WaveShare PCIe to M.2 Adapter for Raspberry Pi 5 with 256G NVMe SSD

PCIe to M.2 Adapter for Raspberry Pi 5

This adapter connects to the 16-pin PCIe interface on a Raspberry Pi 5 and accepts M.2 solid-state drives in 2230 or 2242 form factors. It supports NVMe protocol drives operating in Gen2 and Gen3 modes. The package includes a SK-NVME 2242 256G solid-state drive. The board enables booting the Pi 5 directly from the attached drive.

Makers adding fast local storage to a Pi 5

Builders who want high-speed reading and writing on a Raspberry Pi 5 will find this kit convenient because the drive is included and the adapter supports booting from it. Real-time power-status monitoring helps maintain stable operation. Users who need larger capacities than 256G or who prefer to supply their own M.2 drive should look at a standalone adapter instead.

256G NVMe drive included for immediate use

The supplied 256G drive provides enough space for the operating system, applications and active project files without relying on a microSD card. NVMe Gen2 and Gen3 support delivers substantially higher throughput than the Pi 5 native storage interface. Workloads requiring multi-terabyte datasets or sustained write-heavy database operations will exceed the practical capacity and endurance of this drive.