UPDATE - I wrote how to do this with a Raspberry Pi Zero W (smaller and cheaper) and a readonly filesystem (advanced) I may try this out in a few ways, or even make a few of these displays! How to Build a Raspberry Pi-based Family Calendar It's not something we are (yet) used to seeing. But somehow when it's Portrait it's dramatic.

It's also worth pointing out the a horizontal monitor on the wall looks like, well, a monitor on the wall. I want the family and kids to just stop by, note important information and move on.

In fact, I'd say this is a Wall Mounted Glanceable Display - a personal dashboard - not an interactive thing. You'll want to ask yourself, is this just an iPad on the wall? I'd propose not. Someone asked me - 'What would I want to put on my dashboard other than a calendar? I don't see why this is useful.' What would you put on a Glance-eable Display?įamily Calendar(s), movie times, temperature, news, my blood sugar, disk free on my NAS, TV schedule, family photos, commute traffic, album releases, homework due soon, family events, trips, flight status, music playing now, literally anything you want as a glance-able display. All it takes is one 'why isn't this working' and I'm dead in the water. If my Spouse doesn't like the idea or find its not reliable, the SAF (Spouse Acceptance Factor) will be low and they'll want to get rid of it. If you are messing with it to keep it alive, it's not an appliance, it's another computer to manage. sensor - turn it on when something (your alarm, nest, thermostat motion detector attached to GPIO, etc) detects your presence).You may want to turn it off on a scheduled to save power and the screen.There's also the very popular MagicMIrror platform, so lots of choice and power in this space! I'm sure I'll spend many hours tweaking it through.

I chose DakBoard because it was simple, beautiful, and I was able to get the whole thing done in less than an hour. You can certainly build this yourself with any number of open source tools. DakBoard provides the private webpage and tools to make that happen. It's a browser that starts up full screen (kiosk mode) and just sits there and updates occasionally. The idea is simple - A wifi connected wall display for your photos, calendar, news, weather and to-do. I found a 24' old LCD at Goodwill (a local thrift shop) and bought it but it's been sitting unused in my garage. I love Raspberry Pis (tiny $35 computers the size of a set of playing cards).

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