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Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by mdevaev on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @03:40PM (#28620818)
PiKVM v3 HAT on Kickstarter right now. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mdevaev/pikvm-v3-hat

// I'm the author ;)

Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by geerlingguy on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @05:32PM (#28622129)
Thanks for sending me the prototype to test; besides the labeling issue, and the fact that I accidentally fried one of the fan power cables (thought I'd burnt up the whole unit!) when I first put it together, it's already a great product. I hope you sell many more thousands, and keep improving the experience!
Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by mdevaev on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @05:48PM (#28622347)
No problem! I'm glad for constructive comments, it will help v3 to become better. I hope PiKVM will be useful to you.
Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by hendersoon on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @08:18PM (#28623783)
Same here, I hope you sell a LOT of these, because it's still a bit expensive for my home lab stuff and I want you to benefit from economies of scale so I can buy a hat for around sixty dollars.
Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by rasz on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:54AM (#28626759)
you can buy USB hdmi capture dongle for $10, its 1080@30 mjpeg, but nothing beats that price
Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by dihydro on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @04:32PM (#28621397)
I just backed your project because of this video. I can't wait to get my hands on it and give it a try.
Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by mdevaev on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @04:33PM (#28621407)
Thanks! I'm sure you'll like it.
Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by frozeus on Thursday September 23, 2021 @07:37AM (#28627800)
Did you consider a PCIe card form factor w/ a RPI4 compute module?

I have some cheap rackable server w/o KVM feature and I was ready to order an ASROCK Paul https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=P... but looks like I will definitely go for a PI KVMs

Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by mongol on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @05:39PM (#28622217)
It says PiKVM has support to press power buttons etc. Does PC hardware also have means for health checks, to determine if this is needed? Could be a useful feature
Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by mdevaev on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @06:58PM (#28623116)
This is done by reading the status of the power LED of the PC.
Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by runnerup on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:09AM (#28625128)
Are there schematics / gerber files / project files available for the Pi-KVM v3 HAT? I would be excited to support an open-hardware project.
Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by mdevaev on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:25AM (#28625212)
It's open source, but not open hardware. All the code is completely free, so closed hardware is our way of monetization to continue development.
Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by atok1 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @01:36AM (#28625505)
Would be awesome after you make some money back if you could open hardware it for those of us who require full trust!
Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by magicalhippo on Thursday September 23, 2021 @07:17AM (#28627674)
What open-hardware Raspberry Pi alternative would you be using with this then?

After all, hardly any point of having a open-hardware HAT if you connect it to a closed-hardware Raspberry Pi. Even if the full schematics etc were available, the processor on the Pi is anything but open.