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I wish these tiny SBCs came with SATA or m.2 so I could hook up an SSD. I know microSD is catching up, but it's not there yet.

mastax 8y ago
This has an M.2 Key E connector which has PCIe ×2, USB 2.0, I2C, SDIO, UART and PCM. Hypothetically an M.2 PCIe drive could work with a Key M to Key E adapter, but I couldn't find one in a cursory search.
- bb88 8y ago
  Unfortunately it looks like you lose wireless connectivity then.
  - TaylorAlexander 8y ago
    If USB is available it may be acceptable to use USB for wifi.
kllrnohj 8y ago
Check out the odroid hc1 or hc2. You still have to boot from the microSD card, but you could put most of the OS on the drive connected to the SATA port.
digsy 8y ago
Odroid H2 has 2 X SATA 3.0 - https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h2/ https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h2/ A number of others have mini PCIE that you can add a PCIE SATA board to - https://www.amazon.com/Port-Controller-AsMedia-ASM1061-Chipset/dp/B009WN7QTE https://www.amazon.com/Port-Controller-AsMedia-ASM1061-Chips...
- mbushey 8y ago
  I bought an Odriod once. It was DOA and at the insane shipping prices I just took it as a lesson learned to never buy Odroid again. I've gone through probably 20 Pi's and never had one DOA or even die for that matter.
  - sitkack 8y ago
    I have many Odroids, none were DOA. If you are in North America, I would recommend purchasing from https://ameridroid.com/ https://ameridroid.com/ or https://olympianled.com/brand/hardkernel/ https://olympianled.com/brand/hardkernel/ Distributors are listed on https://www.hardkernel.com/distributors/ https://www.hardkernel.com/distributors/
remyM 8y ago
PCIe should be able to do SATA on here - they showed a reference design running PCIe-based SATA devices in their blog post, which was recording 8x1080p30 H.264 to a HDD.
cturner 8y ago
The olimex olinuxinos have sata options, and some beagleboards. Also, look out for boards with eMMC options. That is a fairly fast onboard disk.
RealityVoid 8y ago
On the TX2 they had the Auvidea expansion board that was tiny and where they had an M.2 socket. It did have some stuff not working in the kernel tough so you had to do some changes and rebuild it for it to work. A pain in the butt.

mastax 8y ago

This has an M.2 Key E connector which has PCIe ×2, USB 2.0, I2C, SDIO, UART and PCM. Hypothetically an M.2 PCIe drive could work with a Key M to Key E adapter, but I couldn't find one in a cursory search.

bb88 8y ago
Unfortunately it looks like you lose wireless connectivity then.
- TaylorAlexander 8y ago
  If USB is available it may be acceptable to use USB for wifi.

kllrnohj 8y ago

Check out the odroid hc1 or hc2. You still have to boot from the microSD card, but you could put most of the OS on the drive connected to the SATA port.

digsy 8y ago

Odroid H2 has 2 X SATA 3.0 - https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h2/ https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h2/ A number of others have mini PCIE that you can add a PCIE SATA board to - https://www.amazon.com/Port-Controller-AsMedia-ASM1061-Chipset/dp/B009WN7QTE https://www.amazon.com/Port-Controller-AsMedia-ASM1061-Chips...

mbushey 8y ago
I bought an Odriod once. It was DOA and at the insane shipping prices I just took it as a lesson learned to never buy Odroid again. I've gone through probably 20 Pi's and never had one DOA or even die for that matter.
- sitkack 8y ago
  I have many Odroids, none were DOA. If you are in North America, I would recommend purchasing from https://ameridroid.com/ https://ameridroid.com/ or https://olympianled.com/brand/hardkernel/ https://olympianled.com/brand/hardkernel/ Distributors are listed on https://www.hardkernel.com/distributors/ https://www.hardkernel.com/distributors/

remyM 8y ago

PCIe should be able to do SATA on here - they showed a reference design running PCIe-based SATA devices in their blog post, which was recording 8x1080p30 H.264 to a HDD.

cturner 8y ago

The olimex olinuxinos have sata options, and some beagleboards. Also, look out for boards with eMMC options. That is a fairly fast onboard disk.

RealityVoid 8y ago

On the TX2 they had the Auvidea expansion board that was tiny and where they had an M.2 socket. It did have some stuff not working in the kernel tough so you had to do some changes and rebuild it for it to work. A pain in the butt.