Banana Pi

<h2 id="series-and-generations">Series and generations</h2>
<h3>Banana Pi BPI-M1</h3>
<p>The Banana Pi BPI-M1 features an Allwinner dual-core <a href="/facts/System_on_a_chip/1RVvVe6N">SoC</a> at 1 GHz, 1 GB of DDR3 SDRAM, Gigabit Ethernet, SATA, USB, and <a href="/facts/HDMI/HuNwzm04">HDMI</a> 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.
</p><p>Neither Banana Pi nor Shenzhen SINOVOIP Company has a direct relationship with the <a href="/facts/Raspberry_Pi_Foundation/YPMvmFvB">Raspberry Pi Foundation</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> <i>Linux User & Developer</i> does not consider it a "direct clone, but a considerable evolution," whilst linux.com sees it as a clone with improved performance.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-M1+</h3>
<p>The Banana BPI-M1+ is a credit-card-sized, low-power single-board computer.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-M2</h3>
<p>The Banana Pi M2 (BPI-M2) is a <a href="/facts/Multi-core_processor/ABNb65hQ">quad-core</a> version of Banana Pi and supports onboard Wi-Fi.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-M2+ (BPI-M2 Plus)</h3>
<p>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.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-M2 Zero</h3>
<p>The Banana Pi BPI-M2 Zero is a low-power <a href="/facts/Single-board_computer/JaBPWTKF">single-board computer</a> with an Allwinner quad-core SoC at 1.2 GHz, 512 MB of DDR3 SDRAM, USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and mini HDMI.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-M2 Ultra</h3>
<p>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 <a href="/facts/SATA/dW8yAMm8">SATA</a>. The 40-pin GPIO header is pin-compatible with the Raspberry Pi.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-M2 Berry</h3>
<p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-M2 Magic</h3>
<p>The Banana PI BPI-M2 Magic (BPI-M2M) is a single-board computer designed for <a href="/facts/Internet_of_things/rwwGAxn3">internet-of-things</a> applications and using the Allwinner R16 system on a chip.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-M3</h3>
<p>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 <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a>.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-M4</h3>
<p>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.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-F2</h3>
<p>The Banana Pi BPI-F2 uses the Freescale i.MX6 system on a chip for the first time.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-P2 Zero</h3>
<p>The Banana Pi BPI-P2 Zero is a low-power <a href="/facts/Single-board_computer/JaBPWTKF">single-board computer</a> with an Allwinner quad-core SoC at 1.2 GHz, 512 MB of DDR3 SDRAM, USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and mini HDMI.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-F3</h3>
<p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-S64 core</h3>
<p>The Banana Pi BPI-S64 core uses the Actions S700 system on a chip.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-R1</h3>
<p>The Banana Pi R1 is a 300 Mbit/s Wireless 802.11n <a href="/facts/Router_(computing)/Nh5cIyVf">router</a> 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.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-R2</h3>
<p>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.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-R64</h3>
<p>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.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-W2</h3>
<p>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.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-D1</h3>
<p>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.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-G1</h3>
<p>Banana Pi-G1 is an integrated <a href="/facts/IEEE_802.11/ryEGu6Vq">IEEE 802.11</a> b/g/n (<a href="/facts/Wi-Fi/u94quCsx">Wi-Fi</a> wireless network), <a href="/facts/IEEE_802.15.4/PH0j6uVX">IEEE 802.15.4</a> (<a href="/facts/Zigbee/SG0GxpjI">Zigbee</a>), <a href="/facts/IEEE_802.11-2007/ryEGu6Vq">IEEE 802.11-2007</a> Standard (<a href="/facts/Bluetooth/sWAjpMrj">Bluetooth</a> Low Energy 4.0) development board. All three wireless protocols can be used together. Wi-Fi uses TI CC3200, an <a href="/facts/ARM_Cortex/TXgfk7hk">ARM Cortex</a>-M4 wireless SOC, internally-integrated <a href="/facts/TCP%2fIP/KNkxtSpw">TCP/IP</a> 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. <a href="/facts/Bluetooth_4.0/sWAjpMrj">Bluetooth 4.0</a> (BLE) uses TI CC2540/1, an integrated BLE stack and enhanced 8051-core, low-power wireless SOC.
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<h3>Banana Pi Pro</h3>
<p>The Banana Pi Pro is a credit card-sized, low-power <a href="/facts/Single-board_computer/JaBPWTKF">single-board computer</a>.
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<h3>Banana Pi BPI-M6</h3>
<p>The Banana Pi BPI-M6 is a single-board computer featuring the Synaptics VideoSmart VS680 SoC,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> which includes:
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<ul><li>Senary(Synaptics) VideoSmart VS680 quad-core Cortex-A73 (2.1GHz) and One Cortex-M3 processor</li>
<li>Imagination GE9920 GPU</li>
<li>NPU for AI up to 6 .75Tops</li>
<li>4GB LPDDR4</li>
<li>16GB eMMC flash</li>
<li>M.2 Key E(PCIe + MIPI CSI)</li>
<li>4 USB 3.0</li>
<li>1 GbE ethernet</li>
<li>1 HDMI in and 1 HDMI out</li></ul>
<h2 id="software">Software</h2>
<h3>Operating systems</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android 4.2.2 & 4.4</a> 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)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Arch_Linux/MTFCkLqH">Arch Linux</a> for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Armbian/aLCMN2sv">Armbian</a> stable, with more kernel options, Debian or Ubuntu userland (3.4.113, 4.9.7, 4.11.0; 5.5.2017)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.bananian.org/">Bananian Linux</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140822155158/http://www.bananian.org/">Archived</a> 2014-08-22 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a> (Debian based; Linux kernel 3.4.111; 2016-04-23)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/CentOS/FGGc2cIx">CentOS 7</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Fedora_(operating_system)/LJ2ocge5">Fedora</a> for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Kali_Linux/zYbzlyuW">Kali Linux</a> for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103)</li>
<li>Kano for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/NetBSD/PTm5HWls">NetBSD</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/OpenMediaVault/L5M0zbF6">OpenMediaVault</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/OpenWrt/3VYxerTY">OpenWrt</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/OpenSUSE/mFzGMY3z">openSUSE</a> for Banana Pi (openSUSE v1412; Linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Raspberry_Pi_OS/YGjcyaN7">Raspbian</a> for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26)</li>
<li><a href="http://rokos.space/downloads.html">ROKOS</a> for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.103; 2014-12-26)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Scratch_(programming_language)/vNfuSb2L">Scratch</a> for Banana Pi (Boot to Scratch directly) (Linux kernel 3.4.103)</li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#banana-pi">LineageOS</a> for Banana Pi, <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android (operating system)</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_open-source_hardware_projects/yaMnQJRc">List of open-source hardware projects</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.banana-pi.org">Official website</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bpi-sinovoip">Bpi-sinovoip</a> on <a href="/facts/GitHub/n1hNCsc3">GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://forum.banana-pi.org">Official forum</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.banana-pi.org">Official wiki</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.banana-pi.org">Official Docs</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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