ESP-KVM – An open-source IP KVM solution based on ESP32-P4 RISC-V MCU

Earlier this month, the P4 KVM project was brought to my attention. It provides IP KVM functionality to a Waveshare ESP32-P4-WIFI6-POE-ETH board when paired with a Toshiba TC358743 HDMI-to-CSI adapter. However, it doesn’t work with the new ESP32-P4 V3.x variants featuring a proper H.264 video encoding implementation, and the developer (Jonathan Rowny) says it’s just a proof-of-concept with many bugs and no security, so I decided to skip it. The good news is that he also encouraged others to fork the project, and Evgenij Spitsyn did just that with the release of the ESP-KVM project, which supports both MJPEG and H.264 encoding and a range of other features. ESP-KVM highlights: Video capture, resolution changes, and MJPEG or H.264 encoding Keyboard, absolute and relative pointer, media keys, copy/paste Touch mode for phones and tablets (trackpad, on-screen keyboard) Multiple viewers, one in control at a time with takeover HTTPS, login, physical password […]

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