Improve usability of "database" by adding "compatibility with IO Board Interface connector" as a search feature

[mi-hol]

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Thank you so much for providing & maintaining such a great resource and it keeps growing fast!

Proposal: Add a search feature to select the required mechanical & electrical interface Connector (i.e. PCIE X1). Likely this would require a switch to another platform than github (maybe Drupal?). I'm not expecting this feature to appear soon but would volunteer to add the required data to a "database" when it becomes available. Maybe adding the data to a JSON file per device would already help?

Background: With the many IO Board alternatives it's unfortunately easy to buy a board that won't fit into a specific IO Board interface connector. I've an IT background and perform repairs for IT equipment for free, hence a certain level of knowhow can be taken for granted. Nevertheless I recently failed to order the correct board for my original RPI IO Board :( Being in a rush I was looking for a PCIE SATA board with ASM chipset and found this Unfortunately I missed the "mini" before "PCIE" and only noticed that it will not fit when I wanted to assemble the system.

[mi-hol]

As a quick fix a NOTE could be added. I've created https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/pull/339 as an example and as a first step towards a "database"

[mi-hol]

closing due to lack of interest