Banana Pi BPI-M2 Pro

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BPI-M2 Pro Introduction

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Pro S905x3 design
Banana Pi BPI-M5 Amlogic S905x3 design
Banana Pi BPI-M2S Amlogic A311D/S922 chip
Case BPI-M2 Pro Premium Aluminum Enclosure

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Pro is the next generation single board computer from Banana Pi in 2021. It is powered by Amlogic S905X3 quad-core Cortex-A55 (2.0 XXGHz) processor.Onboard 2GB LPDDR4 memory and 16GB EMMC storage, and supports 2 USB 3.0 interface, a gigabit network port. RT8821CU wifi&BT onboard. 1 HDMI output

BPI-M2 Pro same size as Banana Pi BPI-M2+ , and interface is also same .so can use BPI-M2+ case.

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Pro banner.jpg

Key Features

  • Amlogic S905X3 64-bit Quad core Cortex-A55 (2.0xxGHz)
  • Mali-G31 GPU
  • 2GB LPDDR4
  • 16GB eMMC flash
  • 2 USB 3.0
  • RTL8821CU WiFi&BT 4.2 onboard
  • 1 GbE ethernet
  • HDMI output

Getting Start

Hardware

Hardware interface

BPI-M2 Pro interface.jpg

Hardware spec

HardWare Specification of Banana pi BPI-M2 Pro
CPU Amlogic S905X3 64-bit Quad-Core Cortex-A55 (2.0xxGHz)
GPU Mali-G31 MP2 GPU with 4 x Execution Engines (650Mhz)
Memory 2 GB LPDDR4
Storage MicroSD slot with support for up to 256GB expansion and 16G eMMC flash with support for up to 64GB
Network 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Ethernet
Wifi&BT Dual-band 802.11 b/g/n/ac WiFi 5 1×1 and Bluetooth 4.2 via Realtek RTL8821CU
Video Output(s) 1 x HDMI 2.1 (up to 4K@60Hz with HDR, CEC, EDID)
Audio Output(s) 1 x HDMI digital output
USB ports 2x USB 3.0 host ports, 1x micro USB OTG port
GPIO 40 Pin Header : GPIO (x28) and Power (+5V, +3.3V and GND). GPIO pins can be used for UART, I2C, SPI or PWM
Switches Reset, Power and U-boot
LED Power Status and Activity status
Power Source 5 volt @3A / 5 volt @2A via DC port
Size & Weight 65mm×65mm, 58g
OS Android and Linux

BPI-M2 Pro VS BPI-M5 VS Odroid C4 VS RPI 4

BPI-M2 Pro VS BPI-M5 VS Odroid C4 VS RPI 4
Banana Pi BPI-M2 Pro Banana Pi BPI-M5 Odroid C4 Raspberry Pi 4
Processor Amlogic S905X3 Quad-Core Cortex-A55 ARMv8.2-A 64-bit 1.5GHz Amlogic S905X3 Quad-Core Cortex-A55 ARMv8.2-A 64-bit 1.5GHz Amlogic S905X3 Quad-Core Cortex-A55 ARMv8.2-A 64-bit 1.5GHz Broadcom BCM2711, Quad core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz
GPU Mali-G31 MP2 GPU Mali-G31 MP2 GPU Mali-G31 MP2 GPU Broadcom VideoCore VI
RAM 2GB LPDDR4 4GB LPDDR4 DDR4 4GiB with 32-bit bus width 2GB, 4GB or 8GB LPDDR4-3200 SDRAM
Storage micro SD card slot & 16GB eMMC flash on board micro SD card slot & 16GB eMMC flash on board micro SD card slot , eMMC connector for option micro SD card slot, non EMMC
Network 1 GbE ,WiFi&BT4.2 onboard GbE ,Optional WiFi USB dongle GbE GbE, 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth 5.0, BLE
Video Output 1 x HDMI 2.1 (up to 4K@60Hz with HDR, CEC, EDID) 1 x HDMI 2.1 (up to 4K@60Hz with HDR, CEC, EDID) 1 x HDMI 2.1 (up to 4K@60Hz with HDR, CEC, EDID) 2 × micro-HDMI 2.0
Audio Output 1 x HDMI digital output 3.5mm jack and 1 x HDMI digital output Optional SPDIF optical output 3.5 mm analogue audio-video jack
DSI N/A N/A N/A 2-lane MIPI DSI display port
CSI N/A N/A N/A 2-lane MIPI CSI camera port
USB USB 3.0 x 2 1 Micro USB 2.0 USB 3.0 x 4 TYPE C USB 3.0 x 4, 1 x Micro USB 2.0 port (OTG) 2 USB 3.0 ports; 2 USB 2.0 ports;
Power 5 volt @3A via DC power 5 volt @3A via Micro USB (TYPE C) 1 x DC power jack (Outer diameter : 5.5mm, inner diameter : 2.1mm) 5V DC via USB-C connector (minimum 3A*)
IR Yes Yes Yes N/A
GPIO 40 Pin Header : GPIO (x28) and Power (+5V, +3.3V and GND). 40 Pin Header : GPIO (x28) and Power (+5V, +3.3V and GND). 40 x GPIO pins 40-pin GPIO header, populated
Button Reset, user and U-boot Reset, user and U-boot N/A N/A
LED Power Status and Activity status Power Status and Activity status Power Status and Activity status Power Status and Activity status
Dimensions & weight 65mm x 65mm,58g 85mm x 56mm, 48g 85mm x 56mm 59g 88 mm × 58 mm, 46 g
System Support Linux & Android Linux & Android Linux & Android Linux & Android

GPIO PIN define

BPI-M2 Pro 40PIN GPIO (CON2)

GPIO Pin Name Default Function Function2 Function3
CON1-P01 VCC-3V3
CON1-P02 VCC5V
CON1-P03 GPIOX_17 I2C_M2_SDA
CON1-P04 VCC5V
CON1-P05 GPIOX_18 I2C_M2_SCL
CON1-P06 GND
CON1-P07 GPIOX_5 SDIO_CMD
CON1-P08 GPIOX_12 UART_A_TX
CON1-P09 GND
CON1-P10 GPIOX_13 UART_A_RX
CON1-P11 GPIOX_3 SDIO_D3
CON1-P12 GPIOAO_8 TDMB_SCLK
CON1-P13 GPIOX_4 SDIO_CLK
CON1-P14 GND
CON1-P15 GPIOX_7 PWM_F
CON1-P16 GPIOX_0 SDIO_D0
CON1-P17 VCC-3V3
CON1-P18 GPIOX_1 SDIO_D1
CON1-P19 GPIOX_8 PCM_DIN
CON1-P20 GND
CON1-P21 GPIOX_9 PCM_DOUT
CON1-P22 GPIOX_2 SDIO_D2
CON1-P23 GPIOX_11 PCM_CLK
CON1-P24 GPIOX_10 PCM_SYNC
CON1-P25 GND
CON1-P26 GPIOX_16 PWM_E
CON1-P27 GPIOA_14 I2C_M3_SDA
CON1-P28 GPIOA_15 I2C_M3_SCL
CON1-P29 GPIOX_14 UART_A_CTS
CON1-P30 GND
CON1-P31 GPIOX_15 UART_A_RTS
CON1-P32 GPIOX_19 PWM_B
CON1-P33 GPIOX_6 PWM_A
CON1-P34 GND
CON1-P35 GPIOAO_7 TDMB_FS
CON1-P36 GPIOH_5 SPDIF_IN
CON1-P37 GPIOAO_7 I2S_MCLK
CON1-P38 GPIOAO_10 TDMB_DIN SPDIF_OUT
CON1-P39 GND
CON1-P40 GPIOAO_4 TDMB_DOUT

BPI-M2 Pro Debug UART(CON1)

CON2-P1 GND
CON2-P2 UART0-RX
CON2-P3 UART0-TX

Development

Source code

Same as BPI-M5 source code.

Resources

System image

same to BPI-M5 images.
Note: M2Pro is onboard 2GB ram, it's not work well for android, suggest to buy m5.

Android

How to flash Android Image
  • 2023-03-01 release, tablet variant image
Baidu Cloud:https://pan.baidu.com/s/1cjzNgiE0-XJhvZgY0tQuHg?pwd=8888 (pincode: 8888)
Google Drive:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/144OU7NMTxLUqxNN2tXESgAoE3VXYgA_F?usp=share_link
  • 2023-03-01 release, box variant image
Baidu Cloud:https://pan.baidu.com/s/1SAfGM0WxOHW0vYCkjQUfbQ?pwd=8888 (pincode: 8888)
Google Drive:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ipg8vZvKN_0xX0Fu24BW5UcDAHGhP7oH?usp=share_link

Linux

How to flash Linux Image

Ubuntu

  • 2023-08-30-ubuntu-20.04-server-bpi-m5-m2pro-aarch64-sd-emmc.img
Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/16nAyyW0IfTJqoYat2Qfcag?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)
Google Drive:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y3i9uUgzmp03r9zzeuJkNszPZNl7D0OR?usp=sharing
  • 2023-08-30-ubuntu-20.04-mate-desktop-bpi-m5-m2pro-aarch64-sd-emmc.img
Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1UgfUDdNE-SQHka64mrNAYw?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)
Google Drive:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RMX8F1PMLO-UcPPJL4QwYvdPVhk-a_c_?usp=sharing

Debian

  • 2023-08-30-debian-10-buster-xfce-bpi-m5-m2pro-aarch64-sd-emmc.img
Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/15XHAZKDFqJLA3BH1b9Slqw?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)
Google Drive:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EDXxJs23xV5Je91ZhfPYDvBubhhmJN1n?usp=sharing
  • 2023-08-30-debian-10-buster-bpi-m5-m2pro-aarch64-sd-emmc.img
Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1tFUbyPbrTJ5UGgM05w2k6A?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)
Google Drive:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y-GuZYovWRgBvt0z7FLnIuBJufVFflvv?usp=sharing

Third part image

Raspbian

  • BPI-M5 BPI-M2 Pro new image:Rasbian image, 2023-07-20 update,please choose the right image
google driver: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Rvr1l3LhnVcss0FD0_bAm3Jbi84vZBkT
discuss on forum : https://pan.baidu.com/s/1T2DT3ruTRvRdFgIUrR1obg?pwd=8888 提取码:8888
  • BPI-M5 BPI-M2 Pro new image:Rasbian image, 2022-4-09 update, Rasbian image for linux kernel 4.9 and 5.17. support 32bit and 64 bit,please choose the right image
google driver: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oqamIMl5Kmb3LVYMPFw-1tilvwKQI6n-
discuss on forum : https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m5-bpi-m2-pro-new-image-rasbian-image-2022-4-09-update/13246

Armbian

  • Image From Armbian Official website
https://www.armbian.com/bananapi-m5/
  • Image from Banana Pi team Released on 2023-07, Armbian_23.08.0
Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/13awWxoAeV7HuE0-2BViTIA?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)
Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1g585lGESqTVEenAPFDC-fAswXPilMIfD?usp=sharing
  • Image From Banana Pi team Released on 2023-03-13, build from Armbian main branch source code, fix some bugs and support i2c, uart, spi and rtl8822cs overlays, you can enable the overlay in /boot/armbianEnv.txt
Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1Wgg_0Z7Db6DSKqoIjf16PQ?pwd=8888 (pincode: 8888)
Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Yds8Rru_26S0wN2B-pIM6XkyxUXiceNl?usp=share_link

CoreELEC

  • CoreELEC 19.2
CoreELEC official support Bananapi M5 and M2Pro since 19.2-Matrix_rc1
Download: https://coreelec.org/#download
Install Guide: https://coreelec.org/#install
Source Code: https://github.com/CoreELEC/CoreELEC
how to install: https://wiki.coreelec.org/coreelec:bpim2pro

Volumio

Download:
Google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1B7nsy4Jxt2lBgXoA6XEnaamEQvZyHI8f
Baidu cloud : https://pan.baidu.com/s/1mj9OC8P2VSI5GAMnIKGBqA PinCode: mrrb
User Guide: https://cdn.volumio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Quick-Start-Guide-Volumio.pdf
Source code: https://github.com/Dangku/volumio-build
Platform prebuild package: https://github.com/Dangku/volumio-platform-bananapi
Development guilde: https://volumio.github.io/docs/User_Manual/Quick_Start_Guide.html

Odroid Android image

Base on Odroid android source code and build for bananapi m5/m2pro
Download:
Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u_CddlHvpAMu2VZJfIfUKTsFFyigCWig
Install Guide: https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=204&t=38579

Ubuntu Core 20

Ubuntu Core 20 demo image for bananapi m5/m2pro.
Download:
Google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TdAQ-HdggKrOPmWi0chpHDJY0SMWlUaC
Baidu cloud :
Install Guide: https://ubuntu.com/core/docs/uc20/install

Archlinux

  • Archlinux xfce and minimal demo image, kernel 4.9, image build refer to Archdroid
login: alarm/alarm, or root/root
Download:
Google drive:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rSSNgbseY2mwTMIauGR1yrXN8RPKzuk6
Baidu link : https://pan.baidu.com/s/1Ck_H51jPUyAv98o73I8oAw Pincode: rbv2
discuss on forum : https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m5-bpi-m2-pro-new-image-archlinux-2021-9-14/12595

HuaWei OpenEuler

  • OpenEuler demo image, bpi kernel 4.9
Download:
Baidu link :https://pan.baidu.com/s/12b7q3y-m3YRyD7GwhKE0QA Pincode:lv50
SIG gitee link : https://gitee.com/openeuler/raspberrypi
Discuss on fourm : http://forum.banana-pi.org/

Manjaro for BPI-M5

Manjaro porting for BPI-M5 from Official Image for Odroid C4, the ported image use kernel 5.10. If anyone is interested on give it a try, the download link is below.

CoreELEC on BPI-M2 Pro

how to install: https://wiki.coreelec.org/coreelec:bpim2pro

Easy to buy