pikvm-board

Cheap and high performance hardware based on CM4 for pikvm or tinypilot

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Cheap and high performance hardware based on CM4 for pikvm or tinypilot

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mtlynch·Sep 15, 2022

Thanks, Jeff! I opened some issues: https://github.com/ThomasVon2021/pikvm-board/issues/38 https://github.com/ThomasVon2021/pikvm-board/issues/39 https://github.com/ThomasVon2021/blikvm/issues/3

In BliKVM PCIe puts a computer in your computer

mtlynch·Sep 15, 2022

I'm the founder of TinyPilot, a project that operates in the same space. I haven't really been following BliKVM, but some alarm bells are going off as I follow the links here: 1. BliKVM advertises themselves as open hardware, but the hardware repo[0] contains no sources / schematics that would allow anyone to reproduce the hardware. 2. When I looked for the hardware sources, I realized that BliKVM is redistributing TinyPilot code in violation of TinyPilot's license. [1], [2] We're licensed under MIT, so BliKVM is allowed to redistribute and modify freely, but they have to preserve our license and copyright notice. If BliKVM actually is open hardware, that would be wonderful, and I'd be interested in collaborating with them, but it doesn't seem like honest advertising at this point. [0] https://github.com/ThomasVon2021/pikvm-board [1] htt

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ps://github.com/ThomasVon2021/pikvm-board/blob/master/src... vs. TinyPilot's code: https://github.com/tiny-pilot/tinypilot/blob/609b36faf2352cb... [2] https://github.com/ThomasVon2021/blikvm/blob/master/package/... vs. TinyPilot's code: https://github.com/tiny-pilot/ansible-role-tinypilot/blob/ma...

In BliKVM PCIe puts a computer in your computer

geerlingguy·Sep 15, 2022

And a serial bus connection, could be useful in a number of scenarios. The devs behind this board (blicube) have been willing to listen to customer requests[1]... it's not outside the realm of possibility—though would increase the complexity of the board a bit. [1] https://github.com/ThomasVon2021/pikvm-board/issues

In BliKVM PCIe puts a computer in your computer