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
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
POE function customizable (present version not support POE function)

Getting Start

Getting Started with BPI-R4

Hardware

Hardware interface

WiFi7 iPA NIC Module support

BPI-R4-NIC-BE14: MT7995AV+MT7976CN+MT7977IAN

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,128MB SPI NAND, 8GB eMMC
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
mini PCIE	2x miniPCIe slots with PCIe3.0 2lane interface for BPI 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(The power consumption will not exceed 10W without any peripheral equipment, and 12V/2A can be used.)
Sizes	100.5x148mm same as Banana Pi BPI-R64 and Banana Pi BPI-R2
Weight	250g

Resources

Source code

source code on github: https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-R4-bsp
BPI-R4 OpenWRT BSP on github: https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-R4-MT76-OPENWRT-V21.02

Note: BPI-R4-MT76-OPENWRT-V21.02 BSP support BPI-R4 and BE13500 wifi Card

Documents

BPI-R4-Main-V11-ASSY

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1ZjcsbMKiiEEDV9lCzW0vrg?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FDr47zcd-b2n8qiXFb-DxcuQ-6ye8OCB/view?usp=sharing

BPI-R4 DXF file

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1ie_a4lYCjVwW6wD5vl1h-A?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UkZxCi-395Q15tGr12LhG8fgDjzacjGn/view?usp=sharing

BPI-R4 Schematic diagram

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1XjSuch4karn6ACJSLwuimQ?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r-c2urU-DFVHpZ7cRk2qzKtVB8tg82mZ/view?usp=sharing

MT7988A Wi-Fi7 Datasheet&Manual

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1-eSVD4DhyPAkfgrE9BtLmA?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XiVchy0a4syYFVlTndhVCETNJ9x7KOYi?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

[PATCH 15/15] dt-bindings: net: dsa: mediatek,mt7530: add mediatek,mt7988-switch:https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/80a853f182eac24735338f3c1f505e5f580053ca.1680180959.git.daniel@makrotopia.org/

Discuss on forum :https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-r4-wifi-7-router-board-with-mediatek-mt7988a-filogic-880-4g-ram-and-8g-emmc/15757

MediaTek Filogic 880 platform ： https://www.mediatek.com/products/broadband-wifi/mediatek-filogic-880

Key advantages of Wi-Fi 7 ： https://mediatek-marketing.files.svdcdn.com/production/documents/Key-Advantages-of-Wi-Fi-7_MediaTek-White-Paper-WF70222.pdf

How MLO Smart Link Dispatching drives Wi-Fi 7:https://mediatek-marketing.files.svdcdn.com/production/documents/MLO-Infographic-How-Smart-Link-Dispatching-drives-Wi-Fi-7-White-Paper-Infographic-0223.pdf

MLO in Wi-Fi 7: https://mediatek-marketing.files.svdcdn.com/production/documents/Wi-Fi-7-MLO-White-Paper-WF7MLOWP0622.pdf

Release image

OpenWRT MTK MP3.0 SDK for BE19000 Wifi Card

BPI-R4 bl2_emmc-r4.img

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1gumscZfpJsQr_AROzDevTg?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YVJcLRLvxET2349TCKocK4MtRG5PNbdp/view?usp=sharing

BPI-R4-mtk-bpi-r4-EMMC-20231030

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1TFYGjP13TEbtFEHpE2aG1Q?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/196J1V5q4s3GgAtCNQBCtzB9h6pGVcdTg/view?usp=sharing

BPI-R4-mtk-bpi-r4-NAND-20231030

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1NrA3LTEyP8Ht_Ysli-o8og?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P5dSSaPLQzlYjniHdC-jjKE0PJ2O-Py2/view?usp=sharing

BPI-R4-mtk-bpi-r4-SD-20231030

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1AW_DJ6pjEh87FJMx6pPYzw?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/146CUGBRC0ce5uN9nCM08Jegc51abAz1b/view?usp=sharing

OpenWRT MTK MP3.1 wifi SDK or MT76 wifi driver for BE14000 Wifi Card

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1kguTbhlBVGvN7L9G3mgFQg?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DBPwMD-qDAIqPorqJwl3sf8TsAEh0BmF?usp=sharing

Note:

        MTK vendor's MP3.1 wifi image package name:  BPI-R4-BE1350-WIFI_MP3_1-SDK-20240202.zip
        opensource MT76 wifi image package name :   BPI-R4-BE1350-WIFI_MT76-20240202.zip
        MTK vendor's MP3.1 wifi driver sourcecode can't be open source. only release Image.  But supply all MT76 wifi driver sourcecode.
        (support Quectel RM500U-CN & RM520N-GL 5G Modules, EC25 EM05 4G Modules)

Debian 11

2024-03-10-debian-11-bullseye-lite-bpi-r4-5.4-sd-emmc.img

Baidu cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1q2WogyCtNOcejWRG1_GhXg?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google drive:

2024-03-10-debian-11-bullseye-lite-bpi-r4-6.1-sd-emmc.img

Baidu cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/199IjDbuzScMiWnwcjRX_Rg?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google drive:

Note:linux-5.4 kernel include MT76 wifi driver, it can only support BE14000 wifi card. it can support 2.4G, 5G and 6G, but debian's network-manager utility package can't support 6G wifi. So we are waiting for the latest package.
     linux-6.1 kernel don't include MT76 wifi driver, it can't support BE14000 wifi card