Overview

Description

The ZP519 board is a Dual M.2 HAT Key-M NVMe SSD PIP PCIe Peripheral Board for the Raspberry Pi 5 that uses the new PCIE interface of the Raspberry Pi 5 to utilize the NVME M2 SSDs for fast data transfers and ultra-fast booting.

 

Features

• Supports the installation of two M.2 Key-M NVMe SSDs in 2230/2242/2260/2280 length, high-speed reading/writing.

• Supports installation of official active coolers for heat dissipation. Reserved airflow vent for the cooling fan, better cooling effect for Raspberry Pi 5 and SSD.

• ZP519 PCIe Peripheral Board is compatible with Raspberry Pi 5 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB pc computer (NOT include Raspberry Pi 5). Support Hailo AI accelerator.

• The ZP519 hardware has no limit on NVMe SSD capacity, which depends on the Raspberry Pi OS.

• Comes with 2pcs M2 studs for 2230/2242/2260/2280 SSD installation, no soldering required.

• The PCIe Peripheral Board is compatible with M.2 KEY-M NVMe SSDs, not compatible with M.2 SATA SSDs, M.2 PCIe AHCI SSDs, or other M.2 non-NVMe devices.

• For an Aluminum Case, please refer to ZC501(ASIN: B0DSZYLMSS); for Active Cooler, please refer to ZP536(ASIN: B0DSZYHNF5); for Aluminum Case with Active Cooler, please refer to ZP537(ASIN: B0DSZVN5YX).

 

 

Installation Guide

Installation of PCIe FPC Cable

Pay attention to the direction of the cable and connect it as shown in the figure:

 

Installation of adapter board

 

 

Installation of M.2 NVMe SSD

 

 

How to Use NVMe

Find your PCI device

List PCI device command. If your NVME SSD device is connected successfully, then your NVME SSD device is as follows:

$ lspci

 

Enable PCIe

To enable the connector, add the following line to /boot/firmware/config.txt:

$sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txt

add the following line

dtparam=pciex1

dtparam=nvme

Reboot with sudo reboot for the configuration changes to take effect.

Note: You can also use the alias nvme.

 

Boot from PCIe

By default, Raspberry Pi devices do not boot from PCIe storage. To enable boot from PCIe, change the BOOT_ORDER in the bootloader configuration. Edit the EEPROM configuration with the following command:

$ sudo rpi-eeprom-config --edit

Replace the BOOT_ORDER line with the following line:

BOOT_ORDER=0xf416

To boot from a non-HAT+ device, also add the following line:

PCIE_PROBE=1

After saving your changes, reboot your Raspberry Pi with sudo reboot to update the EEPROM.

 

PCIe Gen 3.0

Warning

The Raspberry Pi 5 is not certified for Gen 3.0 speeds. PCIe Gen 3.0 connections may be unstable.

The connection is certified for Gen 2.0 speeds (5 GT/sec), but you can force Gen 3.0 (10 GT/sec) speeds. To enable PCIe Gen 3.0 speeds, add the following line to /boot/firmware/config.txt:

dtparam=pciex1_gen=3

Reboot your Raspberry Pi with sudo reboot for these settings to take effect.

 

Write Speed Test

dd command can be used to test write speed.

The following command will write into a 2000MB file named “test” to disk:

$ dd if=/dev/zero of=./test bs=10M count=200

 

 

SSD Compatibility

Only for SSDs with M.2 KEY interface NVMe protocol.

Currently there are quite a few customers give feedback on SSD compatibility. We have done a lot of tests about the problem and the solutions are as follows:

1. Upgrade your system to the latest:

$ sudo apt update

$ sudo apt upgrade

$ sudo rpi-eeprom-update

 

Restart

 

Check the current bootloader version with the following command:

$ vcgencmd bootloader_version

2024/06/05 16:41:49

version 6fe0b091c7cb1c5da26b7f41cc24c42840531a83 (release)

timestamp 1717602109

update-time 1720508793

capabilities 0x0000007f

 

2. Replace the SSD with another model and use it again.

 

3. Our SSD adapter board is just a PCIe adapter circuit that doesn't affect SSD compatibility, and the SSD compatibility depends on the Raspberry Pi 5 motherboard. We have tested several Raspberry Pi 5 motherboards, finding that under the same test environment, one Raspberry Pi 5 motherboard can recognize all kinds of SSDs and has good compatibility; however, other Raspberry Pi 5 motherboards’ compatibility are not so good, which can only recognize some SSDs. Therefore, replace the Raspberry Pi 5 motherboard with other batches is also a good solution.

 

 

Packing List

 

 

Support

If you have any question or need technical support, please contact: support@zde.plus.