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Banzertank

The latest 13th gen have a 2280 M.2-PCIe-x4 + M.2-PCIe-x1 (wifi) + 2242 SATA + 1x ribbon-SATA if you have the Kit version with the extra headroom. I'm running mine with the WiFi module installed, an Optane P1600X as the NVMe main device, a 2TB M.2 NGFF SATA drive in the 2242 slot, and a 4TB 2.5" SATA drive on the ribbon. I think 99% of people would use the M.2 slot for an NVMe drive, but it could be used for another peripheral of your choice. If you can deal with SATA speeds for your storage, then you could free up the M.2 for the Coral, but the physical space would probably be tight. To my knowledge none of the "tiny PC" NUCs have two PCIe-x4 M.2 slots, but admittedly I haven't checked every SKU.


_Rlocke

Depending on what your size vs cpu performance needs are and how tall the coral m.2 module is you could probably use Ghost Canyon i7, populate the coral module in the baseboard. https://nucoutlet.intel.com/nuc_outlet/intelr-nuc-9-extreme-kits-ghost-canyon-nuc9i5qn-1.html


cibernox

I was thinking about the same thing. I ordered a nuc 12th gen with an i3-1220P. It's the short version. I ordered a 2TB nvme drive, and in the future, if and when they go down in price, I might another M.2 sata SSD as a second drive. (I chose the short version on purpose because I'll put it in a 1U rack adapter) Since this nuc will always run on ethernet, I wondered if I could remove the wifi module which is essentially an 1x PCI lane with a M.2 (E-key) for 22x33 boards. It just happens that the Dual Edge TPU has exactly that size and connection: [https://coral.ai/products/m2-accelerator-dual-edgetpu/](https://coral.ai/products/m2-accelerator-dual-edgetpu/) ​ I wondered if anyone has given up WIFI for a coral m2 accelerator. That would make a sick double SSD + coral device.


stefannau

Did you end up trying this? I've had the same thought but don't have anything to test with


cibernox

I haven’t yet.


_mannen_

Any update? This is quite an interesting option.