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c/homeassistant · by GreatBlueHeron@piefed.ca · 1y

PCIe M.2 adapters

This isn't specifically Home Assistant, but so many people seem to be using Frigate with Home Assistant it feels close enough.

I recently got my first camera. I tried ZoneMinder for a while, but have given up - just overwhelmed with false positives for fog, rain, insects etc. and not being able to tune them out. Most people seem to be going Frigate so I'll give that a go.

I don't really want to use a USB TPU (no real reason) and my current server has no Mini PCIe or M.2 slots. I recall seeing people say they had bad experiences with PCIe M.2 adapters.

Does anyone here have any experience to share about any specific adapter?

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MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Do you need a TPU? If you have a 7th gen or later Intel iGPU you can use OpenVINO in frigate and it works just as well if not better.

GreatBlueHeron@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

yeah, I need a TPU - my CPU is 5 generations too old

entwine413@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
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domi@lemmy.secnd.me · 6 pts · 1y

I don't really want to use a USB TPU (no real reason)

Since there is no real reason, why no reevaluate?

I connected my USB TPU to a spare internal USB 3.0 header and mounted it inside the case. Frigate has been working perfectly fine for years.

I also use quite a few PCIe M.2 adapters but only for SSDs. No complaints here, full transfer speed and reliable. No reason why it shouldn't work for TPUs.

xylol@leminal.space · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I use a ton of pcie adapters at work, but not really sure what you are doing? Pcie to m.2? Almost all the ones I've used off of amazon have worked fine except a sabrent one, it worked fine for a m.2 drive to have an os but when I used it for testing drives it didn't work, it also took up a whole x16 slot for no raisin

We use ones that look like this

grue@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

for no raisin

https://youtu.be/V3ZUhWuiQ20?t=22

(Sorry, I couldn't resist)

GreatBlueHeron@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 1y

but not really sure what you are doing?

I want to install one of these in a machine that doesn't have an M.2 slot.

entwine413@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

I'd have to dig through my Amazon orders, but I ran one such adapter in my work desktop for a while.

Just read the 3 and 4 star reviews and go from there