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 M5Stack Keyboard for Tab5 is an optional extra: with the experimental ESP-KVM terminal firmware it shows the target's screen in your hand, with no browser. What it does → Try the demo →
The keyboard that clips onto the Tab5. The ESP-KVM terminal finds it by itself and types on the target with it.
| Status | Run on hardware |
|---|---|
| Family | All M5Stack parts |
| Connection | the Tab5's expansion connector, I2C at 0x6D |
| Setting | none, found by itself |
The ESP-KVM terminal finds this keyboard when it starts and hides its on-screen keyboard while it is there. Keys go to the target as a normal keyboard, and they type into the terminal's own setup screens too.
Without it the Tab5 still works: an on-screen keyboard appears where one is needed, and a USB keyboard in the USB-A port does the same job.
