Thanks for the design! My experience from start to finish

[nekonoire]

Just want to say thank you for the design! Here's my experience from start to finish for this project.

I was able to export the latest version in KiCad to get the necessary files for use for ordering on JLCPCB. Below are the parameters I used for the JLCPCB:

PCIe Slot was oerdered from LCSC. M.2 Connector was ordered from Aliexpress, from the link that other github user posted.

I decided to go with the minimial necessary components to cut down on cost, so there isn't LED, capacitor, or resistors here. Original Lenovo Tiny riser didn't have any capcitors or resistors on them, so I assume those are not critcal to the PCIe functionality.

Soldering the tiny pad was a first for me. I used a TS80 soldering iron with a K4 tip (knife tip) for soldering the pads.

I first solder the M.2 connector to the board, then took it for a test as it is.

Tested on M720q. Used a spare 64GB EMMc NVMe SSD I had around for the test, in case it blows up.

And it worked!

I then swap in two, same model NVMe SSD that I have laying around, one in the M720q navtive NVMe slot, and the other in the tinya riser.

Speed are similar to each other. Safe to say that the M.2 slot in the riser is working and getting the x4 lane speed.

Once the PCIe slot is installed, I tested it first with an Connect X3 NIC, then with a 3050 GPU

FurMark benchmark passed.

On the back, if the 12V jumper is enabled, you can get 12V for a fan header to work

Overall, this was a great riser for adding extra M.2 slot to a Lenovo tiny, without needing to modfiy the device itself.

Thanks again!

[nekonoire]

For those boards, I ended up having much more risers than I needed at the end. Thought I would have a high failure rate since its my first time soldering small components.

Is it ok if I sell the remainder, spare risers?

They will be all tested before selling. Testing would be the same as I described in the original post (twice with Crystal Disk Mark benchment and once FurMark benchmark).

[b3rrytech]

Great job! If you get the ok to sell the risers, and are located in Europe, I’d be interested in purchasing 2x.

[nekonoire]

Thanks!

Unfortunately I'm from the US, so shipping might be problematic.

[willsy32]

Got any extra pcbs still? Located in the US.

[n0k0m3]

@nekonoire I'm interest in some of your spares

[Papolius]

Ciao, come posso avere uno di questi? @nekonoire