Amfeltec Squid 1U PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board, Руководство по оборудованию

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General Description
1U Squid PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier board for M.2 SSD module, Hardware Manual, Revision 1.0
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2 General Description
2.1 Introduction
Squid PCI Express family is a series of PCI Express Carrier Boards designed for
expansion of any desktop computer or embedded appliance. Squid family expands a
motherboard’s PCI Express or USB slot with multiple full/half size MiniPCI Express or
M.2 modules.
PCI Express Carrier Board for M.2 SSD module occupies the space equal to standard
one-slot wide PCI Express board defined by PCI Express Specification. Carrier board is
1U height. It is located in the middle of the PCI Express slot and connects to the
motherboard PCI Express connector via exchangeable x4 or x1 Express adapters. This
unique PCI Express structure (patent pending) allows allocating M.2 module in 1U
computer chassis and not violating PCI Express Specification.
M.2 (M key) circuits located on the Carrier board support any M.2 PCI Express M key
modules with any standard length (2242/2260/2280 and 22110).
2.2 Package Contents
1U PCI Express Carrier Board for M.2 SSD module package includes the following parts:
1. PCI Express Carrier Board for M.2 modules (Figure 1, 2, 3)
2. x4 or x1 PCI Express Adapters