Connecting Google Coral M.2 Accelerator to PCIe?

[ra4el]

Servus,

I would like to connect an Google Coral Accelerator to my TrueNas. Now there are three different versions with different M.2 keys and one with mini pcie. I would prefer the one with the Dual Edge TPU but I didn't find anything to connect it to PCIe. And only the one with the M.2 A+E key is in stock. So I will use this one. Can I adapt it with one of those? https://www.amazon.de/dp/B088NBPWGP/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_RSABJCKMCNHWHFTA6GFV Or is there a better way?

Thanks in advance.

Raphael

[whispous]

Are you sure TrueNAS is going to work with this device?

[ra4el]

10 minutes ago, whispous said:

Are you sure TrueNAS is going to work with this device?

I might change the os to unraid and that will work for sure

[whispous]

21 minutes ago, ra4el said:

I might change the os to unraid and that will work for sure

Will it? Are you sure? It's specificed for Debian/Ubuntu only, and UnRAID may not be able to pass this niche hardware through.

[ra4el]

2 hours ago, whispous said:

Will it? Are you sure? It's specificed for Debian/Ubuntu only, and UnRAID may not be able to pass this niche hardware through.

Well, it works for Linus in this video, so I guess yes it will work.

[whispous]

3 hours ago, ra4el said:

Well, it works for Linus in this video, so I guess yes it will work.

That's not the same item

[ra4el]

56 minutes ago, whispous said:

That's not the same item

OK cool.Then we just assume that this is an Ubuntu server. I just want to know if it works on the hardware side...

[igormp]

On 10/24/2021 at 8:07 AM, ra4el said:

Servus,

I would like to connect an Google Coral Accelerator to my TrueNas. Now there are three different versions with different M.2 keys and one with mini pcie. I would prefer the one with the Dual Edge TPU but I didn't find anything to connect it to PCIe. And only the one with the M.2 A+E key is in stock. So I will use this one. Can I adapt it with one of those? https://www.amazon.de/dp/B088NBPWGP/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_RSABJCKMCNHWHFTA6GFV Or is there a better way?

Thanks in advance.

Raphael

The Dual TPU board only works with some really specific motherboards/SBCs: 

https://github.com/google-coral/edgetpu/issues/256

 

Stay away from it if you're not sure about what you're doing and go for the cheaper, single TPU version.

[ra4el]

21 hours ago, igormp said:

The Dual TPU board only works with some really specific motherboards/SBCs: 

https://github.com/google-coral/edgetpu/issues/256

 

Stay away from it if you're not sure about what you're doing and go for the cheaper, single TPU version.

Yes, you are probably right. But will it work with the wifi card?

[igormp]

36 minutes ago, ra4el said:

Yes, you are probably right. But will it work with the wifi card?

As long as it's the proper form factor, sure.

[ich777]

On 10/24/2021 at 9:03 PM, ra4el said:

OK cool.Then we just assume that this is an Ubuntu server. I just want to know if it works on the hardware side...

Yes it will work, also on unRAID with the Coral Driver plugin, the only thing you have to keep in mind is that the slot you put it in supports how the module is keyed and also that the slot is at least PCIe x1

 

I would rather recommend that you use this: https://coral.ai/products/m2-accelerator-bm