Getting Started with M1

Introduction

BPI-M1

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Overview: BPI-M1 respbian linux

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Overview: BPI-M1 debian linux

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Overview: BPI-M1 ubuntu linux

  The Banana Pi M1 is our first product in our goal of creating an open source devlopment board community. With a Banana Pi, we want you to explore and experience the world of DIY projects and portable computing. We welcome all companies, DIYers, and tech loving people within our community! Together, we can make a difference, we can discover our passions, inspire others, and build a practical project

• Read more about : Banana Pi BPI-M1

Key Features

• Dual-core 1.0GHz CPU
• 1 GB DDR3 memeory
• Mali-400 MP2 with Open GL ES 2.0/1.1

Development For Linux

Let's get start to develop on BPI-M1, see amazing things happen.

Basic Development

Prepare to develop

 * Prepare 8G/above TF card, USB-Serial interface, PC with Ubuntu System
 * Using your USB-Serial Connect debug console on M1

Load your first image on M1

 1.You could download latest image from our forum
 * Here is the example link: 
 
 2.Install bpi-tools on your system
 * apt-get install pv
 * curl -sL https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/bpi-tools/raw/master/bpi-tools | sudo -E bash
 
 3.After you download the image, insert your TF card into your Ubuntu
 * Execute "bpi-copy xxx.img /dev/sdx" to install image on your TF card.
 
 4.After step 3, then you can insert your TF card into M1, and press power button setup M1

Update your image

  * execute “bpi-tools”, to update your bpi tools;
  * execute “bpi-update -c bpi-m1.conf”, to download new driver to update your image
  * execute “file *.tgz”, to check download files’ type is compressed data
  * execute “bpi-bootsel”, you will see the bootloader path, “/usr/lib/u-boot/bananapi/bpi-m1/”
  * execute “bpi-bootsel /usr/lib/u-boot/bananapi/bpi-m1/”, to update your bootloader
  * reboot