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PiKVM v3 HAT on Kickstarter right now. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mdevaev/pikvm-v3-hat https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mdevaev/pikvm-v3-hat // I

PiKVM v3 HAT on Kickstarter right now. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mdevaev/pikvm-v3-hat https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mdevaev/pikvm-v3-hat // I'm the author ;)

dihydro 5y ago
I just backed your project because of this video. I can't wait to get my hands on it and give it a try.
- mdevaev 5y ago
  Thanks! I'm sure you'll like it.
geerlingguy 5y ago
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!
- mdevaev 5y ago
  No problem! I'm glad for constructive comments, it will help v3 to become better. I hope PiKVM will be useful to you.
- hendersoon 5y ago
  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.
  - rasz 5y ago
    you can buy USB hdmi capture dongle for $10, its 1080@30 mjpeg, but nothing beats that price
mongol 5y ago
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
- mdevaev 5y ago
  This is done by reading the status of the power LED of the PC.
runnerup 5y ago
Are there schematics / gerber files / project files available for the Pi-KVM v3 HAT? I would be excited to support an open-hardware project.
- mdevaev 5y ago
  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.
  - atok1 5y ago
    Would be awesome after you make some money back if you could open hardware it for those of us who require full trust!
    - magicalhippo 5y ago
      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.
frozeus 5y ago
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=PAUL#Specifications https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=P... but looks like I will definitely go for a PI KVMs

PiKVM v3 HAT on Kickstarter right now. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mdevaev/pikvm-v3-hat https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mdevaev/pikvm-v3-hat // I'm the author ;)

dihydro 5y ago

I just backed your project because of this video. I can't wait to get my hands on it and give it a try.

mdevaev 5y ago
Thanks! I'm sure you'll like it.

geerlingguy 5y ago

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!

mdevaev 5y ago
No problem! I'm glad for constructive comments, it will help v3 to become better. I hope PiKVM will be useful to you.
hendersoon 5y ago
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.
- rasz 5y ago
  you can buy USB hdmi capture dongle for $10, its 1080@30 mjpeg, but nothing beats that price

mongol 5y ago

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

mdevaev 5y ago
This is done by reading the status of the power LED of the PC.

runnerup 5y ago

Are there schematics / gerber files / project files available for the Pi-KVM v3 HAT? I would be excited to support an open-hardware project.

mdevaev 5y ago
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.
- atok1 5y ago
  Would be awesome after you make some money back if you could open hardware it for those of us who require full trust!
  - magicalhippo 5y ago
    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.

frozeus 5y ago

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=PAUL#Specifications https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=P... but looks like I will definitely go for a PI KVMs