mSATA to SATA adapter board 2.5-inch size dual bay

Introduction:

As you can see from the title, this is an adapter board

It doesn’t have any RAID function , it’s just a pure adapter board. I just drew it to make use of the two mSATA disks I have. The material of the adapter board is “slightly” and “more luxurious” than that of Aubao’s adapter board that uses LDO as a power supply. "

Originally I wanted to make a version with a fan mounting position, but the layout was not very good, so the current version in this project is a normal version, but this does not affect the use of rolling straps to fix the fan, right?

This board can be used stacked, but I don’t think anyone will use it like this.

In the future, we will also make an M.2 to SATA 2.5-inch adapter board. After all, the SC401 1T was recently sold on a certain platform for 278 and 288. The price is really good.

The adapter plate is made into a 2.5 plate size and the fixing holes are for the convenience of fixing in the chassis. Please install it according to the conditions of the chassis and reasonably match the copper pillars of appropriate length.

Which material to buy has the recommended length below.

Precautions:

1.PCB proofing =

=Choose a thickness of 1mm when making the board, so that the 3mm height copper pillars are just enough to expose the 2mm part with the 4mm msata female base. For other thicknesses, please convert by yourself=

2. Material purchase =

=Purchase the screws for fixing the tail part of the mSATA disk in M2 specification, the length is 4-7mm=

=For the nut that fixes the screw at the end of the mSATA disk, you can buy an M2, 3mm length double-pass copper post, which is just big enough to be stuck inside, and can be used after fixing it with solder=

=If multiple boards are stacked and used, please purchase the copper pillars supporting the PCB in the middle with a height of at least 6mm or above, single-pass is enough (single-pass for multiple stacks, double-pass for stacking two together, feel free to use) =

=The board has reserved pads for side mounting screws, as well as screw holes for hanging or support installation. For the nuts here, just purchase M3 specification 6mm length double-pass copper posts (6mm corresponds to the length of the side mounting pad) =

= Connect to the strip. If it is not installed on the side, generally any copper post with a length of 4-8mm can be used. Please choose the appropriate copper post according to the space of your chassis. M3 screws with a length of 4-6mm can be used =

BOM:

I will make a PCB file later, with the suffix BOM. This time the power supply uses a RY3430 3A step-down IC. Each disk has a separate channel, which is enough to meet the power needs of large-capacity disks. If the BOM is not available in time due to too busy You can refer to the specification sheet of RY3430 to make up the supplement yourself.

Physical picture:

I'll post some installation renderings when I have some time later.