentry, electronics, programming, and

graphic design. Fortunately, the team at

MagicMirror^2 , headed by Michael Teeuw

(see The MagPi issue 54, magpi.cc/54), have

not only compiled tutorials and fostered a

great community, they’ve also built their

own open-source application. This modular

system takes away all the programming

and design pain. Best of all, you can expand

the capabilities of your mirror through the

hundreds of community plug-ins available

and, if you wish, you can write your own. It’s

no wonder it won the number one slot in our

best projects feature for issue 50.

magicmirror.builders

The frame needs to
be deep and sturdy
to accommodate the
display and computer

An LCD screen; for

best effect, it needs

to removed from its

casing to sit flush

This is semi-transparent

‘observation glass’:

darker than a usual

mirror, but it allows the

display to show through

Information is displayed

in corners, typically in

high-contrast black

and white

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