Banana Pi BPI-M4 Zero

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Introduction

Banana Pi BPI-M4 Zero is the successor model of M2 Zero. It has a huge improvement in performance. The SOC is upgraded to H618 and the CPU frequency is increased by 25%. The memory is upgraded to DDR4, the capacity is quadrupled, and 8G eMMC is added. It supports 5G WiFi, and the USB interface has also been upgraded to type-C.

It has same form factor and 40-pin connector as the Raspberry Pi Zero W, and it can fit most of the RPI Zero W cases and accessories.

Key Features

• Allwinner H618, Quad-core ARM Cortex™-A53 processor
• ARM Mali G31 GPU
• 2.4G/5G WIFI & Bluetooth 4.2
• 2G LPDDR4 RAM
• 8G eMMC flash memory
• 1x USB2.0 Type-C OTG, 5V power supply
• 1x USB2.0 Type-C
• 1x miniHDMI 2.0a
• 1x 24-pin FPC connector
  • 1x USB2.0
  • 1x 100Mbps Ethernet

Getting Start

• Getting Started with BPI-M4 Zero

Hardware

Hardware interface

Hardware spec

Hardware Specification of Banana pi BPI-M4 Zero
CPU	Allwinner H618, Quad-core ARM Cortex™-A53 processor, 64-bit, up to 1.5GHz
GPU	ARM Mali G31 GPU
Memory	2 GB LPDDR4
Storage	8G eMMC flash
SD card	MicroSD card slot, SDIO3.0
Wireless	2.4G/5G WiFi and Bluetooth 4.2
HDMI	1x miniHDMI 2.0a (up to 4K@60Hz with HDR10, CEC, DDC, SCDC), HDMI digital Audio output
USB	1x USB2.0 Type-C HOST, 1x USB2.0 Type-C OTG
40-pin header	28 pins GPIO and Power (+5V, +3.3V and GND)
	UART, SPI, TWI/I²C, PWM, PCM/I²S
24-pin FPC	0.5mm pitch FPC connector， 1x USB2.0, 1x IR, 1x 100Mbps Ethernet
	9 pins GPIO, UART,TWI/I²C, PWM, PCM/I²S
Buttons	Reset, FEL
LED	Power Status and Activity status
Power	5V@3A via USB Type-C
Size	65mm × 30mm
Weight

PIN define

BPI-M4 Zero 40-pin header

40-pin header define and GPIO Alternative Functions Assignments
Pin Num	Pin Name	ALT0	ALT1	ALT2	ALT3
1	3.3V
2	5V
3	PG16	UART2_RX			TWI4_SDA
4	5V
5	PG15	UART2_TX			TWI4_SCK
6	GND
7	PG19			PWM1
8	PG6	UART1_TX
9	GND
10	PG7	UART1_RX
11	PH2	UART5_TX		PWM2
12	PG11	H_I2S2_BCLK
13	PH3	UART5_RX		PWM1
14	GND
15	PG2
16	PG8	UART1_RTS
17	3.3V
18	PG9	UART1_CTS
19	PH7	UART2_RTS	H_I2S3_LRCK	SPI1_MOSI
20	GND
21	PH8	UART2_CTS	H_I2S3_DOUT0	SPI1_MISO	H_I2S3_DIN1
22	PG1
23	PH6	UART2_RX	H_I2S3_BCLK	SPI1_CLK
24	PH5	UART2_TX	H_I2S3_MCLK	SPI1_CS0
25	GND
26	PH9		H_I2S3_DIN0	SPI1_CS1	H_I2S3_DOUT1
27	PG18	UART2_CTS			TWI3_SDA
28	PG17	UART2_RTS			TWI3_SCK
29	PG3
30	GND
31	PG4
32	PG0
33	PG5
34	GND
35	PG12	H_I2S2_LRCK
36	PH4
37	PG10	H_I2S2_MCLK
38	PG14	H_I2S2_DIN0	H_I2S2_DOUT1
39	GND
40	PG13	H_I2S2_DOUT0	H_I2S2_DIN1

24-pin FPC

24-pin FPC define and GPIO Alternative Functions Assignments
Pin Num	Pin Name	ALT0	ALT1
1	GND
2	EPHY_RXN
3	EPHY_RXP
4	EPHY_TXN
5	EPHY_TXP
6	GND
7	PI9	UART3_TX	TWI2_SCK
8	PI10	UART3_RX	TWI2_SDA
9	PI12	UART3_CTS	PWM2
10	PI11	UART3_RTS	PWM1
11	3V3
12	3V3
13	PI4	H_I2S0_DIN0	H_I2S0_DOUT1
14	PI3	H_I2S0_DOUT0	H_I2S0_DIN1
15	PI2	H_I2S0_LRCK
16	PI1	H_I2S0_BCLK
17	PI0	H_I2S0_MCLK
18	GND
19	PH10	IR_RX
20	5V
21	5V
22	USB2_DP
23	USB2_DM
24	GND

BPI-M4 Zero Debug UART

1	GND
2	UART0_RX
3	UART0_TX

Development

Source code

• u-boot for H618 : https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/pi-u-boot/tree/v2021.07-sunxi
• kernel for H618 : https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/pi-linux/tree/pi-6.1-sunxi

Resources

• BPI-M4 Zero Allwinner H618 SBC burn Ubuntu desktop image
• BPI-M4 Zero DXF file

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1Mjpa8V_rm9S_advARWvzKA?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HBTiiMwU5mz2ogGsBUwHz2idkqJpXCNB/view?usp=sharing

• BPI-M4 ZERO Schematic diagram

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1KPAf3tz_-h-9PWv-6VcAJg?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WUFn_GItB6fBIt0C-ejdyu3FwznuGmCr/view?usp=sharing

• BPI-M4 Zero SBC bench test:

• Allwinner H618 Datasheet

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/10Rk4xLMOhIkk-gIoQx9DQw?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N6oWF9PHTcxXC1JY4x3Malr3twFv2wWZ/view?usp=sharing

System image

Linux

Ubuntu

• 2023-12-12 Bpi-m4zero_1.0.0_ubuntu_jammy_minimal_linux6.1.31

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1GCfkl6nNP3aBZytS8G909g?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qNRjN5O5oOoYPXy0efrTPVZkE8KjbH5K/view?usp=sharing

• 2023-12-12 Bpi-m4zero_1.0.0_ubuntu_jammy_desktop_xfce_linux6.1.31

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1DsKB_bOdcKrHSI5pmZV6bg?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yRkGWEd2uLsXu1WPgBG-FUhDICgte_90/view?usp=sharing

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