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Adafruit Metro ESP32-P4 Hydra as an IP-KVM

No It cannot work as an IP-KVM with ESP-KVM, for the reason below.

16 MB of PSRAM and a rev 1.x chip. The high-speed USB comes out on a Type-A host port with its own 5 V supply, the Type-C is full speed. A C6 for Wi-Fi, no Ethernet. No schematic yet.

What ESP-KVM needs from a board

  • ✗ 32 MB of PSRAM. It does not have 32 MB of PSRAM, and the video needs that much.
  • ? A camera connector the capture board fits. Not known whether the HDMI capture board's camera ribbon fits its camera connector. Connector: 22-pin, Pi format.
  • ? High-speed USB towards the target. Not known whether its high-speed USB can face the target as a device.
  • ✓ A network. It has a network: Ethernet, or Wi-Fi through a co-processor.

Chip revision: 1.x.

Read from the maker’s documents, checked 2026-10, not from a board in hand.

ESP-KVM is free, open-source firmware that turns an ESP32-P4 board into an IP-KVM: another computer’s screen, keyboard and mouse in your browser, from the BIOS up. The boards it runs on →