Difference between revisions of "X1001"

Revision as of 11:20, 11 December 2023

X1001 V1.1 NVME M2 SSD Shield for Raspberry Pi 5

X1001 V1.1, supports installation of official active coolers

Overview

The X1001 V1.1 shield is an NVME M2 SSD PIP (PCIe Peripheral Board) for the Raspberry Pi 5 that uses the new PCIE interface of the Raspberry Pi 5 to utilise the NVME M2 SSDs for fast data transfers and ultra-fast booting.

Features

Minimalist design, easy to install
Compatible with other HAT shield;
FFC is only 30mm length.
Supports installation of official active coolers;
With M.2 SSD ACT LED Indicators;
Supports 2232/2240/2260/2280 NVME M2 ssd.
Can Power the X1001 shield directly from the FFC PCIe ribbon (providing maximum 5W of continuous power)
Integrated with XH2.54 5V power connector, just use it if you are using a ultra large capacity SSD if the current is not enough;

PS:

Maximum current for pcie wire is 1A, and voltage is 5V

If you find that the SSD is not working properly, it is possible that the power supply of SSD is not enough, then you need to check the current requirement of your SSD to decide whether power the SSD separately.

Test & Reviews

By default the PCIe connector is not enabled. To enable it you should add the following option into /boot/firmware/config.txt and reboot:

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

Then add the following comment;

# Enable the PCIe External connector.
dtparam=pciex1
# This line is an alias for above (you can use either/or to enable the port).
dtparam=nvme

Press Ctrl-O, then enter, to write the change to the file.

Press Ctrl-X to exit nano (the editor).

And the connection is certified for Gen 2.0 speed (5 GT/sec), but you can force it to Gen 3.0 (10 GT/sec) if you add the following line after:

dtparam=pciex1_gen=3

You also can refer to official documentatio:Enabling PCIe

After I forced Gen 3.0 speeds, in my many tests I found that some NVMEs were able to run stably, but some NVMEs caused some problems: such as slow startup and running laggy, really really laggy. As the official statement says:

The Raspberry Pi 5 is not certified for Gen 3.0 speeds, and connections to PCIe devices at these speeds may be unstable.

Run the following command on Teminal window to test:

dd if=/dev/zero of=./Testingfile bs=100M count=10 oflag=direct
dd if=./Testingfile of=/dev/zero bs=100M count=10 oflag=dsync

Nomral PCIE 2.0 test data with dd command;

Forced Gen 3.0 speeds test data with dd command:

Packing List

1 x X1001 V1.1 NVMe SSD Shield
1 x PCIe FFC Cable(30mm length)
3 x M2.5x17mm F/F Spacers
6 x M2.5x5mm Screws
1 x M2x4mm Screws (to fix M2 SSD)

NOTE:

The M2*4 screw is to fix M2 SSD;

User Manual

X1001 software tutorials: NVMe SSD boot with the Raspberry Pi 5
Raspberry pi 5 pcie connector pin out

Enable comment auto-refresher

Anonymous user #17

2 days ago

Score 0

Integrated with XH2.54 5V power connector. It is, but what is not supplied or offered is a short cable to connect to the Pi5 board. And yes, my Pi5 is working great with the X1001 and a 1TB 2280 SDD. The dtparam=pciex1_gen=3 has been set and the microSD has been removed. So I don't really need the extra power connector, but it should have been included anyways just to be on the safe side.

@@ Line 61: / Line 61: @@
 ==Packing List==
 * 1 x X1001 V1.1 NVMe SSD Shield
-* 1 x PCIe FPC Cable(30mm length)
+* 1 x PCIe FFC Cable(30mm length)
 * 3 x M2.5x17mm F/F Spacers
 * 6 x M2.5x5mm Screws