PiDrive: Low-power, mSATA SSD for the Raspberry Pi

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Introducing the PiDrive, a high capacity Solid State Drive (SSD) expansion card for the Raspberry Pi B+, A+, and B+ v2!
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Funded: $49,321 of $10,000
Dates: Jul 13th -> Aug 7th (25 days)
Project By: Bud Griffin
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Latest News

The PiDrive Android App

July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
In addition to the custom boot loader on micro SD, the PiDrive will also have a custom Android app.    The technical description of the Android app:  The PiDrive Android app is an SSH and JSON/RPC enabled tool for your Raspberry Pi. The... (Read More)

PiDrive Read/Write Benchmarks

July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Here are a couple of speed tests that we ran for read/write times on the PiDrive. We are running Raspbian Linux Kernel 3.18.11-v7+ on a Raspberry Pi B+ v2. You can run these same tests on your Pi's micro SD card to see how it compares. Here is a... (Read More)

PiDrive With Cable

July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Here is a picture of the PiDrive connected directly to the USB port. The cable is a prototype. We are having a custom cable produced that will hopefully be a bit smaller and certainly look more professional. Since the PiDrive gets all of its power... (Read More)

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