Summary

Banana Pi BPI-R4 with MediaTek Filogic 800 (MT7988)

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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. NOTE: Need to modify hardware)
4x Gbe network port
1x USB3.2 slot
1x M.2 KEY-B slot with USB3.2/PCIe3.0 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

Getting Started with BPI-R4

Hardware

Hardware interface

WiFi7 iPA NIC Module support

BPI-R4 wifi 7 modue use MediaTek MT7996+MT7995+MT7977A+MT7977B chip design

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/PCIe3.0 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/5.2A or 19V 3.2A
Sizes	100.5x148mm same as Banana Pi BPI-R64 and Banana Pi BPI-R2
Weight	250g