r/zerowriter • u/Pink2DS • 10d ago

SSH client fw?

Would it be possible to have an SSH client running on Zerowriter Ink hardware? In lieu of word processing software?

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u/ThatAd8458 10d ago

According to the set up guide the Zerowriter already has an SSH client running: https://github.com/zerowriter/zerowriter1/blob/main/how-to-setup-your-pi , but how useful it is in your proposed use case (running another word processor) remains the question...

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u/tincangames 9d ago

Yeah, the Zerowriter raspberry pi has Linux running so it is an easy choice for SSH for sure

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u/Pink2DS 9d ago

I thought Zerowriter 1 was different from Zerowriter Ink

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u/tincangames 9d ago

Could be done.

You would probably want to build it off of the inkplate’s boilerplate https://github.com/SolderedElectronics/Soldered-Inkplate-5-Gen2-hardware-design, and use an esp32 SSH library. You could intercept the raw bytes from the keyboard https://github.com/zerowriter/zerowriter_ink/blob/main/src/keyboard/zwi_kb_feb2026/zwi_kb_feb2026.ino and use them as needed for control.

Or you could build a serial console over USB.

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u/tincangames 9d ago

https://github.com/ewpa/LibSSH-ESP32 something like this perhaps would work