PicoEVB – Artix-7 FPGA board with M.2 interface

Re:PicoEVB – Artix-7 FPGA board with M.2 interface by zamadatix on Saturday June 02, 2018 @01:09PM (#17215398)

With how often laptops have a single wireless m.2 slot (always?) I've always thought it odd they chose that as the m.2 slot to use.

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Re:PicoEVB – Artix-7 FPGA board with M.2 interface by wmf on Saturday June 02, 2018 @01:34PM (#17215499)

What's the alternative? Remove the SSD?

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Re:PicoEVB – Artix-7 FPGA board with M.2 interface by djsumdog on Saturday June 02, 2018 @02:47PM (#17215792)

or a USB-C version?

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Re:PicoEVB – Artix-7 FPGA board with M.2 interface by friendlydude12 on Saturday June 02, 2018 @03:07PM (#17215874)

Agreed, why not attach it to the internal USB bus? Maybe it’s a sourcing / business deal thing. I’m theorizing most laptop manufacturers have made a deal with m.2 pcie wifi producers and not the usb WiFi producers.

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Re:PicoEVB – Artix-7 FPGA board with M.2 interface by duskwuff on Saturday June 02, 2018 @05:31PM (#17216494)

> Agreed, why not attach it to the internal USB bus?

The FPGA has a PCIe endpoint peripheral. Making that available opens up a lot of possibilities.

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Re:PicoEVB – Artix-7 FPGA board with M.2 interface by vbernat on Saturday June 02, 2018 @06:05PM (#17216656)

The M.2 connector provides PCIe, SATA and USB 3. Many WWAN devices on M.2 are for example just USB devices.

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