I have 2x PCIe X16 and 1x PCIe 1x slots that are not being used. Given that Linux has extensive hardware support, there are probably users with interesting PCI card usages

Aside from traditional usages like network/wireless/bluetooth/sound that can easily be used as USB (or built in advanced sound support in the MOBO), what are your use cases with PCIe?

  • deafboy@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 months ago

    XTRX software defined radio.

    That’s pretty sweet formfactor. Shame that minipcie is not as comon anymore.

    • wildbus8979
      1·
      9 months ago

      Yeah it’s a sweet SDR, I backed the original kickstarter. It can be mounted on a PCIe to Minipcie adapter board though :)

      • deafboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        I was thinking laptop. It would be so much less clunky without the external USB and antenna in the field. Or, damn, even a phone! Now I finally have a reason to even think about Librem 5.

        • wildbus8979
          1·
          9 months ago

          Yes initially I had it deployed in an X230… I mean there are M.2 to Minipcie adaptors, issue is that space tend to be very limited.

          Remember this thing requires like 5 antennas…

          But I hadn’t thought of the librem, that’d be pretty cool!

          I wanna build a cyber deck for ir.