ZDE ZP595 PCIe to Dual 2.5G Ethernet Port HAT Expansion Board with ZC506 Aluminum Case for Raspberry Pi 5 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB

Features:

This kit includes a ZP595 PCIe Peripheral Board and an ZC506 aluminum case. It is compatible with the latest Raspberry Pi 5 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB board.

This expansion board adds two 2.5G network port for Raspberry Pi 5, which can meet your various needs for those who need to use Raspberry Pi 5 as a router, gateway, firewall, and other network devices that need more than one network port.

Through the PCIe interface with PCIe Switch chip to expand into two PCIe interfaces and then through the RTL8125 chip to achieve the expansion of dual 2.5Gbps Ethernet.

After power on, the expansion board can be automatically recognised as eth1 and eth2 without driver under Raspberry Pi official OS/OpenWrt system. However, when you use ubuntu system, you need to install the driver of RTL8125 and then you can use it.

The enclosure is specifically designed for HAT expansion boards with 2.5G Ethernet Port (The two modules for 2.5G Ethernet ports are easily detachable). It is made of lightweight and durable aluminum material, which can offer excellent protection and heat dissipation for the Raspberry Pi 5 board and expansion board.

Besides PCIe to 2.5G Ethernet Port expansion board, the aluminum case also supports installation of various PCIe to M.2 NVMe SSD expansion boards, PoE HAT shields, and WiFi7 adapter boards.

Support installation of official Raspberry Pi 5 active cooler and other third-party cooling fans for heatsink.

Note:

Due to the poor PCIe compatibility of the oldest version of the Raspberry Pi 5, the Raspberry Pi 5 can not recognize some PCIe devices. Later purchased versions of the Raspberry Pi 5 have improved the compatibility issue and can basically recognize PCIe devices. As we use the PCIe Switch Chip, the oldest version of Raspberry Pi 5 can not recognise PCIe Switch Chip, but the subsequent Raspberry Pi 5 versions can recognise and use normally.

Since we have used the PCIe Switch Chip, there may be a slight drop in performance.

Packing List:

1 x ZP595 Expansion Board

1 x Aluminum Case

4 x M2.5x20mm Spacers

4 x M2.5x5+5mm Spacers

9 x M2.5x4mm Screws

1 x 4pcs Rubber Pads

1 x PCIe FPC cable

1 x Screwdriver