Pimoroni launches raspberry pie 5 M.2 adapter board: supports 2280 specifications and unlockable PCIe Gen3 speed

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen OC_Formula for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, December 4 (Xinhua)-- third-party manufacturer Pimoroni today launched an M.2 adapter for raspberry pie 5, which costs £13.50 (CTOnews.com Note: currently about RMB122).

It is reported that the NVMe Base supports M.2 SSD in 2230 and 2280 specifications. The adapter board is installed at the bottom of the raspberry pie 5 and can be powered by the power of the raspberry pie body. For some SSD with higher power consumption, it can also be connected with an external power supply.

In terms of speed, it is officially mentioned that the speed of this adapter board is about 300 to 400 MB/s (PCIe Gen 2 speed) after installing SSD, but the PCIe Gen 3 speed of 600-800MB/s can be obtained by modifying the / boot / config.txt file.