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6.3 Pi5 NVMe PIP
The Pi5 NVMe PIP (PCIe Peripheral Board), as defined by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, is a PCIe adapter board
designed specifically for NVMe solid-state drives. It supports four different sizes of NVMe SSDs: 2230, 2242, 2260,
and 2280, all fitting into an M.2 M key slot.
• The board connects through a 16P 0.5mm reverse FFC (Flexible Flat Cable) or a custom impedance-matched
FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) cable.
• STA: A Status LED indicator.
• PWR: A Power LED indicator.
• The onboard 3.3V power supply can support up to 3A output. However, since the Raspberry Pi PCIe interface is
limited to providing 1A output (equivalent to 5W), additional power for 3.3V/3A usage can be supplied through
the J3 connector from a 5V source.
6.3.1 Configure PCIe
Enabling PCIe
By default the PCIe connector is not enabled.
• To enable it you should open the /boot/firmware/config.txt file.
sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txt
• Then add the following line to the file.
# Enable the PCIe External connector.
dtparam=pciex1
• A more memorable alias for pciex1 exists, so you can alternatively add dtparam=nvme to the /boot/
firmware/config.txt file.
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