SSH client for picocalc

PicoCalc
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Hello picocalc pals!

I got my picocalc a few days ago. My first project was to make it my “AI buddy”, where I could run gemini-cli and ollama over ssh. Wez Furlong laid some amazing groundwork with his picocalc-wezterm project, but the terminal emulation needs help.

I was anxious to get something up a running, so rather than creating a PR to improve upon his great terminal emulator code, I forked. I swapped out his code with Rust’s “vte” package, added more terminal characters, added scroll back functionality, and made a few other minor changes.

Now the picocalc is a pretty effective ssh/wifi based dumb terminal.

Source code and a uf2 is at:

Try it out and let me know how this works for you.

picocalc-ssh-client-gemini
picocalc-ssh-client-gemini924×1500 245 KB

picocalc-ssh-client-mc
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Next, I think I’ll embark on that RPi0 project next. Looks cool!

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Hi, I’m experimenting with the same ssh client in order to make it work with uf2loader.

That’s where I’m now:

I assume that your package has to be flashed with a cable and wouldn’t work with uf2loader?

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Correct, I flash it with a cable.

Uf2loader sounds super useful. I’ll try to get my project to work with uf2loader:

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If PicoCalc had a 4G module, it would be more practical as an SSH client.

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thank making it work with UF2loader would be really fantastic. Thx for great work!

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And if it had no WiFi at all, it would be less practical. :man_shrugging:t3:

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Hi! How do I connect to a wifi network that has spaces in the ssid?