Banana Pi

The Banana Pi is a series of credit card-sized single-

board computers based on a low-cost concept for inner
software and hardware development and school software
learning such as Scratch. Its hardware design was inu-
enced by Raspberry Pi in 2013. It is produced by the
Chinese company Shenzhen SINOVOIP Co.,Ltd.
Banana Pi software is compatible with Raspberry Pi
boards. Banana Pi also can run NetBSD, Android,
Ubuntu, Debian, Arch Linux, Raspbian operating sys-
tems, though the CPU complies with the requirements
of the Debian armhf port.[1] It uses the Allwinner SoC
(system on chip) and as such is mostly covered by the
linux-sunxi port.
Banana Pi is the open source hardware and software plat-
form which is designed to assist bananapi.org and banana-
pi.org.

Neither Banana Pi nor Shenzhen SINOVOIP Co.,Ltd.

have a direct relationship to the Raspberry Pi Founda-
tion, though its similarities are clear.[4] Linux User &
1 Banana Pi M1 Developer does not consider it a direct clone, but a con-
siderable evolution, whilst linux.com similarly sees it as
a clone with improved performance.[5][6] The board lay-
out is very similar to the Raspberry Pi board, though its
about 10% larger and the relative spacing of some con-
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The Banana Pi M1 is a business card-sized and low- 2 Banana Pi M1+

power single-board computer developed in China by the
Banana Pi Team, with the intention of promoting STEM Warning: Page using Template:Infobox information
(science, technology, engineering and mathematics) edu- appliance with unknown parameter network (this
cation in schools. message is shown only in preview).
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berry Pi 1 Model A & B, as seen below. appliance with unknown parameter WIFI Module (this

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message is shown only in preview). 5 Banana Pi M2 Ultra

The Banana M1+ is a credit card-sized and low-power
single-board computer developed in China by the Banana
Pi Team, with the intention of promoting the STEM (sci-
ence, technology, engineering and mathematics) educa-
tion in schools.
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3 Banana Pi M2 Banana PI BPI-M2 Ultra is the open source hardware

platform, Banana PI BPI-M2 Ultra is a quad-core cor-
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appliance with unknown parameter network (this WIFI+BT on board, and supports SATA interface on
message is shown only in preview). board. Banana PI PBI-M2 Ultra hardware: Quad Core
ARM Cortex A7, ARMv7 CPU, 2GB DDR3 SDRAM,
8G eMMC ash on board.
The Banana M2 is a credit card-sized and low-power
single-board computer developed in China by the Banana Banana PI BPI-M2 Ultra with Gigabit Ethernet port can
Pi Team, with the intention of promoting the STEM (sci- run Android smoothly. The size of Banana PI BPI-
ence, technology, engineering and mathematics) educa- M2 Ultra is the same as Banana Pi BPI-M64; it sup-
tion in schools. ports 1080P video; and the 40 pin GPIO header is pin-
compatible with the Raspberry Pi.
Banana PI M2 is the open source hardware platform,
Banana PI M2 is an quad core version of Banana Pi, Notes:
which is an improvement over the dual-core of the Ba-
nana Pi M1, it supports on board Wi-Fi. Banana Pi M2
series runs Android, Debian linux, Ubuntu linux, Rasp- supports SATA interface
berry Pi images and other images. Banana PI M2 hard-
ware: 1Ghz ARM7 quad-core processor, 1GB DDR3 if you use a 3.5 hard disk, you may need to power
SDRAM, Banana PI with Gigabit ethernet port, It can with outside power; on-board power can not support
run with Android 4.4 smoothly. The size of Banana PI enough current.
M2 same as Banana pi M1, it can run games, it supports
1080P high denition video output, the GPIO is com-
patible with Raspberry Pi B+, and it can run the ROM
Image. Note: Banana Pi M2 has no SATA port, so USB 6 Banana Pi M2 Magic
must be used to provide hardisk.
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4 Banana Pi M2+(Plus) message is shown only in preview).
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Model M2+(Plus) was released in April 2016. Banana PI appliance with unknown parameter WIFI Module (this
BPI-M2+ is the open source hardware platform,Banana message is shown only in preview).
PI BPI-M2+ is an quad core version of Banana Pi,it sup-
port WIFI on board. use Alliwnner H3 chip on board. Banana PI BPI-M2 Magic (BPi-M2M) is an ecient
and mini size only 65mm*65mm. quad core solution designed for internet-of-things appli-
Banana Pi BPI-M2+ series run Android,Debian cations,Use allwinner R16 chip design, also can use All-
linux,Ubuntu linux, Raspberry Pi image and others winner A33 chip on board, which outperforms competi-
image. Banana PI PBI-M2 hardware: 1Ghz ARM7 tors in terms of its system performance, scalability, and
quad-core processor, 1GB DDR3 SDRAM, 8G eMMC energy-eciency; it can be used for home entertainment,
ash on board,and SDIO wi module on board. home automation, and high wireless performance and so
on.
Note:
Note:
Banana Pi BPI-M2+ does not support sata port, so
you need use USB for hard disk. 1.BPI-M2 Magic not HDMI interface.
Banana pi BPI-M2+ does not support LCD inter-
face. 2.Not support RJ45 interface.
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7 Banana Pi M3 The Wi-Fi uses TI CC3200, which is a high-performance

ARM Cortex-M4 wireless SOC, internally integrated
Warning: Page using Template:Infobox information TCP/IP protocol stack. This allows simple connection
appliance with unknown parameter network (this to the Internet using the BSD Socket.
message is shown only in preview). The Zigbee uses TI CC2530, which integrates wireless
Warning: Page using Template:Infobox information capabilities and enhanced 8051 core SOC. After years of
appliance with unknown parameter WIFI Module (this improvement, it is quite mature and stable. TIs Z-stack
message is shown only in preview). has achieved Zigbee 2007/Pro, you can use the 16s short
address, you can use the 64-bit long address communica-
Banana Pi M3 is an open source hardware platform. tion, face large local interconnect systems, providing ad-
Banana Pi M3 is an octa-core version of Banana Pi, it vanced security encryption and mesh network structure
supports onboard Wi-Fi and SATA Port. Banana Pi M3 support.
runs Android 5.1.1, Debian linux, Ubuntu linux, Rasp- The Bluetooth 4.0 (BLE) uses TI CC2540/1, an inte-
berry Pi images and other images. Banana PI M3 hard- grated BLE stack and enhanced 8051 core, low-power
ware: 2Ghz ARM7 octa-core processor, 2GB LPDDR3 wireless SOC. At present, most mobile phones have sup-
SDRAM, gigabit ethernet port and the GPIO is compat- port for Bluetooth 4.0, both as a wearable device, or mo-
ible with Raspberry Pi B+. The size of Banana Pi M3 is bile interactive accessories, CC2540 can be easily com-
the same as Banana Pi M1. pleted. Meanwhile, BPI G1 also incorporates a high-
performance STM32 ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller,
which help in dealing with time-consuming data or tran-
8 Banana Pi M64 sit, the three wireless SOC coordinated.
Therefore, the Banana Pi G1 support a wide range of In-
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message is shown only in preview). appliance with unknown parameter Zigbee (this
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appliance with unknown parameter WIFI Module (this
message is shown only in preview).
Powered by AXP209 power management unit, Banana Pi
is able to output up to 1.6A, which means users can drive
Banana PI BPI-M64 is the open source hardware plat- an external HDD without an extra power supply.
form, Banana PI BPI-M64 is a quad-core 64 bit version
[14]
of Banana Pi,use Allwinner A64 design, it support Wi-Fi The Banana Pi board is similar to Cubieboard2.
and Bluetooth on board. Warning: Page using Template:Infobox information ap-
Banana Pi BPI-M64 series run Android, Debian linux, pliance with unknown parameter Wi-Fi (this message
Ubuntu linux,Raspbian image and other OS. is shown only in preview).
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Banana PI PBI-M64 hardware: 64 Bit Quad Core ARM pliance with unknown parameter GPIO (this message
Cortex A53 1.2 GHz CPU, 2GB DDR3 SDRAM, 8G is shown only in preview).
eMMC ash on board Warning: Page using Template:Infobox information
Banana PI BPI-M64 with Gigabit Ethernet port, It can appliance with unknown parameter Flash (this message
run Android smoothly when resolution is under HD or is shown only in preview).
GPU is not needed. The size of Banana PI BPI-M64 Warning: Page using Template:Infobox information
same as Banana Pi BPI-M3, support 1080P video, the appliance with unknown parameter network (this
GPIO header is pin-compatible with Raspberry Pi. message is shown only in preview).

9 Banana Pi G1
Banana Pi-G1 is an integrated IEEE 802.11 b/g/n (Wi-
Fi wireless network), IEEE 802.15.4 (Zigbee), IEEE
802.11-2007 Standard (Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0) de-
velopment board. All three wireless protocols can be
used together, you can exchange any dierent transport
protocols, and each wireless protocol is supported by its
own single-chip SOC, which can facilitate Internet of
Things (IoT) projects.
10 Banana Pi-D1
The BPI-D1 is one of the smallest open-source develop-
ment boards currently on the market, with a built-in HD
mini camera. At 36mm (w) x36mm (l) and weighing in
at 10g, it is claimed to be much smaller than other boards
with comparable features. The board is specially suited
to mini-cam applications, providing high-resolution im-
age quality: both video and still capture at 1280x720p
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with a video capture rate of 30 fps. 13 Banana Pi Pro

The Banana Pi-D1 is designed to provide a set of multi-
media tools in one small package, that can be run from The Banana Pi Pro is a credit card-sized and low-
an external battery source.
The major features of the D1 include: HD mini-cam, au-
dio sensor, microphone, CPU, GPIO, and Wi-Fi,
11 Banana Pi R1
power single-board computer developed in China by the
LeMaker Team, with the goal of promoting STEM (sci-
ence, technology, engineering and mathematics) educa-
tion in schools.
Like its smaller sibling the Banana Pi, the Pro concept is
heavily inuenced by the Raspberry Pi, however the Ba-
nana Pro provides various enhancements over prior de-
signs.

Warning: Page using Template:Infobox information The Banana Pro has an Allwinner A20 system on a chip
appliance with unknown parameter network (this (SoC), which includes an ARM Cortex-A7 Dual-core
message is shown only in preview). (ARMv7-A) 1 GHz, Mali400 MP2 GPU and 1GB
DDR3 SDRAM.

The Banana Pi R1 is a 300Mbit/s Wireless N Router with
both wired and wireless network connections is designed
specically for smart home networking use. With 2T2R
MIMO technology and two detachable antennas, the R1 is
a dual core system that runs smoothly with Android 4.2.2
and has a Gigabit ethernet port, SATA socket, supports
games and 1080P high denition video output.
The Banana Pro uses a microSD card for booting an OS,
but also includes a SATA 2.0 interface to allow connec-
tion of a hard disk for additional storage, however you
cannot boot from the hard disk.
Other dierences from the Banana Pi include on-board
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n AP6181, integrated composite video
and audio output into a 3.5 mm TRRS jack. This makes
space for a 40-pin extension header.

14 Specications

15 Available operating systems

BPI-R1
15.1 Banana Pi[16]
Armbian stable, with more kernel options, Debian or
Ubuntu userland (3.4.113, 4.9.7, 4.11.0; 5.5.2017)
Android 4.2.2 & 4.4 for Banana Pi (Linux kernel
3.4.39+, 4.4 doesn't support Wi-Fi and has many
BPI-R1 bugs, 4.2.2 doesn't support all apps in Korea)
Archlinux for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103;
2014-12-26)
Bananian Linux (Debian based; Linux kernel
12 Banana Pi R2 3.4.111; 2016-04-23)

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appliance with unknown parameter network (this
message is shown only in preview).
The Banana Pi R2 is a quad-core Single-board com-
puter with 5 Gbit/s ports (includes ethernet-switch-HW
+ dual band wi + bluetooth). The wired and wireless
network connections are designed specically for smart
home networking use. The R2 is a quad core system that
runs smoothly with Android 5.1 and has SATA3.0 and
USB3.0 ports, supports games and 1080P high denition
HDMI video output.
Fedora for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-
12-26)
Kali Linux for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103)
Kano for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103)
Lubuntu for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-
12-26)
NetBSD 7.0
nOS for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103)
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openSUSE for Banana Pi (openSUSE v1412; Linux 18 External links

kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26)
Raspbian for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103; Ocial website
2014-12-26) Bananapi-dev on GitHub
ROKOS for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-
12-26)
Scratch for Banana Pi (Boot to Scratch directly)
(Linux kernel 3.4.103)

16 See also
List of open-source hardware projects
Comparison of single-board computers

17 References
[1] Debian Wiki: armhf Arm Hard Float Port. Debian
Wiki.

[2] A20_Allwinner Technology. Allwinnertech.com.

2013-04-23. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[3] Mali-400. ARM. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[4] Heath, Nick (21 May 2014). Raspberry Pi: Five alterna-
tives for hackers and modders. TechRepublic.

[5] Halfacree, Gareth. Banana Pi review tastier than Rasp-

berry?". Linux User & Developer.

[6] Brown, Eric (24 April 2014). Raspberry Pi Clones

Match the Connectors, But Boost the Firepower. Linux
News.

[7] A31_Allwinner Technology. Allwinnertech.com.

2013-04-23. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[8] H3_Allwinner Technology. Allwinnertech.com. 2013-

04-23. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[9] R40_Allwinner Technology. Allwinnertech.com.

2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-10-27.

[10] R16_Allwinner Technology. Allwinnertech.com.

2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-02-26.

[11] A80_Allwinner Technology. Allwinnertech.com.

2013-04-23. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[12] forum.banana-pi.org The M3 has no SATA support, its

USB-to-SATA bridge is many times slower than the native
SATA implementation of M1/M1+

[13] A64_Allwinner Technology. Allwinnertech.com.

2015-08-14. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[14] Test: Einplatinen-Computer Banana Pi als Raspberry-

Pi-Ersatz. CT Magazine (in German).

[15] Banana Pi Specications. Lemaker Wiki.

[16] Specications from board manufacturer. Banana Pro.

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