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M.2 E Key to SATA

The ROCK 5B has an M.2 E-Key that supports PCIe 2.1 1-lanes, SATA, SDIO, UART.

It can use a breakout board to turn the M.2 E-key into a SATA key.

Preparation​

  • ROCK 5B
  • M.2 E-key to SATA breakout board
  • SATA cable

! M.2-SATA-01 ! M.2-SATA-02 !

Hardware Connections​

SATA power cable, yellow 12V, red 5V, black GND.

  1. If you are using an SSD. You need to use 5V power from 40pin. As shown in the picture ! M.2-SATA-03

  2. if you are using a hard disk. 12V and 5V power supplies are required. The figure uses a digital power supply to power the 12V and a 5V power supply in the 40pin. ! M.2-SATA-04

Software Configuration​

  • Add the following line to /boot/config.txt
dtoverlay=rock-5b-sata
  • Switch root to execute commands
sudo su
update_exlinux.sh
reboot
  • After rebooting the device, use lsblk to view your hard disk devices.
rock@rock-5b:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:48 0 149.1G 0 disk
mmcblk1 179:0 0 14.6G 0 disk
├─mmcblk1p1 179:1 0 512M 0 part
└─mmcblk1p2 179:2 0 14.1G 0 part /
mmcblk1boot0 179:32 0 4M 1 disk
mmcblk1boot1 179:64 0 4M 1 disk
  • You can test read and write speeds with the dd or fio commands, but only if you protect your data.

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