Hello, I'm Julian Davidson and an actual human. I know an awful lot about PC's, but little about PI's, having run a PI 4b for some time with Home Assistant (on a 1TB SATA drive) and some USB peripherals,
However, I have decided to upgrade to the PI 5, sitting in front of me right now, waiting to be assembled with its various hats.
I'm into AI hardware and have bought an AI Hat. Was hoping to add that to my PI 5, together with a NVE 512GB drive, but I now suspect after a brief bit of reading that I can only have one or the other and not both because I suspect the PCIE can only handle one device - unlike my much more familiar PC devices. Whoops, expensive mistake, but that's why I'm here asking for confirmation (or hopefully denial and I'm wrong). If I am wrong, I'll buy another PI 5 with the biggest, fastest micro–SSD I can find.
So, second question is there a way to add another PCIE to the board or is there an expansion board to do that? Surely someone must have invented a way to add more PCIE devices, than just one, without having to tear the PI 5 apart and manufacture a new one. So maybe the PI 6, will come with more expansion? Or should I have just bought some other platform and if so, which please?
Before anyone suggests the Coral, I have one on order for my PC, I'm sure I could use that instead. Maybe I should order another. No, I'm not rich but I really like the way AI and LLM's are going and I'm having fun learning as I go along.
No, I don't use forums or other social media a lot and I am new to Raspberry PI's and so please don't slow roast me. As I learn, I will endeavour to help out on here if I can and yes, I now have a PI 4, to play with and that is something I intend on doing (I learn as I "play").
However, I have decided to upgrade to the PI 5, sitting in front of me right now, waiting to be assembled with its various hats.
I'm into AI hardware and have bought an AI Hat. Was hoping to add that to my PI 5, together with a NVE 512GB drive, but I now suspect after a brief bit of reading that I can only have one or the other and not both because I suspect the PCIE can only handle one device - unlike my much more familiar PC devices. Whoops, expensive mistake, but that's why I'm here asking for confirmation (or hopefully denial and I'm wrong). If I am wrong, I'll buy another PI 5 with the biggest, fastest micro–SSD I can find.
So, second question is there a way to add another PCIE to the board or is there an expansion board to do that? Surely someone must have invented a way to add more PCIE devices, than just one, without having to tear the PI 5 apart and manufacture a new one. So maybe the PI 6, will come with more expansion? Or should I have just bought some other platform and if so, which please?
Before anyone suggests the Coral, I have one on order for my PC, I'm sure I could use that instead. Maybe I should order another. No, I'm not rich but I really like the way AI and LLM's are going and I'm having fun learning as I go along.
No, I don't use forums or other social media a lot and I am new to Raspberry PI's and so please don't slow roast me. As I learn, I will endeavour to help out on here if I can and yes, I now have a PI 4, to play with and that is something I intend on doing (I learn as I "play").
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