Summary

Banana Pi BPI-R2 Pro Rockchip RK3568 design

Rockchip RK3568 chip

BPI-R2 Pro case same as BPI-R2

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Introduction

Banana Pi BPI-R2 Pro is the next generation smart router developement board from Banana Pi in 2021. It is powered by Rockchip RK 3568 processor.Onboard 2GB LPDDR4 memory and 16GB eMMC storage, and supports 2 USB 3.0 interface, 5 gigabit network port. M.2 key-E and mini PCIe interface, 2 mipi DSI interface(one can change to LVDS by software), 1 CSI camera interface,1 HDMI output,

BPI-R2 Pro same size as Banana Pi BPI-R2 , and interface is also same .so can use BPI-R2 case.

Key Features

Rockchip RK3568 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 CPU
Mali-G52 1-Core-2EE
2G LPDDR4 SDRAM (option 4G)
Mini PCIE interface and M.2 key-e interface
support 1 SATA interface
MicroSD slot supports up to 256GB expansion
16G eMMC flash (option 16/32/64G)
2 MIPI display interface support
1 CSI camera interface
5 port 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet port
(2) USB 3.0 and (1) USB 2.0 otg port

Rockchip RK3568

RK3568 has built-in MICRO-research NPU of Rockchip, 0.8Tops computing power and integrated high performance AI accelerator RKNN NPU. Rockchip also provides developers with an easy-to-use model transformation tool, RKNN-Toolkit, which supports one-click transformation of Caffe/TensorFlow/TF-Lite/ONNX/PyTorch/Keras/Darknet mainstream architecture models.

RK3568 has rich interface expansion capabilities. Supports a variety of peripheral high-speed interfaces, supporting four USB2.0 ports, 4xUSB2.0 HOST+ 1xUSB3.0 HOST+ 1xusB3.0 OTG. Support gigabit Ethernet *2, multi-camera support, support MIPI CSI 4Lanes, can be divided into 2x2Lanes two groups of independent use support 16bit DVP interface, support BT1120 input, support VC mode. RK3568 has a complete display interface, support HDMI 2.0 output support dual channel MIPI DSI, dual channel LVDS, can drive 2.5K LCD screen, can directly drive ink screen, support eDp. RK3568 has plenty of peripherals, supporting 10x UART, 6x I2C, 16x PWM, 4x SPI, 8xSARADC and MINI PCIE.

Rockchip RK3568 chip is a general PURPOSE SoC designed for consumer industry applications. The CPU uses 4-core A55 architecture processor, integrated G52 GRAPHICS processor, built-in independent NPU, and runs Android 11 and Linux. RK3568 is mainly customized for tablet PC, speaker with screen, Android pen, dictionary pen and other consumer products, as well as face payment POS machine, e-book, cloud terminal, video phone, NAS storage and other industry products

Hardware

Hardware interface

Hardware spec

	Banana Pi R2 Pro
CPU	Rockchip RK3568 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 CPU 2GHz
GPU	Mali-G52 1-Core-2EE OpenGL ES3.2 Vu1kn 1.1 OpenCL 2.0
Memory	2G DDR3 SDRAM (option 4G)
Storage	Onboard 16GB eMMC Flash, Micro SD-Card slot, SATA 2.0 Port,SPI flash
Network	5 x 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Ethernet
Display(s)	1 HDMI port, 2 DSI interface(1 DSI can change to LVDS by software)
Camera	1 CSI camera interfact
Video decoder(s)	H.265 HEVC/MVC Main10 Profile [email protected] up to 4096x2304@60fps,H.264 AVC/MVC Main10 Profile yuv400/yuv420/yuv422/@L5.1 up to 4096x2304@60fps
Video encoder(s)	H.264/AVC BP/MP/[email protected]，up to 1920x1080@100fps, H.265/HEVC [email protected], up to 1920x1080@100fps (4096x4096@10fps with TILE)
Audio Output(s)	HDMI & I2S & Speaker & Headphone
USB port	USB 3.0 PORT (x2), micro USB OTG (x1)
mini PCIE	1 mini pcie interface & 1 M.2 key-e interface
Remote	IR Receiver (x1)
GPIO	40 Pin Header : GPIO (x28) and Power (+5V, +3.3V and GND). Some of I/O Pin can be used for specific functions as UART, I2C, SPI or PWM
Switches	Reset button, Power button, U-boot button
LED	Power Status and 8P8C
Power Source	12 volt @2A via DC Power and/or Micro USB (OTG)
Size & Weight	148 mm × 100.5mm 100g
OS	OpenWRT, Linux and others OS