BPI-F3 Introduction

Banana Pi BPI-F3 is a industrial grade RISC-V development board, it design with SpacemiT K1 8 core RISC-V chip, CPU integrates 2.0 TOPs AI computing power. 8G DDR and 16G eMMC onboard.2x GbE Ethernet prot, 4x USB 3.0 and PCIe for M.2 interface, supprt HDMI and Dual MIPI-CSI Camera.

about SpacemiT K1 8 core RISC-V chip

SpacemiT K1 is an octa-core 64-bit RISC-V AI CPU. Base on RISC-V open instruction set architecture,we are committed to create more energy efficient and more commonly used AI processor platform,promote global open source and open ecological computing power construction.

SpacemiT K1 is mainly used for single board computer,network storage,cloud computer,smart robort,industrial control,edge computer,etc.

SpacemiT K1 8 core RISC-V chip Brief

SpacemiT K1 8 core RISC-V chip datasheet

Key Features

8 core RISC-V chip, CPU integrates 2.0 TOPs AI computing power

Single-core general computing power equivalent to 1.3 times Cortex-A55

Supports 32-bit LPDDR4/4X, with a maximum of 16GB of memory

4K decoding and encoding

5-lane PCIE2.1 expansion capability

1x USB 3.0 + 2x USB 2.0 interfaces

12x UART serial ports

Operating temperature range: -40°C to 85°C

Application direction

NAS
Laptop
Intelligent robotics
Industrial control
AI edge computing

Getting Start

Getting Started BPI-F3

Hardware

Hardware Interface

Hardware Spec

HardWare Specification of Banana Pi BPI-F3 RISC-V SBC
CPU	SpacemiT K1 8 core RISC-V chip
AI	2.0Tops from RlSC-V Core
Memory	4 GB LPDDR4 (Supports up to 8G LPDDR4)
Storage	16G eMMC flash,4M SPI NOR,32M SPI NAD
SD card	MicroSD card slot (Greater than 256MB)
Wireless	2.4G/5G WiFi and Bluetooth 4.2
Ethernet	2x GbE Ethernet port(supports PoE with add-on PoE HAT)
HDMI	1x full-size HDMI digital Audio output(HDMI1.4,up to 1080p@60fps )
Audio	Speaker，Mic， Earphone
Camera	MIPI-CSI, Dual-shot support
USB	4x USB 3.0 Type-A HOST, 1x USB 2.0 Type-C OTG
PCIe	PCIE2.1 2lane * 2.
	PCIEB 2lane connect M.2 KEY M( Support JMB582 expansion card to SATA )
	PCIEC 1lane connect MINI PCIE
GPIO	26-pin header
Buttons	Reset, Power and Burn
IR	IR-Rx
LED	Power Status
Power	DC in and TYPE-C in
Size	148x100 mm
Weight	200g

GPIO Pin Define

26 PIN GPIO

PIN	Function	Function	PIN
40-pin header define and GPIO Alternative Functions Assignments
1	VCC3V3_SYS	VCC5V0_OUT	2
3	AP_I2C4_SDA_3V3	VCC5V0_OUT	4
5	AP_I2C4_SCL_3V3	GND	6
7	GPIO_70_3V3	R_UART0_TXD_3V3	8
9	GND	R_UART0_RXD_3V3	10
11	GPIO_71_3V3	GPIO_74_3V3	12
13	GPIO_72_3V3	GND	14
15	GPIO_73_3V3	GPIO_91_3V3	16
17	VCC3V3_SYS	GPIO_92_3V3	18
19	SPI3_MOSI_3V3	GND	20
21	SPI3_MISO_3V3	GPIO_49_3V3	22
23	SPI3_SCLK_3V3	SPI3_CS_3V3	24
25	GND	GPIO_50_3V3	2

MIPI DSI screen connection socket

Holding a 1080P screen (JL-M101N013-P12WU-M402632), the screen socket model is FH35C-31S-0.3SHW (50)

PIN	Function	Function	PIN
1	MIPI_DSI1_LANE0_DN	MIPI_DSI1_LANE0_DP	2
3	GND	MIPI_DSI1_LANE1_DN	4
5	MIPI_DSI1_LANE1_DP	GND	6
7	MIPI_DSI1_CLK_N	MIPI_DSI1_CLK_P	8
9	GND	MIPI_DSI1_LANE2_DN	10
11	MIPI_DSI1_LANE2_DP	GND	12
13	MIPI_DSI1_LANE3_DN	MIPI_DSI1_LANE3_DP	14
15	GND	MIPI_LCD_ADC_1V8	16
17	LCD_PWR_EN_1V8	LCD_RST_1V8	18
19	LCD_BL_EN_1V8	LCD_BL_PWM_1V8	20
21	GND	TP_INT_1V8	22
23	TP_RST_1V8	AP_I2C6_SCL	24
25	AP_I2C6_SDA	LCD_VCC18	26
27	GND	GND	28
29	LCD_VCC5V0	LCD_VCC5V0	30
31	LCD_VCC5V0

Camera module base

By default, it supports a 16M camera module, which can be modified After blocking the configuration, hold the 8M camera module and adopt a uniform spacing 0.4mm 30 pin socket (model QG1330421Y-M08-7H).

16M camera：

PIN	Function	Function	PIN
1	GND	GND	2
3	GND	FS_DUALCAM	4
5	CAM_MCLK0	GND	6
7	GND	CAMERA0_RST	8
9	MIPI_CSI1_DN0	CAMERA0_PDN	10
11	MIPI_CSI1_DP0	CAM_I2C0_SDA	12
13	GND	CAM_I2C0_SCL	14
15	MIPI_CSI1_CLKN	CSI_DVDD12	16
17	MIPI_CSI1_CLKP	CSI_VCCIO18	18
19	GND	GND	20
21	MIPI_CSI1_DN1	CSI_AVDD28	22
23	MIPI_CSI1_DP1	CSI_AFVCC28	24
25	GND	GND	26
27	MIPI_CSI1_DN2	MIPI_CSI1_DP3	28
29	MIPI_CSI1_DP2	MIPI_CSI1_DN3	30

8M camera:

PIN	Function	Function	PIN
1	MIPI_CSI3_DP3	CAM_MCLK1	2
3	MIPI_CSI3_DN3	CAMERA1_RST	4
5	GND	CAMERA1_PDN	6
7	MIPI_CSI3_DP2	GND	8
9	MIPI_CSI3_DN2	CAM_I2C1_SDA	10
11	GND	CAM_I2C1_SCL	12
13	MIPI_CSI3_DP1	GND	14
15	MIPI_CSI3_DN1	CSI_VCCIO18	16
17	GND	CSI_AVDD28	18
19	MIPI_CSI3_CLKP	CSI_AFVCC28	20
21	MIPI_CSI3_CLKN	CSI_DVDD12	22
23	GND	FLASH_LED0+	24
25	MIPI_CSI3_DP0	FLASH_LED1+	26
27	MIPI_CSI3_DN0	GND	28
29	GND	GND	30

POE support

We design PoE function for BPI-F3 ,so easy to add PoE module to support PoE function.After welding the POE module, it is powered by the RJ45-2 interface.