This is a placeholder topic for “Argon ONE v3 NVMe PCIe Expansion Board for Raspberry Pi 5” comments.
An add-on that replaces the stock standard base that comes with the Argon ONE V3. Allows you to upgrade your Pi with an M.2 NVMe SSD.
Read moreDoes this come with the PCIE Flex Cable required to connect it to the Pi?
Hi @Andrew88226, Welcome to the Forums!!!
Yes, the expansion NVMe board comes with an included FPC impedance controlled cable.
Mine came with two flex cables, in different colours, but I don’t know why. The first one worked perfectly and so I haven’t tried the second. The unit is amazingly compact and very high build quality.
One note, I want to add Home Assistant and started with HAOS, but it doesn’t have the ability to update the EEPROM to recognise the SDD, so I had to revert to the Raspberry Pi OS. I now have that OS booting and running from the SDD, but will reconfigure with HAOS soon.
Each time you want to update the micro SD you have to disassemble the case as the flex cable goes over the micro SD slot. So it may pay to minimise the number of times you need to update the card.
Overall, I’m quite impressed!
Hi @David173576,
Argon had changed the flex cable that comes with the expansion board from a standard FPC to an impedance-matched one.
Performance should be similar between them but the Impedance match one is recommended and should be more stable.
