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With the recent teardown of the Raspberry Pi 500, there were immediately questions raised about the unpopulated M.2 pad and related traces hiding inside. As it turns out, with the …read more Continue reading Enabling NVMe on the Raspberry Pi 500 With a Handful of Parts
Raspberry Pi just dropped the new Raspberry Pi 500, which like its predecessor puts the similarly named SBC into a keyboard. In a detailed review and teardown video, [Jeff Geerling] …read more Continue reading Raspberry Pi 500 and the Case of the Missing M.2 Slot
When we think of an m.2 slot in our laptop or similar, it’s usually in the context of its PCI connectivity for high-speed applications such as solid state disks. It’s …read more Continue reading M.2 Makes An Unusual Microcontroller Form Factor
Many mainboards and laptops these days come with a range of M.2 slots, with only a subset capable of NVME SSDs, and often a stubby one keyed for ‘WiFi’ cards. …read more Continue reading What Else Is An M.2 WiFi Slot Good For?
Last time, I’ve explained everything you could want to know if you wanted to put an M.2 socket onto your board. Today, let’s build M.2 cards! There’s a myriad of …read more Continue reading M.2 For Hackers – Cards
In the first M.2 article, I’ve described real-world types and usecases of M.2 devices, so that you don’t get confused when dealing with various cards and ports available out there. …read more Continue reading M.2 For Hackers – Connectors
You’ve seen M.2 cards in modern laptops already. If you’re buying an SSD today, it’s most likely an M.2 one. Many of our laptops contain M.2 WiFi cards, the consumer-oriented …read more Continue reading M.2 For Hackers – Expand Your Laptop
Recently, we stumbled upon a video by [iBoff], adding an M.2 NVMe port to a 2011-2013 MacBook. Apple laptops never came with proper M.2 ports, especially the A1278 – so …read more Continue reading Macbook Gets NVMe SSD With Help Of A BGA-Imitating PCB
In the olden days, you would have a roll of film that you could take to your local drug store and have them develop it. But a serious photographer would …read more Continue reading Developing Your Own Digital Film
The Raspberry Pi compute module is a powerful piece of hardware, especially for the price. With it, you get more IO than a normal Pi, plus the ability to design hardware around it that’s specifically tailored to your needs rather than simply to general-purpose consumers. However, this comes at the …read more
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