Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat

m1geo·Pi5_PCIe

Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat layout, top view — open source board by m1geo

About the Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat

Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat is an open source PCB design by m1geo, published on GitHub under the MIT license. It is a 4-layer board measuring 65 × 56 mm, with 40 components from 17 distinct parts.

Other key parts include the Mini360. By type, the board carries 19 capacitors, 11 resistors, 4 diodes, 3 connectors, 1 IC and 1 transistor.

It belongs with the dev boards & breakouts designs in this gallery.

From the project

A crude reverse engineering of the Pi5 PCIe connector & potential breakout boards.

OFFICIAL RASPBERRY PI PCIE DOCOUMENTATION CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/pcie/pcie-connector-standard.pdf

In this bare-bones project I document a working PCIe pinout talk through my hardware tinkering to get the Raspberry Pi 5's PCIe connected to something. I had only seen Raspberry Pi's boards with their RP2040 and lots of parts on board. My professional experience with PCIe was that it either just goes or it really doesn't. I decided to try and make it do something for no reason other than the technical challenge.

Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat, from the project README
From the project README

Main components on the Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat

Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat bill of materials (BOM)

40 components, 17 distinct parts.

QtyPartRefs
1
Mini360
U1
1
BS170F
Q1
1
KD 3.3V
X1
1
68711614522
J1
1
MDT420M03001
J4
1
GPIO
J100
1
ACT
D1
1
DNF
D2
1
PWR
D4
1
RST
D5
11
100n
C1, C6, C11, C12, C13, C14, C15, C16 +3
7
10u
C2, C4, C5, C7, C8, C9, C10
1
150u
C3
1
DNF
R3
6
10k
R4, R16, R17, R19, R20, R21
1
0
R5
3
1k
R14, R15, R18

Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat design files

The KiCad project lives in the m1geo/Pi5_PCIe repository on GitHub; these links point at the commit this page was built from.

Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat: common questions

How big is the Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat?

The Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat measures 65 × 56 mm, has 4 copper layers and is 1.6162 mm thick.

How many components are on the Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat?

40 components, from 17 distinct parts. The full bill of materials is listed on this page.

Where can I download the Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat design files?

From the m1geo/Pi5_PCIe repository on GitHub, which has the KiCad layout and the schematic; the links under Design files point to each one.

Can I use the Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 Hat design in my own project?

Yes, under the terms of its MIT license, which m1geo chose for the repository.

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