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Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3

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Re: Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3

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Post by phaer »

whalesalad wrote: post #2

I want one of these with an LTE modem on it so that I can drop it in the rack (non-datacenter) and remote-in regardless of the WAN condition.

At least the TinyPilot firmware is Open Source https://github.com/tiny-pilot/tinypilot - i don't know Pi-KVM. And it's a normal RaspberryPi with a debian-based os. So you should be able to just attach an LTE modem via USB and configure it via SSH, right?

Re: Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3

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Post by EricE »

phaer wrote: post #3
whalesalad wrote: post #2

I want one of these with an LTE modem on it so that I can drop it in the rack (non-datacenter) and remote-in regardless of the WAN condition.

At least the TinyPilot firmware is Open Source https://github.com/tiny-pilot/tinypilot - i don't know Pi-KVM. And it's a normal RaspberryPi with a debian-based os. So you should be able to just attach an LTE modem via USB and configure it via SSH, right?

Yeah, it should be pretty easy to add an LTE modem. Configuring the networking failover might take some hands on work; it would be a huge boon if either or both projects eventually took care of that for you too. I've had enough experiences where out of band management would be well worth the cost of the cell service that this is something I could see having wide appeal.

Re: Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3

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Post by krasin »

phaer wrote: post #3
whalesalad wrote: post #2

I want one of these with an LTE modem on it so that I can drop it in the rack (non-datacenter) and remote-in regardless of the WAN condition.

At least the TinyPilot firmware is Open Source https://github.com/tiny-pilot/tinypilot - i don't know Pi-KVM. And it's a normal RaspberryPi with a debian-based os. So you should be able to just attach an LTE modem via USB and configure it via SSH, right?

pikvm is open source as well: https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm

In fact, TinyPilot is based on ustreamer, that is developed by Maxim Devaem, the pikvm creator: https://github.com/pikvm/ustreamer

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Post by ActorNightly »

mtlynch wrote: post #8

TinyPilot founder here. Happy to answer any questions about TinyPilot or KVM over IPs.

General microcontroller questions if you don't mind.

Lets say that I prototype something on dev board like something from Raspberry Pi, or ones from STM. Now I want to do a full product, (like the Tiny Pilot) with the microprocessor on a custom PCB board with just the necessary hardware.

I understand that you have to design the schematic and then get the PCB layout done, but in terms of figuring out which pins to connect, is it just a matter of figuring it out from the microcontroller manual? Additionally, how do you end up programming the microcontrollers, do you have to have a separate programmer since you don't have all the stuff on the dev board?

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Post by burnte »

whalesalad wrote: post #2

I want one of these with an LTE modem on it so that I can drop it in the rack (non-datacenter) and remote-in regardless of the WAN condition.

I've been trying to design one that takes VGA in as that's what servers come with. An LTE modem is trivial to add.
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