1 x HDMI 2.0 1 x MIPI-DSI (30-pin, 4-lane display connector) 1 x USB 3.0 Type-C (with DisplayPort Alt Mode) 1 x USB 3.0 Type-A 1 x USB 2.0 Type-A 1 x microSD card reader 1 x M.2 2280 PCIe 2.1 x1 ...

ASRock has just unveiled its new Ultra M.2 PCIe Gen3 x4 connection interface that is said to double its transfer speed bandwidth, and blow SATA 3 6GB/s out of the water. The new Ulra M.2 interface ...

Technically, M.2 connectors are rated at 0.5 A per pin, so, M-key with its nine 3.3 V pins would result in 4.5 A max – that said, the recommendation for M-key is to not exceed 2.5 A, and that ...

Want a Twin Lake Pico-ITX SBC? That's what AAEON offers with the PICO-TWL4 single board computer equipped with either an ...

It supports M.2 2232, 2242, and 2280 SSDs with speeds up to 800MB/s thanks to support for PCIe 3.0… even though the Raspberry Pi 5 only officially supports PCIe 2.0, which Pimoroni notes ...

It also includes Hyper M.2 x 3 and M.2 2230 x 1 expansion slots, as well as Realtek ALC897 audio chip and Gigabit LAN by Realtek 8111H network. The motherboard measures 244 x 244mm.

There's a lot to unpack, starting with the fact that there's more than one kind of M.2 connector, more than one type of interface that can be used with M.2, and more than one kind of M.2 card.

A USB 3.0 connection requires five conductors, and the connectors are blue in color. Backward compatibility is typically provided by including four additional conductors, as shown in the image here.