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produced by the

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company Shenzhen SINOVOIP Company, its spin-off Guangdong BiPai Technology Company, and supported by Hon Hai Technology (Foxconn). Its hardware design was influenced by the

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, and both lines use the same 40-pin I/O connector. Banana Pi also can run

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and

operating systems, but the

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complies with the requirements of the Debian armhf port. Most models use a

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or Allwinner

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with two or four

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Cortex cores.

Series and generations

Banana Pi BPI-M1

The Banana Pi BPI-M1 features an Allwinner dual-core

SoC SOC, SoC, Soc, may refer to: Science and technology * Information security operations center, in an organization, a centralized unit that deals with computer security issues * Selectable output control * Separation of concerns, a program design pr ...

at 1 GHz, 1 GB of DDR3 SDRAM, Gigabit Ethernet, SATA, USB, and

HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a proprietary digital interface used to transmit high-quality video and audio signals between devices. It is commonly used to connect devices such as televisions, computer monitors, projectors, gam ...

connections, and a built-in 3.7V Li-ion battery-charging circuit. It can run on a variety of operating systems, including Android, Ubuntu, Debian, and Raspberry Pi OS. Neither Banana Pi nor Shenzhen SINOVOIP Company has a direct relationship with the

Raspberry Pi Foundation The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based educational charity founded in 2008 to promote the study of computer science and related subjects globally, particularly among young people. It is best known for initiating the Raspberry Pi series of sing ...

. ''Linux User & Developer'' does not consider it a "direct clone, but a considerable evolution," whilst linux.com sees it as a clone with improved performance.

Banana Pi BPI-M1+

The Banana BPI-M1+ is a credit-card-sized, low-power single-board computer.

Banana Pi BPI-M2

The Banana Pi M2 (BPI-M2) is a

quad-core A multi-core processor (MCP) is a microprocessor on a single integrated circuit (IC) with two or more separate central processing units (CPUs), called ''cores'' to emphasize their multiplicity (for example, ''dual-core'' or ''quad-core''). Ea ...

version of Banana Pi and supports onboard Wi-Fi.

Banana Pi BPI-M2+ (BPI-M2 Plus)

The Banana PI BPI-M2+, released in April 2016, has an Allwinner H3 SoC with a quad-core CPU and an onboard Wi-Fi module. It runs Android, Debian, Ubuntu, and Raspberry Pi OS.

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Zero

The Banana Pi BPI-M2 Zero is a low-power

single-board computer A single-board computer (SBC) is a complete computer built on a single circuit board, with microprocessor(s), memory, input/output (I/O) and other features required of a functional computer. Single-board computers are commonly made as demonst ...

with an Allwinner quad-core SoC at 1.2 GHz, 512 MB of DDR3 SDRAM, USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and mini HDMI.

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Ultra

The Banana PI BPI-M2 Ultra (BPI-M2U) is an open-source hardware platform using the Allwinner R40 system-on-chip. It supports onboard Wi-Fi+BT and

SATA SATA (Serial AT Attachment) is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical drives, and solid-state drives. Serial ATA succeeded the earlier Parallel ATA (PATA) standard ...

. The 40-pin GPIO header is pin-compatible with the Raspberry Pi.

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Berry

The Banana PI BPI-M2 Berry (BPI-M2B) is an open-source hardware platform using the Allwinner V40 system-on-chip and supporting onboard Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Magic

The Banana PI BPI-M2 Magic (BPI-M2M) is a single-board computer designed for internet-of-things applications and using the Allwinner R16 system on a chip.

Banana Pi BPI-M3

The Banana Pi M3 is an open-source hardware platform. An octa-core version of Banana Pi, it supports onboard Wi-Fi and SATA and can run Android 5.1.1, Debian, Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi and other

operating system An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ...

Banana Pi BPI-M4

The Banana Pi BPI-M4 uses the Realtek RTD1395 system on a chip. It has 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB eMMC, onboard Wi-Fi for 802.11b/g/n/ac and BT 4.2.

Banana Pi BPI-F2

The Banana Pi BPI-F2 uses the Freescale i.MX6 system on a chip for the first time.

Banana Pi BPI-P2 Zero

The Banana Pi BPI-P2 Zero is a low-power

with an Allwinner quad-core SoC at 1.2 GHz, 512 MB of DDR3 SDRAM, USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and mini HDMI.

Banana Pi BPI-F3

The Banana Pi BPI-F3 uses the SpacemiT K1 8 core, 8-stage-pipeline dual issue RISC-V processor with RVV1.0 256-bit vector extension, claiming 2 TOPS performance in AI tasks. The BPI-F3 was officially announced on February 1, 2024.

Banana Pi BPI-S64 core

The Banana Pi BPI-S64 core uses the Actions S700 system on a chip.

Banana Pi BPI-R1

The Banana Pi R1 is a 300 Mbit/s Wireless 802.11n router with wired and wireless network connections which is designed for home networking. With 2T2R MIMO technology and two detachable antennas, the R1 is a dual-core system that runs with Android 4.2.2.

Banana Pi BPI-R2

The Banana PI BPI-R2 is an integrated multimedia network router which can be used for wireless home entertainment and automation. Integrating a quad-code ARM Cortex-A7 MPcore operating up to 1.3 GHz, the router supports a variety of peripherals.

Banana Pi BPI-R64

The Banana PI BPI-R64 is a router-based development board which can run on a variety of open-source operating systems, including OpenWRT and Linux.

Banana Pi BPI-W2

The BPI-W2 router has a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 MPcore operating up to 1.5 GHz. Its GPIO is compatible with the Raspberry Pi 3.

Banana Pi BPI-D1

The BPI-D1 is a small open-source development board with a built-in HD mini-camera. Able to be run from an external battery, it also has an audio sensor, microphone, CPU, GPIO, and Wi-Fi.

Banana Pi BPI-G1

Banana Pi-G1 is an integrated

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b/g/n (

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for Wireless LAN, local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by ...

wireless network),

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(

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), IEEE 802.11-2007 Standard (

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs). In the most widely used mode, transmission power is li ...

Low Energy 4.0) development board. All three wireless protocols can be used together. Wi-Fi uses TI CC3200, an

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-M4 wireless SOC, internally-integrated

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protocol stack. This allows simple connection to the Internet using the BSD socket. The Zigbee uses TI CC2530, which integrates wireless capabilities and enhanced 8051 core SOC.

Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs). In the most widely used mode, transmission power is li ...

(BLE) uses TI CC2540/1, an integrated BLE stack and enhanced 8051-core, low-power wireless SOC.

Banana Pi Pro

The Banana Pi Pro is a credit card-sized, low-power

Banana Pi BPI-M6

The Banana Pi BPI-M6 is a single-board computer featuring the Synaptics VideoSmart VS680 SoC, which includes: *Senary(Synaptics) VideoSmart VS680 quad-core Cortex-A73 (2.1GHz) and One Cortex-M3 processor *Imagination GE9920 GPU *NPU for AI up to 6 .75Tops *4GB LPDDR4 *16GB eMMC flash *M.2 Key E(PCIe + MIPI CSI) *4 USB 3.0 *1 GbE ethernet *1 HDMI in and 1 HDMI out

Software

Operating systems

* Android 4.2.2 & 4.4 for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.39+, 4.4 doesn't support Wi-Fi and has many bugs, 4.2.2 doesn't support all apps in Korea) *

for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26) *

stable, with more kernel options, Debian or Ubuntu userland (3.4.113, 4.9.7, 4.11.0; 5.5.2017)
Bananian Linux
(Debian based; Linux kernel 3.4.111; 2016-04-23) * CentOS 7 *

for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26) *

for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103) * Kano for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103) *

OpenWrt OpenWrt (from ''open wireless router'') is an open-source project for embedded operating systems based on Linux kernel, Linux, primarily used on Embedded system, embedded devices to Router (computing), route network traffic. The main components ...

for Banana Pi (openSUSE v1412; Linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26) *

Raspbian Raspberry Pi OS is a Unix-like operating system developed for the Raspberry Pi line of single-board computers. Based on Debian, a Linux distribution, it is maintained by Raspberry Pi Holdings and optimized for Raspberry Pi hardware, with low mem ...

for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26)
ROKOS
for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26) *

Scratch Scratch or scratching may refer to: Science and technology * Scratch (programming language), an educational programming language developed by the MIT Media Lab * Scratch space, space on the hard disk drive that is dedicated for only temporary ...

for Banana Pi (Boot to Scratch directly) (Linux kernel 3.4.103)
LineageOS
for Banana Pi,

Android (operating system) Android is an operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen-based mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computer, tablets. Andr ...

References

External links

* *
Official forum

Official wiki

Official Docs
{{Single-board computer ARM-based single-board computers Educational hardware Linux-based devices Microcontrollers

Series and generations

Banana Pi BPI-M1

Banana Pi BPI-M1+

Banana Pi BPI-M2

Banana Pi BPI-M2+ (BPI-M2 Plus)

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Zero

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Ultra

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Berry

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Magic

Banana Pi BPI-M3

Banana Pi BPI-M4

Banana Pi BPI-F2

Banana Pi BPI-P2 Zero

Banana Pi BPI-F3

Banana Pi BPI-S64 core

Banana Pi BPI-R1

Banana Pi BPI-R2

Banana Pi BPI-R64

Banana Pi BPI-W2

Banana Pi BPI-D1

Banana Pi BPI-G1

Banana Pi Pro

Banana Pi BPI-M6

Software

Operating systems

See also

References

External links