HatDrive! Piano

Audio DAC (RCA) + AMP (3.5mm jack) with M.2 M-Key NVMe (2230, 2242). Compatible with Raspberry Pi 5.

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Packaging contents

- HatDrive! Piano board
- 25mm PCIe FPC cable with controlled impedance
- 40 pin GPIO header
- 4 standoffs
- M.2 drive standoff
- 9 M2.5 screws

Assembly instructions

  1. Begin with inserting the FPC ribbon cable into your board. Use the alignment triangle to determine the proper direction, check the picture above for reference.
  2. Insert the 40 pin GPIO header into your HatDrive! Piano.
  3. Insert the NVMe drive using the provided standoff.
  4. Attach 4 metal standoffs to the board using M2.5 screws.
  5. Insert the PCIe cable into your Pi 5.
  6. Install the board on top of your Pi 5.
  7. Power on the board, the PWR LED should be now on. If this is not the case please update the firmware on your Pi 5 or enable PCIe (check tutorials below).

Drivers

No drives are required for NVMe SSDs on the Raspberry Pi 5. We recommend regularly updating the firmware to benefit from constantly improving drive compatibility.

In order to enable the audio out please add "dtoverlay=hifiberry-dac" to "/boot/firmware/config.txt". This step will soon be automated after our own overlay rolls out.

Compatibility

HatDrive! Piano is compatible with Raspberry Pi 5. Audio DAC might not function correctly on other boards with the 16-pin PCIe connector (Radxa 5C etc).

Tutorials

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