https://github.com/omasakun/remote-stylus

Turn your iPad into a drawing tablet for your PC.
https://github.com/omasakun/remote-stylus

esp-idf esp32 remote-desktop rust tauri

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Turn your iPad into a drawing tablet for your PC.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/omasakun/remote-stylus
• Owner: omasakun
• Created: 2024-05-30T11:56:32.000Z (9 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-30T16:22:36.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-31T14:08:02.445Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: esp-idf, esp32, remote-desktop, rust, tauri
• Language: Rust
• Homepage:
• Size: 259 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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Remote Stylus

  
Turn your iPad into a drawing tablet for your PC

  
iPad をペンタブレットとして使いたい









This project also includes a HID bridge to allow full keyboard input from a physical bluetooth keyboard to the iPad!

```

PC at Home

  |

  |

  | Internet

  | (WebRTC)

  |

  |

iPad --------- ESP32 --------- Keyboard

        BLE          Bluetooth

```

## Host App

The host app is a [Tauri](https://tauri.app/) app that runs on the PC. It captures the screen and sends it to the iPad using WebRTC, and receives the touch input from the iPad and emulates it on the PC.

See [host/README.md](host) for more information.

## Client App

The client web app is a [Astro](https://astro.build/) + [React](https://react.dev/) app that runs on the iPad, hosted on Cloudflare Pages. It receives the screen capture from the PC and sends the touch, pen, and keyboard input to the PC.

See [client/README.md](client) for more information.

## HID Bridge

iPad does not allow browser app to access full keyboard input (e.g. `Alt+Tab` or `F11`), which is required for a comfortable remote desktop experience. To work around this limitation, this project uses a cheap [ESP32](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP32) microcontroller to bridge the HID input from a physical bluetooth keyboard to the iPad.

See [bridge/README.md](bridge) for more information.

## Signaling Server

The WebRTC signaling server is implemented as a simple [cloudflare worker](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/) with [D1 database](https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/) that exchanges the WebRTC offer and answer between the iPad and the PC.

See [signaling/README.md](signaling) for more information.

## Host-HTTP (Work in Progress)

The host server that uses websocket instead of WebRTC to communicate with the iPad. This is useful for the case where the PC is behind a NAT and cannot establish a direct WebRTC connection with the iPad.

See [host-http/README.md](host-http) for more information.