So I picked up one of the Pimoroni Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 NVME kits. While there is supposed to be an official adapter coming from the Raspberry Pi foundation, the Pimoroni kit is well priced for what it claims to offer.
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The package itself is quite small and will easily fit in the palm of your hand.
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Inside are a set of standoffs/mounts, a short PCIE link cable, some self adhesive feet and, of course, the m.2 breakout board itself.
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The front of the breakout board. Peg points for various length m.2 drives drilled out and marked. There is no plug for a secondary power source – though, of course, when attached to a Pi 5 with an in-spec power supply it shouldn’t really need one.
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The rear of the board. It’s nice to be able to buy from a proper Yorkshire-based company rather than some fly-by-night Amazon drop-shipper.
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The PCIE cable to connect the breakout board to the Pi 5.
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Various bits of mounting hardware and screws for both attaching the breakout board to a Pi5 and an M.2 drive to the breakout board.