WarpKVM DIY Kit

The software is identical: the same open-source daemon and the same browser console. The hardware is not. The kit runs on a Luckfox Aura and our carrier board, which you assemble; WarpKVM 01 is our own machined unit with HDMI passthrough, ATX power control, mobile apps, and nothing to flash. The kit proves the firmware is real and auditable; the appliance is what you buy when you don't want to build one.

The encoder, not the link. The carrier routes both of the RK628H's 4-lane CSI ports, so capture bandwidth is not the constraint. The ceiling is the RV1126B itself, which encodes H.264 and H.265 in hardware at up to 4K 30: more capture bandwidth changes nothing, because the SoC could not encode the extra frames. A 4K60 kit means an SoC with a faster encode block, which is a different kit, not a firmware setting. 4K30 is the honest ceiling of this chip.

At 4K the encoder outputs 4:2:0, so small, saturated text can show slight colour fringing on hard foreground-on-background edges. It is a property of the encoder, not a bug. For text-heavy work the console offers a 1080p high-detail mode that recovers full-resolution colour, and you can switch between them live.

Yes, at 1080p 60, and only 1080p 60. The kit can drive a local monitor, but the local output stays at 1080p whatever the source sends; the full-resolution path is the network stream. Native-resolution HDMI passthrough at the desk remains a feature of the commercial WarpKVM units.

You are pre-ordering the boards plus the firmware port. The hardware works today; the port is in bring-up. You're charged now, and you can cancel for a full refund any time before it ships. It ships when the firmware is done, not before.

You have 30 days from delivery to send it back for a full refund if it is unused and in its original packaging, and you can cancel for free any time before it ships. If a board arrives dead or fails in normal use within a year, we replace it and cover postage both ways. Full details in our returns policy.