The daisy-chain topology used to cluster Mixtile Blade 3 boards is more economical, more user-friendly, and faster than the alternatives.
Therefore, Mixtile provides the custom breakout board and some custom cables.
The board breaks the U.2 pins out into three connectors: a 12 V DCIN connector, a pair of (SFF-8643) PCIe connectors, and a SATA socket. And includes a custom, 15-cm SFF-8643 cable.
You will need SFF-8643 cables to connect one board’s Port A to another board’s Port B. So N Blade 3 boards stacking requires N Breakout Boards and N-1 cables. Below shows an example of a four-board cluster.
If you want to customize the cable by yourself, you can find the necessary pinout on our website
- Name: Mixtile U.2 Breakout Board
- Package:1x Mixtile U.2 Breakout Board
- P/N: BB-BLADE3
- Weight: 20g
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 104mm x 21mm x 24mm
- Manufacturer packaging: Anti-static bag
- Name: 15cm SFF8643 to SFF8643 Cable
- Package:1x Cable
- P/N: SFFC-BLADE3
- Weight: 20g
- Length: 15cm
- Manufacturer packaging: Anti-static bag