Banana Pi BPI-R4
Summary
Introduction
Banana Pi BPI-R4 Router board with MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core ARM Corex-A73 design ,4GB DDR4 RAM,8GB eMMC,128MB SPI-NAND flash onboard, also have 2x 10Gbe SFP, 4x Gbe network port,with USB3.2 port,M.2 support 4G/5G/NVME SSD.2x miniPCIe slots with PCIe3.0 2lane interface for Wi-Fi 7 NIC (Network Interface Card). It is a very high performance open source router development board.
MediaTek MT7988(Filogic 880)
Mediatek Filogic 880. the 36Gbps Wi-Fi 7 access point/router/gateway platform delivers the fastest and most reliable connection experience
The MediaTek MT7988A is a world-Leading network processing platform for high-performance and reliable networking experiences,both in wired and wireless applications. The MT7988A comprises a rich connection interface sets include 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports. 2 US下GMII interfaces. 4 PCIe Interfaces,and 2 USB 3.2 en1 Ports
the MT7988A further enables seamless Wi-Fi 7 tri-band,2.4 GHz.5 GHz and 6 GHz,connectivity,with its Wi-Fi 7 companion chip that features 320-MHz bandwidth,4096-QAM ,MLO,MRU,and AFC.
To answer the need of fast-evolving tunneling applications,the MT7988A comes with MediaTek Tunnel offload processor System(TOPS),which facilitates the processing of a wide range of tunneling protocols.The MT7988A optimizes networking performance with exquistitely tuned ISA of MediaTek TOPS,and is dedicated to lifting networking offloading performance to premium level.
Application direction
- . Internet service Router
- . Wifi 7 Wireless Router
- . 4G/5G Wireless Router
- . Wireless Repeater
- . Home security Gateway
- . Home Automation
- . Nas device
- . Network and communication applications
Key Features
- MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core Arm Corex-A73,1.8GHz processor
- 4GB DDR4
- 8GB eMMC flash
- 128MB SPI-NAND Flash
- Micro SD card slot
- 2x 10Gbe SFP slot (option 1x 10Gbe SFP and 1x SOC embedded 2.5Gbe PHY)
- 4x Gbe network port
- 1x USB3.2 slot
- 1x M.2 KEY-B slot with USB3.2 interface for 5G
- 1x M.2 KEY-M slot with PCIe3.0 1lane interface for NVME SSD
- 2x miniPCIe slots with PCIe3.0 2lane interface for Wi-Fi 7 NIC (Network Interface Card)
- 26 PIN GPIO Header for expanding application
Getting Start
Hardware
Hardware interface
WiFi7 iPA NIC Module
Hardware spec
| HardWare Specification of Banana pi BPI-R4 | |||
| CPU | MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core Arm Corex-A73,1.8GHz processor | ||
| SDRAM | 4 GB DDR4 | ||
| On board Storage | MicroSD \(TF\) card,8GB eMMC onboard | ||
| GPIO | 26 Pin GPIO,some of which can be used for specific functions including UART, I2C, SPI, PWM, I2S. | ||
| On board Network | 4 Port 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet | ||
| SFP | 2x10G SFP or 1x10G SFP and 1x 2.5GbE | ||
| Wifi | Wifi6/Wifi 7 | ||
| mini PCIE | 2x miniPCIe slots with PCIe3.0 2lane interface for Wi-Fi 7 NIC (Network Interface Card) | ||
| M.2 interface | 1x M.2 KEY-B slot with USB3.2 interface for 5G,1x M.2 KEY-M slot with PCIe3.0 1lane interface for NVME SSD | ||
| USB | 1xUSB 3.2 slot | ||
| Buttons | Reset button,WPS botton, boot switch | ||
| Leds | Power status Led and RJ45 Led | ||
| DC Power | 12V/3.5A | ||
| Sizes | 100.5x148mm same as Banana Pi BPI-R64 and Banana Pi BPI-R2 | ||
| Weight | 250g | ||
Resources
Source code
Documents
- Banana Pi BPI-R4 main block: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jm1Ai2NrIiy2dR9hgKkcOAZ1OUB40RdN/view?usp=sharing
- kernel [PATCH net-next 8/8] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: add basic support for MT7988 SoC:https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg4821673.html
