The following parts or components are recommended to supplement the HiFive Unmatched
board.
•
Mini-ITX Compatible Case
:
If the user would like to house the HiFive Unmatched board in a case, a mini-ITX compati-
ble case will be required.
•
M.2 for NVMe SSD and WiFi/Bluetooth Cards:
The HiFive Unmatched board is enabled to support M.2 for an NVMe SSD drive and a Wi-
Fi/Bluetooth card (slotted to
12
and
11
respectively in Figure 1).
•
PCIe Expansion Cards:
The HiFive Unmatched provides support for PCI Express up to Gen3 x8 via a PCIe x16 slot
(
22
in Figure 1). Any PCIe expansion cards must be acquired through a third-party vendor.
•
Keyboard and Mouse:
If a graphical user interface configuration is selected, then a keyboard and mouse may be
required. These may be plugged into the Type-A USB ports (
4
and
5
in Figure 1).
Following third party components are being used and qualified by SiFive to work out of the box
with the Unmatched board.
•
ATX Power Supply
:
If the user is utilizing a PCIe expansion card, consult the manufacturer specification sheet
to identify the wattage needed to power the device before buying a power supply unit.
SiFive has tested the HiFive Unmatched board using the FSP Mini ITX Solution/Flex ATX
250W power supply (
part# FSP250-50FGBBI(M)
) without any PCIe expansion card.
•
PCIe Expansion Cards:
An AMD RX 500-series GPU is recommended to enable graphical processing on the
HiFive Unmatched. After selecting a GPU, consult GPU system requirements and specifi-
cations documentation for the PSU wattage requirements.
•
Bluetooth and WiFi Card
:
An Intel
®
Wireless-AC 9260 Network adapter - M.2 2230 - 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0 (
part#
9260.NGWG.NV
) was tested to enable WiFi on the board. An Antenna and cable will be
required to use M.2 adapter listed above. SiFive has qualified and tested the HUYUN IPEX
MHF4 Antenna WiFi Cable for NGFF/M.2 WiFi/WLAN Card Module (
part# 8541551175
).
•
NVMe SSD
:
SiFive has qualified and tested Samsung 970 EVO Plus MZ-V7S250B NVMe SSD drive
(
part# MZ-V7S250B/AM
).
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