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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 myelin »

ActorNightly wrote: post #9
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 con…

Yep! It's a matter of figuring it out from the microcontroller manual / datasheet (or basing your design on one that already has it figured out.)

Programming microcontrollers is done using an in-circuit programmer, which connects to a header on the board. Adafruit has a great tutorial for this: https://learn.adafruit.com/proper-step-debugging-atsamd21-ar...

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Post by simcop2387 »

ActorNightly wrote: post #9
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 con…

> is it just a matter of figuring it out from the microcontroller manual?

pretty much, you might end up tweaking which pins you use when designing the pcb because the one on the other side of the chip is just as good, but it simplifies the routing and layout of the board significantly.

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Post by jhgb »

burnte wrote: post #10
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.

So is a VGA digitizer that plugs into a USB port, presumably?

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Post by mtlynch »

ActorNightly wrote: post #9
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 con…

TinyPilot runs on the Raspberry Pi 4B, so I haven't made my own custom board yet.

The Voyager 2 will use custom PCBs for the HAT, but it will still be on top of the Pi.

In the next iteration, I'd like to use the Pi Compute Module to migrate to my own custom board, but I'll need to work with an EE firm on that, since I'm not knowledgeable enough about EE for that kind of project.

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Post by mdevaev »

dihydro wrote: post #16
mdevaev wrote: post #7

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

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

Thanks! I'm sure you'll like it.

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Post by sneak »

burnte wrote: post #10
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.

COTS VGA to HDMI adaptors are readily available.
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