JetKVM Mini

https://jetkvm.com/blog/introducing-jetkvm-mini

54•taubek•1h ago

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teruakohatu•1h ago

I am amazed that there is an ESP that can handle this and with just 32MB of RAM:

https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-dev-kits/en/latest/e...

sugarkjube•4m ago

looks nice but seems to be rather expensive

Shank•1h ago

I own 3 JetKVMs, of which two of them stopped working, one of which doesn't boot at all and the other that never connects to network. The third I took out of service because the keyboard wouldn't send input when it was connected for more than a couple months. I'm sure the newer hardware is better, but I'm very unhappy with my JetKVMs.

skerit•59m ago

At least you got them. I'm still at the "We will send you an email to do a final shipment confirmation once ready" stage.

philjohn•55m ago

I have two and one stopped working, but they were great and sent me a replacement motherboard and a toolkit to swap it over. Did you try reaching out to them?

yokoprime•41m ago

I've had good experiences with mine, only thing is that wifi and ethernet claims the same IP which causes my Unifi controller to freak out and send alerts

theanonymousone•59m ago

It may be worth noting that this is not _that_ KVM, but this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVM_switch

I learnt this first myself from HN, a few months ago.

stingraycharles•54m ago

What KVM were you thinking of, the virtualization?

LoganDark•49m ago

Probably Kernel-based Virtual Machine, yeah.

theanonymousone•16m ago

Yes

herrherrmann•49m ago

My first thought was “ah, this must be a JVM for Kotlin by the creators of Kotlin (Jetbrains)!”

LoganDark•39m ago

Ugh, people have been sending me jeans memes so much that I thought this comment said Jotlin...

yonatan8070•22m ago

LoganDark•44m ago

Are there any good KVMs for gaming? Right now, I use a capture card for video, connect the mouse directly to the destination, and use a piece of software called Deskflow to transmit my keyboard. But Deskflow occasionally crashes, so it'd be nice to have a hardware solution (also that can be used for BIOS/etc). And Deskflow also won't work if I install SteamOS, once Nvidia works.

I looked at making a solution myself, but for some reason, simulating a USB client device in software is extremely annoying, and requires specialized hardware that is also very expensive. So at that point, why not just get a KVM...

I frequently switch between 1080p and 4K for gaming since I don't like resampling artifacts. Never found a KVM that can handle 4K properly even for productivity. The mistake can be as basic as assuming a 100% scale factor.

peroo•33m ago

Why do you need to use a KVM rather than Sunshine+Moonlight? That's pretty much the gold standard for remote gaming.

LoganDark•24m ago

The practical answer for right now is that I don't want software screen capture, but it also does not do any of the things I wanted to be able to do by having remote inputs directed to the hardware rather than simulated in software. Namely it requires software installation on the server, which means OS support becomes a thing, you can't use it in BIOS/firmware, etc.

noelwelsh•33m ago

I don't really understand your setup, but if you throw enough money at ATEN they will be happy to give you a KVM that handles 4K @ 240Hz. Supporting high refresh rates is the main thing that would keep me from using most KVMs for gaming.

noelwelsh•41m ago

I have an ATEN KVM [1] that gets a solid "it does the job" from me. Occasionally a connected computer won't pick up the K, V, or M, and I'll have to reconnect a few times.

I use it to switch between my work laptop and my personal PC, and for this situation 4K is a must have. That, and the choice of HDMI instead of DisplayPort, and things that would keep me from getting a JetKVM.

[1]: https://www.aten.com/gb/en/products/kvm/desktop-kvm-switches...

skolos•37m ago

or make one yourself: https://github.com/espkvm/espkvm

tidbeck•10m ago

It is really hard to find on the site what kvm stands for. Guess people going there knows what it stands for but think it could be spelled out once at least.

mickeyp•5m ago

Meh. The challenge is 4k+ at high display frequency that doesn't cost the same as a small boat. There are gazillions of KVM switches that do 1080. That's easy.

swiftcoder•23m ago

> simulating a USB client device ... requires specialized hardware that is also very expensive

Pretty much any off-the-shelf SBC can present itself as a USB HID device like a keyboard. You can buy a very capable rp2040-based board for <$5.

What part of this equation requires expensive hardware?

LoganDark•20m ago

The part where I want wired ethernet to that SBC, not some funky proprietary wireless chip as in ESP32. I almost found a solution, but I've been unable to get my picoprobe to properly flash and reset the board for some reason, so I haven't been able to use it for development. I'll have to troubleshoot that again sometime if I enter another bout of caring.

swiftcoder•10m ago

> The part where I want wired ethernet to that SBC,

In that case the path of least resistance becomes something like a $22 NanoPi NEO (has onboard ethernet, widely used in PiKVM setups)

LoganDark•6m ago

Oh, you were talking about SBC, not embedded. I even echoed it, should've noticed. Whoops.

Maybe I'll look into that, wouldn't require messing around with the picoprobe. Thanks!

xcafebabe•17m ago

Most KVMs that fail at 4K get the EDID wrong. They either send their own fixed one (often maxing out at 1080p or 4K30), or they reconnect the display on every switch, so the OS thinks it's a new monitor and resets your scaling. Look for one with EDID emulation.

For high refresh 4K you also need HDMI 2.1 or DisplayPort with DSC support, and a lot of "4K" KVMs don't have it.

Also, 1080p divides evenly into 4K, so turn on integer scaling in the Nvidia or AMD settings and 1080p will look sharp instead of blurry.

LoganDark•15m ago

I do use integer scaling. That's what makes 1080p bearable on my 4K display, and not other resolutions that don't divide evenly into 4K.

An annoying quirk is that I have to use the Nvidia control panel specifically to get Windows to send a 1080p signal as otherwise, it will just upscale 1080p to a 4K signal. It makes no fucking sense to me why that would be the default but whatever.

KwanEsq•7m ago

Can't you do the same thing in Windows' own Advanced Display Settings, by toggling the resolution in list of modes? (I might be remembering the naming wrong). That seems to work to change the "Active Signal Resolution" or whatever it is. But perhaps the Nvidia method is faster.

I agree that it's insane it works this way though.

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JetKVM Mini

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