The AURGA viewer is an HDMI and USB dongle with WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity that plugs into any system with HDMI output and can convert any smartphone, tablet, or laptop with a touchscreen display into a KVM solution by sending video data, as well as keyboard and mouse events wirelessly.
We’ve recently written about Openterface Mini-KVM KVM-over-USB device that allows users to use their laptop to control another device with HDMI output locally without any additional display, keyboard, and mouse. But I’ve just been informed the AURGA Viewer, launched in 2022 on Kickstarter, can do something similar wirelessly.
AURGA Viewer specifications and features:
- SoC – Allwinner S3 Cortex-A7 processor with 128MB DDR3
- HDMI input – Male HDMI port with Toshiba TC35874x HDMI to MIPI CSI-2 bridge internally (See comments section); Works with VGA, mini HDMI, micro HDMI, etc… using adapters
- Wireless – Broadcom BCM4345C5 SDIO 802.11AC WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5 chip.
- USB – USB port for power and data
- Supported features
- Wireless video streaming (1920x1080p 60Hz/48K Audio)
- Mouse
- Keyboard
- Touch screen
- Digitizer pen on phone/tablet
- Stream wirelessly or through USB
- Compatible devices (basically anything hardware with video output and USB)
- Computer/Laptop
- SBCs such as Raspberry Pi, Jetson Nano, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Rock Pi
- Gaming consoles such as PS3/PS4/PS5/Xbox Series/Wii U/Nintendo Switch
- Mini PCs
- Camera/DSLR
- TV boxes etc..
- Dimensions – 79.4 x 26 x 11mm
- Weight – 14.5 grams
The company provides software for the host device running on Windows 64-bit, iOS, macOS, and Linux 64-bit Arm/x86 which you’ll find on the Download page. Note that most versions were updated last month (April 2024), but the Linux version is older (July 2023) and may not work as well.
The product may have been introduced about two years ago, but the company does a poor job of explaining how it all works… But the way I understand it, the target device views the AURGA Viewer as an HDMI display and USB mouse and keyboard, while the host runs the software to receive video and HID events over WiFi (and maybe Bluetooth), so the touchscreen display of the device is used as a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. The best is to watch one of the videos such as the one embedded below with an x86 motherboard with the AURGA Viewer controlled wirelessly from an iPad to install Windows. No need for an extra display, a mouse, and a keyboard, since everything is handled on the iPad.
It can also fully work with a laptop (without touchscreen) taking into account the trackpad and keyboard instead of the the touchscreen of a smartphone or tablet.
The AURGA Viewer can be purchased for $79 on the company’s online store.
Thanks to Rogan for the tip.
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
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