MIRROR MAGIC: REFLECTING INNOVATION FOR EVERYDAY CONVENIENCE USING RASPBERRY PI

Abstract

Smart is not an adjective anymore, Now it is an used for anything that improves functioning in multi-device environment, by simplifying our daily tasks by speeding up the information flow and allowing us to do incredible tasks in the twinkling of an eye. A smart mirror is a two-way with an electronic display behind the glass. The display can show the viewer different kinds of information in the form of widgets, such as weather, time and date and news updates. This project would be useful for busy individuals that want to multitask and stay informed while on the go.The basic design of smart mirror starts with two-way glass is the recommended types as it lets the graphics on the display come through clearer. Upon uploading the code to the device from android studio, all the prototypes and design that we have installed in the design module will be displayed. The electrical component to our project was a simple 19mm Computer monitor mounted to the back of the see through glass. In addition to, installation of PIR on and off sensor to different motion atmospheres is added. And an LED strip around the smart mirror comes with multiple luminosity levels from cool to warm light. The Google voice assistant feature has been implemented to control device with spoken commands. All of this works with Raspberry pi 3 A+ model which is a single board computer. To install the raspbian OS a micro SD card is needed prepared with an OS image all that will be running on the mirror will be coded on the same device at least a keyboard, mouse are required. One mode of interaction with smart is through the microphones. All the coding are written in python which most popular in the Raspberry pi community and it has all the libraries Mirror OS is the software we created for the smart mirror’s interface and it runs on the Raspbian (LINUX) ontop if the electron. The device must be connected to the Wi-fi in order to gather the data through online services.When every device such as phone, watch, TV, speaker has their smart versions, it doesn’t come as a surprise that mirrors they become smart too. KEYWORDS: IOT, PIR, RASPBERRY-PI, RASPBIAN OS, LINUX