However, going forward, you'll probably want to make your device compatible with Thunderbolt. Likewise, if you get a laptop with multiple PCIe M.2 slots for SSDs, you could use one to connect a PCIe device. The WiFi and WLAN PCie slots are not always x4 though. I don't know the standard size for these cards, but they're much smaller than the M.2 SSDs (22x80 mm or 22x42 mm). The same thing applies about the WLAN card - laptops with cellular support will have a second free M.2 slot which taps into the PCIe bus. Newer laptops have switched to using M.2 for the WiFi card. If your laptop had the option of being configured with a WLAN card but you didn't get one, it may have a free mini-PCIe slot. Older laptops used a mini-PCIe slot for the WiFi card, but also a WLAN (cellular) card. Hang-the-9 - if you can, please open a new thread, and I can share a prospective as a small independent developer/manufacturer. I am new to the forum and do not know how to branch from existing thread. it is probably better to open a new thread. And, the user has the choice of using not only $1000+ mac or 300+ pc laptop, but $30+ ARM system.Īs for USB2/3/C, PCI EXpress, Thunderbolt, etc. Yes, it is not convenient to open the laptop case, look inside for a mini pcie connector, and run wires from the system.

Mini PCI Express is becoming universal solution because it is present on some laptops, on some desktop motherboards, and upcoming in some ARM based boards. Preferably, without changing of the software, using the same binaries!!! We serve a group of users who have a specific PCI card, or -x1 / -x16 PCI Express card, or PXI Express card, and want to use it on a system which does not connect to such cards. An ordinary user may choose to stay within popular technologies.

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