NVPI5-2280B RPI HAT

Features:

• Compatible with other HAT shield

• Support boot from the NVMe drive

• 60mm length Flat Flex Cable

• Supports installation of official active coolers

• Dual LED Indicators: “PWR” and “ACT”

• Supports 2230/2242/2260/2280 NVME M2 SSD

• M.2 Standard-Compliant Power System

• Ext +5V Power input connector

• Base mounting

Packing List:

• 1 x NVPI5-2280B

• 2 x PCIe FFC cable (30mm length)

• 2 x PCIe FFC cable (60mm length)

• 4 x M2.5x14mm F/F Spacers

• 4 x M2.5x6+6mm F/M Spacers

• 5 x M2.5x5mm Screws

• 2 x M2x4mm Screws

• 1x XH2.54 4P Power cable

Getting started

Firmware

Make sure your Raspberry Pi 5 firmware is up to date with the 2023-12-06 or later version. Software update on the RPi OS should do this for you, but you can force it by running sudo rpi-eeprom-update in the Terminal.

If you have updated your firmware and want to boot from the NVMe drive, you might have to get technical and run sudo rpi-eeprom-config --edit from the Terminal and change the BOOT_ORDER to be 0x416 instead of 0x41.

To enable experimental and not-officially-supported PCIe 3 mode, add the follow line to the [all] section at the end of your Raspberry Pi /boot/config.txt file like this:

# Enable the PCIe external connector

dtparam=pciex1

# Force Gen 3.0 speeds

dtparam=pciex1_gen=3

Booting from NVMe

If you want to boot from the NVMe drive follow these extra steps:

1.  Format the drive using Raspberry Pi Imager

2.  Shutdown

3. Remove your microSD card

4. Power back on

Notes

• Always power off your RPi and disconnect the power supply before installing or uninstalling the NVPI5-2242T and NVPI5-2280B;

• NVPI5-2242T and NVPI5-2280B offers a general purpose PCIe x1 connection;

• We do not recommend WD Green SSDs at this time. Drives such as the SN350 are temperamental with the CM4 and RPi 5.