Banana Pi BPI-CM4

BPI-CM4 Introduction

BPI-CM4 Computer module and development Kit with A311D design

BananaPi BPI-CM4 new design with Amlogic A311D Quad core ARM Cortex-A73 and dual core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU ,ARM G52 MP4(6EE) GPU,NPU for AI at 5.0 TOPS, support Camera and MIPI-CSI interface ,HDMI output,2 Gigabit port . 4G RAM and 16 GB eMMC flash.

Key Features

• Amlogic A311D Quad core ARM Cortex-A73 and dual core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU ,ARM G52 MP4(6EE) GPU
• NPU for AI :Next generation, deep-neural-network applications, at 5.0 TOPS
• 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
• 16GB eMMC flash (Max 128G)
• support MIPI DSI Camera interface
• support MIPI CSI Screen interface
• Minipcie
• HDMI output
• 26 PIN GPIO
• support Android and Linux system.

Getting Start

Getting Started with CM4

Hardware

Banana Pi BPI-CM4 SBC specifications

• SoC – Amlogic A311D hexa-core processor with 4x Arm Cortex-A73 cores, 2x Arm Cortex-A53 cores, Arm Mali-G52 MP4 (6EE) GPU with OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.0 and OpenCL 2.0 support, 5 TOPS NPU
• System Memory – 4GB LPDDR4
• Storage – 16GB eMMC flash (option up to 128GB), MicroSD card slot
• Video interfaces

HDMI 2.1 output up to 4Kp60

MIPI DSI connector for display

MIPI CSI connector for camera

• Networking – 1x Gigabit Ethernet ports one via RTL8211F GbE transceiver
• USB – 2x USB 2.0 Type-A port, 1x USB Type-C port
• Expansion – 26-pin GPIO header
• Debugging – 3-pin header for serial console
• Misc – 2x buttons.
• Power Supply – Via USB-C port or pin header

GPIO PIN define

BPI-M2S 40PIN GPIO (CON2)

GPIO Pin Name	Default ：GPIO	Function2	Function3
CON2-P01	VCC-3V3
CON2-P02	DCIN
CON2-P03	GPIOX_17	I2C_EE_M2_SDA	BT_EN
CON2-P04	DCIN
CON2-P05	GPIOX_18	I2C_EE_M2_SCL	BT_WAKE_HOST
CON2-P06	GND
CON2-P07	GPIOX_5	PWM_C	WIFI_SD_CMD
CON2-P08	GPIOX_12	UART_EE_A_TX
CON2-P09	GND
CON2-P10	GPIOX_13	UART_EE_A_RX
CON2-P11	GPIOX_3		WIFI_SD_D3
CON2-P12	GPIOA_1		I2SB_SCLK
CON2-P13	GPIOX_4		WIFI_SD_CLK
CON2-P14	GND
CON2-P15	GPIOX_7		WIFI_WAKE_HOST
CON2-P16	GPIOX_0		WIFI_SD_D0
CON2-P17	VCC-3V3
CON2-P18	GPIOX_1		WIFI_SD_D1
CON2-P19	GPIOX_8	SPI_A_MOSI	BTPCM_DIN
CON2-P20	GND
CON2-P21	GPIOX_9	SPI_A_MISO	BTPCM_DOUT
CON2-P22	GPIOX_2		WIFI_SD_D2
CON2-P23	GPIOX_11	SPI_A_CLK	BTPCM_CLK
CON2-P24	GPIOX_10	SPI_A_CS	BTPCM_SYNC
CON2-P25	GND
CON2-P26	GPIOX_16		BT_32K
CON2-P27	GPIOH_5
CON2-P28	GPIOH_4
CON2-P29	GPIOX_14		BTUART_A_CTS_N
CON2-P30	GND
CON2-P31	GPIOX_15		BTUART_A_RTS_N
CON2-P32	GPIOX_19		HOST_WAKE_BT
CON2-P33	GPIOX_6		WIFI_PWREN
CON2-P34	GND
CON2-P35	GPIOA_2		I2SB_LRCLK
CON2-P36	GPIOAO_5		IR_IN
CON2-P37	GPIOA_0		I2S_MCLK_0
CON2-P38	GPIOA_4		I2SB_DOUT_DIN_1
CON2-P39	GND
CON2-P40	GPIOA_3		I2SB_DOUT_DIN_0

BPI-M2S Debug UART(CON1)

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

BPI-M2S Camera(CN10)

CSI Pin Name	Default Function	Function2：GPIO
CN10-P01	GND
CN10-P02	MIPI_CSI_D3N
CN10-P03	MIPI_CSI_D3P
CN10-P04	GND
CN10-P05	MIPI_CSI_D2N
CN10-P06	MIPI_CSI_D2P
CN10-P07	GND
CN10-P08	MIPI_CSI_CLKBN
CN10-P09	MIPI_CSI_CLKBP
CN10-P10	GND
CN10-P11	MIPI_CSI_D1N
CN10-P12	MIPI_CSI_D1P
CN10-P13	GND
CN10-P14	MIPI_CSI_D0N
CN10-P15	MIPI_CSI_D0P
CN10-P16	GND
CN10-P17	MIPI_CSI_CLKAN
CN10-P18	MIPI_CSI_CLKAP
CN10-P19	NC
CN10-P20	CAM0_MCLK
CN10-P21	CAM0_IRCUT
CN10-P22	CAM0_SCL
CN10-P23	CAM0_SDA
CN10-P24	CAM0_RESET
CN10-P25	VCC1V8_DOVDD
CN10-P26	GND
CN10-P27	GND
CN10-P28	VCC33
CN10-P29	VCC33
CN10-P30	VCC33

BPI-M2S LCD(CN9)

DSI Pin Name	Default Function	Function2：GPIO
CN9-P01	MIPI_D0_N
CN9-P02	MIPI_D0_P
CN9-P03	MIPI_D1_N
CN9-P04	MIPI_D1_P
CN9-P05	MIPI_CLK_N
CN9-P06	MIPI_CLK_P
CN9-P07	MIPI_D2_N
CN9-P08	MIPI_D2_P
CN9-P09	MIPI_D3_N
CN9-P10	MIPI_D3_P
CN9-P11	TP_INT_3V3
CN9-P12	TP_RST_3V3
CN9-P13	I2C_M3_SCL_3V3
CN9-P14	I2C_M3_SDA_3V3
CN9-P15	LCD_BL_EN_3V3
CN9-P16	LCD_PWM_3V3
CN9-P17	GND
CN9-P18	GND
CN9-P19	VLCD_5V
CN9-P20	VLCD_5V

Development

Source code

• Linux BSP source code : https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-M2S-bsp
• Android 9 :https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-A311D-Android9

Resources

• Banana PI BPI-M2S Amlogic A311D / S922X : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eFXiOtzFl0
• Because of the Google security update some of the old links will not work if the images you want to use cannot be downloaded from the new link bpi-image Files
• All banana pi docement(SCH file,DXF file,and doc)
• Amlogic A311D datasheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SRAY_RDxKhw819uyo9H13zNN2wlG6LDq/view?usp=sharing

System image

Android

How to flash Android Image

Linux

How to flash Linux Image

Ubuntu

• 2022-06-20-ubuntu-20.04-mate-desktop-bpi-m2s-aarch64-sd-emmc.img.zip

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1kRukI-H-xliNqIqVacXWRw?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P2YQUwdrREdiwidr8YtCvOdMmwLPerVu/view?usp=share_link

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• 2022-06-20-ubuntu-20.04-server-bpi-m2s-aarch64-sd-emmc.img.zip

Baidu Cloud:https://pan.baidu.com/s/1UoYR0k9YH9SE_A-MpqZ2fg?pwd=8888 (pincode: 8888)

Google Drive:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y0DUVDhLyhw_C7p6SD2q1EjOZLEV_c_w/view?usp=share_link

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Debian

• 2022-06-20-debian-10-buster-bpi-m2s-aarch64-sd-emmc.img.zip

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1TTsdyy5I7HLWS_Tptg7r2w?pwd=8888 (pincode: 8888)

Google Drive:https://drive.google.com/file/d/116ZydpggYpZ1WoSyVsc4QuchdIa3vGyI/view?usp=share_link

MD5:9d39558ad37e5da47d7d144c8afec45e