WEBVTT 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:06.680 if you're anything like me you're a fan of computers you know we got laptops 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:10.840 like this we've got gaming computers but sometimes those are too big sometimes we 00:00:09.040 --> 00:00:15.400 need computers that are a little bit smaller like the Raspberry Pi a 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:19.600 world-renowned small single board computer this this if you're not 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:24.320 familiar is a whole computer on a little board like this they're small they don't 00:00:22.119 --> 00:00:28.320 draw very much power and they can be pretty powerful relative to the size but 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:32.399 there are some limitations first and foremost you see that right there that 00:00:30.240 --> 00:00:35.559 is a Micro SD slot and that is the primary method of storage on this thing 00:00:34.480 --> 00:00:39.920 and if you've ever played around with micro SD cards in pretty much any 00:00:37.559 --> 00:00:44.640 capacity you probably know that they are prone to failure Andy how many SD cards 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:51.000 do you think have died in the the course of us working here I'll be tund really 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:55.440 yeah holy crap yeah finished lost oh losing them for sure but more 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:59.160 specifically the endurance is the problem you can't write files to them 00:00:57.239 --> 00:01:04.559 too many times before they just actually wear out and when you run a full 00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:08.040 computer operating system like rasbian which is just Linux you're going to 00:01:06.080 --> 00:01:11.920 write to the thing you might write a log file you know once every few seconds and 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:16.759 eventually it just wears out the other annoying part is powering the thing 00:01:13.880 --> 00:01:20.799 these use USBC but a common use case for a small computer like this is to embed 00:01:18.880 --> 00:01:26.240 it in something like I don't know like a a menu board at McDonald's or digital 00:01:23.119 --> 00:01:27.960 signage or something that controls your 00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:33.159 sprinklers you can use them for anything but it's just kind of annoying to get around those problems s now in order to 00:01:31.119 --> 00:01:36.600 expand the functionality and solve some of the problems I'm talking about people 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:41.399 have developed things called Raspberry Pi hats which are just little boards 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:45.360 that sit on top of your Raspberry Pi kind of like a hat to expand the 00:01:43.399 --> 00:01:51.360 functionality and the coolest part about these newer Raspberry Pi 5ivs is they 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:53.600 actually have a PCIe connection a 1x PCI 00:01:51.360 --> 00:01:58.640 Gen 2 Lane but you can set it to run at gen 3 speeds not a ton of bandwidth but 00:01:56.439 --> 00:02:04.920 enough to run something like this which is an m.2 SSD and these these 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:09.119 have endurance way more than a Micro SD card anyways but that still leaves us 00:02:06.360 --> 00:02:16.000 with the problem of power and now finally with a solution the pine board 00:02:12.160 --> 00:02:18.599 hat Drive PoE plus which as the name 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:23.400 implies hat drive it's a hat that has a drive and also has PoE plus if you're 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:27.599 not familiar with PoE or power over Ethernet um that basically explains it 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:34.400 the Ethernet that's already on this Raspberry Pi 5 you can use to power the 00:02:30.440 --> 00:02:37.360 Raspberry Pi and then you also have boom 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:40.480 an m.2 slot that means you've solved your power problem you've solved your 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:46.080 storage problem and you can put this thing somewhere and hopefully not have to worry about it and not have to run a 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:50.200 power cable as for what else came in the box with our hat Drive PoE we have nine 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:53.440 screws eight of which are going to be used for these little standoff things 00:02:51.640 --> 00:02:57.640 that'll hold our board above the Raspberry Pi and the ninth one will be 00:02:55.159 --> 00:03:00.720 for screwing in our m.2 SSD we have a little ribbon cable that'll handle our 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:06.040 PCIe connection between the rasp pie and this board for that SSD we have a pin 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:10.319 extension this one's cool it's a little four pin and if you look on the 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:15.480 Raspberry Pi you can see four little pins by the Ethernet Jack those are 00:03:12.480 --> 00:03:17.599 specifically there for handling PoE so 00:03:15.480 --> 00:03:23.680 if PoE power comes into this it's going to extend off of those and then now it 00:03:20.519 --> 00:03:26.040 can reach the board which goes more like 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:29.920 this we'll put that on in a sec then there's the pin extension for the gpio 00:03:27.959 --> 00:03:33.560 pins on the Raspberry Pi and a little spacer do add for the m.2 to sit nicely 00:03:32.239 --> 00:03:36.879 I don't know products like this that are meant for like nerdy nerds sometimes 00:03:35.720 --> 00:03:41.480 they just don't even come with instructions you just got to you just 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:48.200 got to figure it out like with um our LTT Precision screwdriver set right here 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:49.519 M very orange very precise very LTT 00:03:48.200 --> 00:03:54.159 store I think I'm going to use a different Raspberry Pi uh I want to use 00:03:51.799 --> 00:03:58.519 one that has the official raspberry pie cooler on it a just so it runs a little 00:03:56.840 --> 00:04:03.280 bit cooler and B because I want to know if it all still fits got our standoffs 00:04:00.920 --> 00:04:09.400 on there see that there it says PCIe that's where we want to go and the metal 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:11.200 parts of the ribbon should face inward 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:17.079 now for the fun part trying to stick this on while also inserting the 00:04:13.720 --> 00:04:19.199 connector here not always the easiest 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:25.199 thing to do this is kind of weird the way this is laid out because those GPO 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:28.040 pins like they are accessible like you 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:32.199 could solder to them but they're they're only kind of accessible they don't stick 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:36.919 out very far and now we can install our SSD if you're not going to use a 2280 00:04:34.479 --> 00:04:41.919 SSD which uses this hole right here you're going to use this little insert 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:44.400 guy except you need to do that before 00:04:41.919 --> 00:04:49.600 you mount the board it has a little notch in it and 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:51.440 that is what holds the SSD in place so 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:57.080 the idea is you would screw this little holder in from the bottom and that would 00:04:54.600 --> 00:05:02.320 hold the SSD down on the top we don't need to worry about that for the SSD 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:04.680 that we're using this Sabin gen 3 4 tbte 00:05:02.320 --> 00:05:09.560 because it uses the already soldered in place stock hole look at that we now 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:15.160 have a Raspberry Pi with a 4 tbyte SSD on it and I don't 00:05:13.400 --> 00:05:18.120 even need a power cable all I need is to plug that Ethernet Jack in and we're 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:24.000 going to be good to go oh God this is overkill an Enterprise 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:30.280 48 PoE but I didn't have a smaller PoE switch so deal with it now we get to 00:05:27.400 --> 00:05:35.800 plug it in and see if she works but not before I tell you about our 00:05:32.960 --> 00:05:40.400 sponsor vessie here in Vancouver our skies are getting gloomier day by day 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:44.960 which means some form of precipitation is bound to follow that's where vessie 00:05:42.520 --> 00:05:48.960 comes in with their dry 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00:06:29.000 you're not going to have any issues with USB peripherals if you plug them in uh 00:06:27.880 --> 00:06:32.720 and apparently you don't even need to do any config the rasie will just be aware 00:06:31.479 --> 00:06:36.840 that it's getting sufficient power which is great now I'm not actually sure how 00:06:34.479 --> 00:06:41.240 you get an operating system on here cuz it's not like you know you're not 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:45.280 entering the BIOS of your Raspberry Pi usually you flash an image to the micro 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:48.960 SD card with something like etcher according to the instructions on Pine 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:54.120 board's website as long as the raspy has new enough firmware all we have to do is 00:06:51.080 --> 00:06:56.919 plug it into an internet connection and 00:06:54.120 --> 00:07:01.360 one that has PoE uh and it should bring up like the firmware installer over the 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:06.599 internet I don't know if it's actually going to work this SSD is technically 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:09.039 not brand new I did format it so all it 00:07:06.599 --> 00:07:15.160 has on it is a GPT partition table but no partition so hopefully it works oh oh 00:07:13.280 --> 00:07:18.840 okay I guess you just need to plug in a keyboard and then it changes press and 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:23.560 hold shift to stop Boot and start net install I had no idea you could do this 00:07:21.080 --> 00:07:27.280 on a raspi this is so cool now if you don't have any storage in your Raspberry 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:31.919 Pi this is not going to be useful but we have this NVMe SSD So in theory once 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:35.720 this boots up and loads the installer looks like it's downloading right now 00:07:33.280 --> 00:07:41.039 we'll be able to install Ras pios onto the nbme drive without having to do 00:07:37.840 --> 00:07:43.000 anything weird no SD card required no I 00:07:41.039 --> 00:07:46.080 don't know on the-go cable whatever we should just be able to do it like this 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:50.639 now if you already have a working Raspberry Pi 5 with an SD card and 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:54.840 you're wanting to add the NVMe drive on after there are tools you can use to 00:07:52.199 --> 00:08:00.360 clone the drive hey look at that H Raspberry Pi with an NVMe drive 00:07:58.479 --> 00:08:04.120 that's sick all right now that we've got the rasp piie working and running off of 00:08:01.960 --> 00:08:08.240 our NVMe drive I want to do a speed test but before we can do that uh by default 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:15.039 the Raspberry Pi is going to be running this SSD at PCI Gen 2 by one which is 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:21.479 not that fast but it is what the PCIe connection on a pi5 is certified for 00:08:18.280 --> 00:08:24.840 however you can tell it to run at gen 3 00:08:21.479 --> 00:08:27.720 speeds and that will be twice as fast so 00:08:24.840 --> 00:08:32.519 I'm going to do that it's pretty simple you just go into the firmware configur 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:39.000 ation thanks uh Jeff ging for this lovely set of instructions here and add 00:08:35.880 --> 00:08:41.000 a little line like this DT Pam I'm just 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:45.360 going to copy paste it cuz that's easier let's see if we're running at the 00:08:42.599 --> 00:08:52.320 correct speed now Fon Speed 8 gig transfers per second width by one woohoo 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:58.480 you can see it wants byy four because this SSD is a buy4 connection by default 00:08:55.279 --> 00:09:01.440 um but we should be able to run at like 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:04.720 a gigabyte a a second potentially okay we're ready to do a little speed test 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:08.600 we're going to be using fio flexible IO tester which is a little command line 00:09:06.079 --> 00:09:13.160 utility and then I've got HTP over here which will show us the CPU usage and the 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:17.920 disc iio and whatnot in theory the peak we can get is 1 gab per second hopefully 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:23.920 we can get pretty close to that hey look at that we're doing 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:25.600 780 is MB bytes per second which is 00:09:23.920 --> 00:09:31.959 probably 800 something megabytes a second it'll tell us at the end let's 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:35.680 see our right speed 7 80 MB bytes or 820 00:09:31.959 --> 00:09:38.120 megabytes per second that's not 100% of 00:09:35.680 --> 00:09:44.519 what this PCI Lane can do but pretty dang close let's try read speed now yeah 00:09:41.079 --> 00:09:46.320 850 mby bites what a weird word mby 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:53.079 bites Gibby bites is not nearly as bad but mby almost 900 megabytes a second 00:09:49.839 --> 00:09:55.440 pretty sick eh off of a Raspberry Pi and 00:09:53.079 --> 00:10:00.200 like to be honest I mean the m.2 is getting a little bit warm but if we're 00:09:57.360 --> 00:10:06.600 being honest with ourselves warm to the touch is not that warm computer-wise the 00:10:03.680 --> 00:10:10.160 point is the m.2 worked we didn't like lose power or anything while it was 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:14.399 running a speed test it's exactly what I hoped for So in theory you can just take 00:10:11.959 --> 00:10:18.600 this Raspberry Pi unplug all this crap so we've just got Ethernet doing our 00:10:17.040 --> 00:10:23.519 power we can get this monitor out of here no keyboard no mouse just an 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:27.040 Ethernet cable with PoE we've got a super fast Raspberry Pi that can do 00:10:24.920 --> 00:10:30.480 almost a gigabyte read and write per second and we don't have to worry about 00:10:28.640 --> 00:10:33.839 the endurance of a little micro SD card now this thing can get stuffed in a menu 00:10:31.959 --> 00:10:38.480 board somewhere or in a drop ceiling or whatever it would be cool to take like 00:10:36.800 --> 00:10:42.000 three of them and you could build like a cluster of raspberry pies or maybe 20 of 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:45.399 them and then put them in a rack and you don't have to run some stupid power spot 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:51.040 you just got PoE and you're good to go it's kind of 00:10:47.079 --> 00:10:52.639 awesome how much does this cost €44 and 00:10:51.040 --> 00:10:58.240 it's sold out well at some point you'll be able to 00:10:55.160 --> 00:11:01.120 get one what's €44 so roughly 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:04.600 $465 for this board that would take your Raspberry Pi to be a little bit more 00:11:03.079 --> 00:11:09.600 expensive I don't think it's going to be the best price to Performance if that's 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:12.800 what you're going for but if you just need one you need something small and 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:18.399 you need it stashed out of the way somewhere you don't need to worry about it this seems like a pretty awesome 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:23.120 single board Computer Solution I wish they just came like this like Raspberry 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:28.120 Pi 6 that better have PoE 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