08-24-2023, 07:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-24-2023, 07:29 PM by Kevin Kofler.)
According to https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineTab2, the device has one PCIe connector as the only internal extensibility, and whether there is really room for an LTE modem in the case, I have no idea. (They say there is no room for a M.2 NVMe SSD, at least.)
I do not know whether this: https://www.quectel.com/product/lte-eg25-g-mpcie is physically (space in the case, non-intersection with already present components, matching connector) and electrically (actually working connector) compatible with the PineTab2, but if it is, then I guess it would be the model most likely to work because this is the same chipset used in the PinePhone and PinePhone Pro (though of course those have the LGA version soldered on, they do not use the PCIe version). (Of course, you would have to install some software from the repository that is only installed by default in the PinePhone and PinePhone Pro images, and you might even have to recompile the kernel if they did not enable the required drivers in the PineTab2 kernel, but at least the drivers and software for that chipset exist.)
But someone more familiar with the PineTab 2 board and the PCIe specs can probably answer the question that I cannot answer, i.e., whether this is likely to work or not at all.
I do not know whether this: https://www.quectel.com/product/lte-eg25-g-mpcie is physically (space in the case, non-intersection with already present components, matching connector) and electrically (actually working connector) compatible with the PineTab2, but if it is, then I guess it would be the model most likely to work because this is the same chipset used in the PinePhone and PinePhone Pro (though of course those have the LGA version soldered on, they do not use the PCIe version). (Of course, you would have to install some software from the repository that is only installed by default in the PinePhone and PinePhone Pro images, and you might even have to recompile the kernel if they did not enable the required drivers in the PineTab2 kernel, but at least the drivers and software for that chipset exist.)
But someone more familiar with the PineTab 2 board and the PCIe specs can probably answer the question that I cannot answer, i.e., whether this is likely to work or not at all.
