Banana Pi BPI-R2
Contents
Summary
Introduction
The Banana Pi R2 is a router based development board, which can run on a variety of open source operating systems including OpenWrt, Android, and Bananian. It has 4 Gigabit LAN ports, 1 Gigabit WAN, and 300Mbs wireless N capabilities.
Getting Start
Key Features
- MediaTek MT7623N, Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7
- Mali 450 MP4 GPU
- 2G DDR3 SDRAM
- Mini PCIE interface.
- support 2 SATA interface
- MicroSD slot supports up to 256GB expansion
- 8G eMMC flash (option 16/32/64G)
- MIPI display interface support
- 5 port 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet port
- (2) USB 3.0 and (1) USB 2.0 otg port
- 1080P high-definition video playback
- HDMI port and multi-channel audio output
- WIFI&Bluetooth 4.1 with 802.11B/G/N onboard
Hardware Revision
Hardware interface
Hardware spec
| Banana Pi R2 | |
|---|---|
| CPU | MediaTek MT7623N, Quad-code ARM Cortex-A7 |
| GPU | Mali 450 MP4 GPU |
| Memory | 2G DDR3 SDRAM |
| Storage | On Board 8GB eMMC Flash, Micro SD-Card slot, Two SATA 2.0 Port (USB-to-SATA bridge) |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Ethernet (MT7530) + Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 2.4G/5G (MT6625L) + Bluetooth BT4.1 with MTK6625L chip |
| Display(s) | HDMI (Type A) output with HDCP 1.4, resolutions up 1920x1200； MIPI Display Serial Interface (DSI) interface(4 data lanes) |
| Video decoder(s) | Multi-format FHD video decoding, including Mpeg1/2, Mpeg4, H.263, H.264, etc. H.264 high-profile 1080p@60fps, HEVC/H.265 1080P@60fps |
| Audio Output(s) | HDMI & I2S |
| USB ports | USB 3.0 PORT (x2), USB OTG (x1) |
| PCIE | 1 pcie interface & 1 pcie pin define interface |
| Remote | IR Receiver (x1) |
| GPIO | 40 Pin Header : GPIO (x28) and Power (+5V, +3.3V and GND). Some of I/O Pin can be used for specific functions as UART, I2C, SPI or PWM |
| Switches | Reset button, Power button, U-boot button |
| LED | Power Status and 8P8C |
| Power Source | 5 volt @2A via DC Power and/or Micro USB (OTG) |
| Size & Weight | 148 mm × 100.5mm 100g |
| OS | OpenWRT, Debian, Ubuntu, Raspbian and others OS |
Image Release
Ubuntu
Kernel 4.14
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Kernel 4.4
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OpenWrt
Kernel 4.9
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