This expansion board adds one 2.5G network port and one M.2 Key-M interface for Raspberry Pi 5, which can meet your various needs for those who need to use Raspberry Pi 5 as a router, gateway, firewall, and other network devices that need more than one network port.
Through the PCIe interface with PCIe Switch chip to expand into two PCIe interfaces and then through the RTL8125 chip to achieve the expansion of 2.5Gbps Ethernet and M.2 Key-M NVME.
After power on, the board can be automatically recognised as eth1 without driver under Raspberry Pi official OS/OpenWrt system. However, when you use ubuntu system, you need to install the driver of RTL8125 and then you can use it.
Support M.2 NVMe SSD for expansion and storage, compatible with M.2 KEY-M NVMe SSD in 2230/2242/2260/2280 length. Support boot from SSD, and it needs Raspberry Pi official firmware, which is at least 2024.5.13.
With four M2.5 fixing holes, the concave design on the top of the board is convenient for the operation and use of 40Pin GPIO.
Specially designed for Raspberry Pi 5, compatible with Raspberry Pi 5 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB pc computer (NOT include Raspberry Pi 5 and SSD).
Packing List:
1 x ZP593 Expansion Board
4 x M2.5x20mm Spacers
8 x M2.5x4mm Screws
2 x M2x2.5mm Screws (to fix SSD)
1 x 4mm Pillar (to fix SSD)
1 x PCIe FPC cable
Note: The Raspberry Pi 5, M.2 NVMe SSD and Ethernet cable are not included.
