Introduction

Overview: BPI-M64 respbian linux

Banana Pi BPI-M64 is a 64-bit quad-core mini single board computer. It features 2GB of RAM and 8GB eMMC. It also has onboard WiFi and BT. On the ports side, the BPI-M64 has 2 USB A 2.0 ports, 1 USB OTG port, 1 HDMI port, 1 audio jack, and lastly a DC power port. The processor is pin-to-pin comptialbe with R18, so it comes with two versions:M64 and M64-R18

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A64 Key Features

1.2 Ghz Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit Processor-A64
2GB DDR3 SDRAM
8G EMMC
10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
WiFi (AP6212) & Bluetooth

R18 Key Features

1.2 Ghz Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit Processor-R18
2GB DDR3 SDRAM
8G EMMC
10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
WiFi (AP6212) & Bluetooth

Development For Android

Install Android Image on M64

Build Android source code

Get Android source code

Android 7.0

 $ git clone https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-A64-Android7

Android 6.1

 $ git clone https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-A64-Android

Build Android Source code

Please read the source code README.md

Development For Linux

Install Linux Image

Prepare

1. Prepare 8G/above TF card, USB-Serial interface, PC with Ubuntu System

2. Using your USB-Serial Connect debug console on M64

3. Install bpi-tools on your Linux PC

  $ apt-get install pv
  $ curl -sL https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/bpi-tools/raw/master/bpi-tools | sudo -E bash

4. Download BPI latest image

Install Image to SDcard

1. Install image with bpi-tools on Linux

plug your sd card to your Linux PC, and run

  $ sudo bpi-copy  xxx.img /dev/sdX

2. Install bpi image with Etcher on Windows, Linux and MacOS

Balena Etcher is an open source project by Balena, Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives

Install Image to EMMC

1. Prepare a sd which is installed Linux image and bootup with sdcard

2. Copy emmc image to udisk then plug in M64, then mount udisk.

3. After mount udisk, use command "bpi-copy xxx-emmc-xxx.img" to install image on Emmc.

4. After success install, power off M64, eject the sdcard and poweron with emmc boot.

Switch to LCD7 bootup

The default release images are HDMI bootup type, you can switch to LCD bootup type after first boot.

 $ sudo bpi-bootsel /usr/lib/u-boot/bananapi/bpi-m64/BPI-M64-LCD7-linux4.4-8k.img.gz
 $ reboot

Build Linux source code

Get the bsp source code

 $ git clone https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-M64-bsp-4.4.git

Build the bsp source code

Please read the source code README.md

Other development and test

GMAC

Use iperf3 to test gmac

1. On PC Terminal:

Execute "iperf3 -s"

2. On M2U console:

TCP test: "iperf3 -c serverIP"
UDP test: "iperf3 -u -c serverIP"

Bluetooth

Use bluetoothctl tool to operate BT
Execute "bluetoothctl"
If you don't know how to use bluetoothctl, type "help", you will see more commands
Execute these commands:

WiFi on A64

WiFi Client

You have two ways to setup WiFi Client

1. Use commands to setup WiFi client

ip link set wlan0 up
iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID
vim /etc/wpasupplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

 network={    
 ssid="ssid"    
 psk="password"    
 priority=1 
 }

wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
dhclient wlan0

2. Use UI interface to setup WiFi Client

Ap Mode

1.Install hostapd and create hostapd configuration file hostapd.conf:

interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
ssid=test
hw_mode=g
channel=1

2.Execute command："hostapd -d /<path>/hostapd.conf" If you meet problem like this：

Then, you could solve by following command：

nmcli radio wifi off

rfkill unblock 1
rfkill unblock 2
ifconfig wlan0 up
hostapd -d hostapd.conf

Clear boot

git clone https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-files/tree/master/SD/100MB
bpi-bootsel BPI-cleanboot-8k.img.gz /dev/sdX

GPIO Control

To access a GPIO pin you first need to export it with

 echo XX > /sys/class/gpio/export

with XX being the number of the desired pin. To obtain the correct number you have to calculate it from the pin name (like PH18)

 (position of letter in alphabet - 1) * 32 + pin number
  for PH18 this would be ( 8 - 1) * 32 + 18 = 224 + 18 = 242 (since 'h' is the 8th letter)

echo "out/in" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio*NUMBER*/direction
echo "0/1" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio*NUMBER*/value

Camara function

We use HDF5640 camara.

Guvcview

Use your UI interface to operate camara
Applications -> Sound & Video -> guvcview

Shell

We also have built-in command in "/usr/local/bin" to test camara
"./test_ov5640_image_mode.sh" to test picture taking function
"./cameratest.sh" to test video recording function

IR function

Execute "getevent"
Use your IR device to send information to A64

RPi.GPIO

Install RPi.GPIO

Execute "git clone https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/RPi.GPIO"
after clone the repo, cd RPi.GPIO
Execute "sudo apt-get update"
Execute "sudo apt-get install python-dev python3-dev"
Execute "sudo python setup.py install" or "sudo python3 setup.py install" to install the module

Using RPi.GPIO

cd /usr/local/bin
Execute "./bpi_test_g40.py" to test RPi.GPIO

WringPi

GitHub: https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-WiringPi2.git
We also have built-in test command in "/usr/local/bin"

How to Update WiringPi

Execute "bpi-update -c pkglist.conf"

If your image is 32bit please do this command to install wring pi
Execute "bpi-update -c bpi-pkg-bpi-wiringpi.conf"
If your image is 64bit please do："bpi-update -c bpi-pkg-bpi-wiringpi-arm64.conf"

RGB 1602 LCD

Execute "/usr/local/bin/bpi_test_lcd1602.sh"

0.96 Inch OLED Display

Execute "/usr/local/bin/bpi_test_52pi.sh"

8x8 RGB LED Martix

Firstly you need a GPIO Extend Board for 8x8 LED Martix

Execute "/usr/local/bin/bpi_test_gpio40.sh"

File System

read only system change to read & write mode: "mount -o remount,rw /"

Getting Started with M64

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