Banana Pi BPI-R3
Summary
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Introduction
Banana Pi BPI-R3 Router board with MediaTek MT7986(Filogic 830) Quad core ARM A53 + MT7531A chip design ,2G DDR RAM ,8G eMMC flash onboard. It is a very high performance open source router development board,support Wi-Fi 6 2.4G wifi use MT7975N and 5G wifi use MT7975P, support 2 SFP 2.5GbE port, and 5 GbE network port
Introduction Video
MediaTek MT7986(Filogic 830)
The MT7986(Filogic 830) integrates four Arm Cortex-A53 cores up to 2GHz with up to 18,000 DMIPs of processing power and 6Gbps of dual 4x4 Wi-Fi6 connectivity. It has two 2.5g Ethernet interfaces and serial peripheral interfaces (SPI). Filogic 830‘s built-in hardware acceleration engine enables fast and reliable Wi-Fi offloading and wireless network connection. In addition, the chip supports Mediatek FastPath™ technology, which is suitable for games, AR/VR and other low-latency applications.
Wi-fi 6 has many advantages over its predecessors, including lower latency, larger bandwidth capacity and faster transmission rates. Wireless network devices supporting the 6GHz band mainly use 160MHz wide channel and 6GHz uncongested bandwidth to provide multigigabit transmission and low-latency wi-fi connection, providing reliable wireless network for streaming media, games, AR/VR and other applications.
Application direction
- Maker DIY
- Internet service Router
- Wireless Router
- Wireless Repeater
- Home security Gateway
- Home Automation
- Nas device
- Network and communication applications
Key Features
- MediaTek MT7986(Filogic 830) Quad core ARM Cortex A53+MT7531 chip design
- Wifi 6 4x4 2.4G Wifi(MT7975N) +4x4 5G Wifi(MT7975P)
- 2G DDR RAM
- 8G eMMC flash
- 128MB SPI Nand
- 2 SFP 2.5GbE
- 5 GbE network port
- POE support (optional)
- Mini PCIe via USB
- M.2 KEY-M PCIe inerface
- Mciro SD card interface
- 26 PIN GPIO
Getting Start
Hardware
Hardware interface
Jumper setting
Jumper Setting of Banana pi BPI-R3 | ||||
Jumper Setting | SW1 | SW2 | SW5 | SW6 |
SPIM-NoR | Low | Low | Low | X |
SPIM-Nand | High | Low | High | X |
eMMC | Low | High | High | Low |
SD card | High | High | X | High |
Hardware spec
HardWare Specification of Banana pi BPI-R3 | |||
CPU | MediaTek MT7986(Filogic 830) Quad core ARM Cortex A53+MT7531 chip design | ||
SDRAM | 2 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 | 5 Port 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet | ||
SFP | 2 SFP 2.5GbE | ||
Wifi | Wifi 6 4x4 2.4G Wifi(MT7975N) +4x4 5G Wifi(MT7975P) | ||
mini PCIE | Mini PCIe via USB | ||
M.2 interface | M.2 KEY-M PCIe inerface | ||
USB | 1 USB 3.0 host ,2 USB interface with slot. | ||
Buttons | Reset button,WPS botton, boot switch | ||
Leds | Power status Led and RJ45 Led | ||
DC Power | 12V/2A with DC in | ||
Sizes | 100.5x148mm same as Banana Pi BPI-R64 and Banana Pi BPI-R2 | ||
Weight | 200g |
Resources
Source code
- Official BPI-R3 kernel v5.15 + firmware repo:
- Official OpenWrt 21.02 for BPI-R3 repo:
Notes: Baidu link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1JSQ7wJTCeK4JqWR_XB-LLQ?pwd=6vdb (Pincode: 6vdb) Google link:https://drive.google.com/file/d/13nQMfM0_XTyWcILhNxv_9E4TIvb65RI0/view?usp=sharing
- Frank’s U-Boot repo:
- Frank’s BPI-R3 kernel v6.1 repo
- Unofficial wiki (English):https://wiki.fw-web.de/doku.php?id=en:bpi-r3:start
Documents
- BPI-R3 DXF file : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bc5mCtJlnPi84q7VZYaQkZhRUU4HUfUd/view?usp=sharing
- BPI-R3 schematic diagram : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mxKb8CBbnzfNSd_4esmcX_NovxaXjEb8/view?usp=sharing
- MT7986A_Datasheet_1.15 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t_nuPTeoAcFb1dmEe4kJVlLWdHcAA6OB/view?usp=sharing
- MT7986A_Reference_Manual_for_BPI-R3 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1biSJmxnIpNzQroYDg9mtPtSTAv4i0DFf/view?usp=sharing
- [Tutorial] Build, customize and use MediaTek open-source U-Boot and ATF : https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/tutorial-build-customize-and-use-mediatek-open-source-u-boot-and-atf/13785
- BPI-R3 OpenSource Routerboard how to burn and test imagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xaf_SC7fPDM
- BPI-R3 CE,FCC,RoHS certificate : https://banana-pi.org/en/bpi-honor/
- Banana Pi BPI-R3 Review: Details, Pricing, & Features : https://androidpimp.com/embedded/banana-pi-bpi-r3-router-board/?fbclid=IwAR1G4cEco5iULwKG-C-n8MIiWOWZMhPborqmCzS2d3KIHx-eNQS-54lZnps
- Update OpenWrt to 22.03.3 SNAPSHOT:https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bananapi-bpi-r3-update-openwrt-to-22-03-3-snapshot/14984
- 3D printed cases:https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-bpi-r3-3d-printed-case/14246/43
- Cooling solutions topic: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-r3-running-hot/14750
- Bananapi R3 review with WiFi / CPU benchmarks and power consumption numbers: https://wiki.junicast.de/en/junicast/review/bananapi-BPI-R3
- [BPI-R2/R64/R3] OpenWrt built on devices : https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/toolchain/building_openwrt_on_openwrt
- [Tutorial] Reworking BPI-R3 nand Flash:https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/tutorial-reworking-bpi-r3-nand-flash/15492
- BananaPi BPI-R3, now with ROOTer support!:https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?t=3852
- OpenWRT official for Sinovoip BananaPi BPi R3: https://openwrt.org/toh/sinovoip/bananapi_bpi-r3
Release image
OpenWRT
- Latest official OpenWRT snapshot image:
- 2022-07-20 udptae BPI-R3 OpenWRT 21.02 linux kernel 5.4, wifi 6 2.4G and 5G mac80211 opensource wifi driver working fine support nand flash ,SD card ,eMMC flash boot. for BPI-R3 production version hardware
- Google Drive:https://drive.google.com/file/d/13nQMfM0_XTyWcILhNxv_9E4TIvb65RI0/view?usp=share_link
- Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1-5tqHEacMw1wlTSEK1ey9A?pwd=8888 (pincode: 8888)
- 2022-06-01udptae BPI-R3 OpenWRT 21.02 linux kernel 5.4, wifi 6 2.4G and 5G working fine support nand flash ,SD card ,eMMC flash boot. for BPI-R3 production version hardware
- Google drive :https://drive.google.com/file/d/18_xst-diDdCg7CeSum1M5FDbbo31jFJq/view?usp=drivesdk
- Baidu link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1idqU1-bB4XD1LTGDAJxRGA?pwd=chez Pincode: chez
- Discuss on forum : https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-r3-openwrt-image/13236
- 2022-09-28 udptae BPI-R3 OpenWRT 21.02 linux kernel 5.4, wifi 6 2.4G and 5G working fine support nand flash ,SD card ,eMMC flash boot, support EC25 LTE 4G
Modules for BPI-R3 production version hardware
- Google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oNcnIl8bDla9pPWUd-TFPXXphsCMsJt0/view?usp=sharing
- Baidu link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1v4sKfAuax3AfHNtp_2RP_g?pwd=mebq (Pincode: mebq)
Debian
- [BPI-R3] Debian Bullseye Image, this image is share by Frank:
- 2022-12-18-debian-11-bullseye-lite-bpi-r3-5.15-sd-emmc.img, Kernel 5.15.77
- Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/195HeMXjK-rmCEZTnYBCndA?pwd=8888 (pincode: 8888)
- Google Drive:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NRR1hKsv6vE1bHOyRjcCGiHgmgaRxt72/view?usp=share_link
- 2022-12-18-debian-10-buster-lite-bpi-r3-5.15-sd-emmc.img, Kernel 5.15.77
- Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1_OGb8ZMF4pWIbaKJ0z2JsA?pwd=8888 (pincode: 8888)
- Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q9ZSCZ8_ZI6o5SG4_iOn-mQUaci6Qfrt/view?usp=share_link
Ubuntu
- 2022-12-18-ubuntu-22.04-server-bpi-r3-aarch64-sd-emmc.img
- Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1PajBEeFkgzgBdmJa5KpHpA?pwd=8888 (pincode: 8888)
- Google Drive:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m9TFmnICj45b61evvmz9ja0g7kH641SG/view?usp=share_link
Frank’s image
- Frank’s Debian Bullseye image:
- Frank’s Ubuntu 22.04 image:
Arch linux
FAQ
Failed to save the configuration
- Enter "mtd erase /dev/mtd10"
Accessories
4G
- BPI-R3 can use Quectel EC25E minipcie-slot
SFP
WIFI6e
- ASIA.RF AW7916-NPD:
- Module:WiFi6E 3000 802.11ax G-band 2T2R and A-band 3T3R 2ss Dual Bands Dual Concurrents mPCIe Card AW7916-NPD(With BPI-M.2 to mPCIe Adapter)
- WiFi6E Module:https://www.asiarf.com/shop/wifi-wlan/wifi_mini_pcie/wifi6e-3000-802-11ax-3t3r-dbdc-mpcie/
- BPI-M.2 to mPCIe Adapter:
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- Test Items:
- As Client:
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PoE
BPI-R3 also have PoE support .but not support 2 SFP port ,just one RJ45 Port and one SFP port. so you can use BPI-RT5400-12V PoE module onboard ,let BPI-R3 support PoE function support.