Intro to Home Display Boards - Dakboard and MagicMirror

Getting started with home information boards using Dakboard and magicmirror software with a raspberry pi. eventually we'll turn this into a smart mirror but we wanted to get this info display board up and running quickly.

My Gear:

[sabrinaa]

This is honestly the ONLY information I could find on doing this. We want to switch from a whiteboard calendar to a digital calendar for our employee's at work (we install vehicle accessories). I already use Google calendars, but sometimes forget to transfer it to the whiteboard, causing double-bookings. All I want is a display so our employees can see the calendar. I think this will work well!

[siwatl]

Thank you. With your video I finally understood HOW to iniciate the Dakboard experience.

[semectual]

I can't wait to see the magic mirror version of this! 😃😃😃😃😃

[dawnmackay]

This was so well done. Thank you for sharing! I'm just learning about DAKboard and Raspberry Pi so this is a newbie question. Can I set this display up on a touchscreen monitor? Then once I'm up and going, can I edit, add, remove activities & the layout by going to the Dakboard website right from the touchscreen?

[jayluikart]

Thanks for sharing I’m just a few weeks behind you on setting up.

[Brebee]

How would we get this to be touch screen to interact with it?

[rinleeds]

how did you position this behind a mirror - great idea, but how do you do it? did you make a follow up video?

[thatgeezeruk]

Not sponsored, mentions their name 54 times in 7 mins :)

[exodus_gs]

I know this is an older video but glad ai found it. Got my sub now to get watching your other videos.

[BharteshShah]

Just curious, when you use Dakboard's schedule to turn on/off (for example, overnight), does this also power off the Raspberry Pi and the monitor? Or does the Raspberry Pi and Monitor stay on forever? Thank you for this great video.

[brandywilloughby]

Thanks for the overview. You mentioned that you "downloaded" the Dakboard software, rather than buying the pre-loaded SD card. How did you do this? I'm not immediately finding that option anywhere...

[xrpminion]

Have you done a follow up on this video?

[pukavita]

Thanks for the video. That DELL monitor seems to be an old monitor that does not have support for HDMI, if I am not mistaken. How did you connect it to Raspberry pi? I've got an old 23" DELL monitor without HDMI support and I'd like to use it with a Raspberry pi on my very first project but I don't know how to connect it. Many thanks.

[felixgregorian]

Very very informative. You explained very well, Thank you.

[andreic]

brother you repeated the options 3x AND YET you forgot to mention: >"Your Own Hardware - Any internet connected device that has a web browser will work! Use a laptop, tablet or computer"

[MandM]

he said there are a tone of home information videos, but I can´t fond them. Can somebody help me?

[roughrabbit]

This guy randomly saying "getting ready in the morning from like 4:30 to 6:00" made me overthink my life

[fluffyfaces]

I am very new to this and sorry if it's a silly question, but if I wanted to turn a two way mirror and have it display the info (without using rasberry pi) is that possible? I wasn't sure if it mattered on the type of display if I decide to use dakboard instead.

[yogaraj]

Very nice. Setting one up. Which home automation you used to get info on lamps out on the side?

[MrPDawes]

Need it to come on when it sees occupancy in the room. No point displaying to an empty room.