Banana Pi

Banana Pi is a single-board computer from the Chinese educational initiative Lemaker.org . Sales started in March 2014. Android , Ubuntu , Arch Linux , Debian , FreeBSD , Raspbian and the like can be used as operating systems . a. can be used. Its processor is an ARM Cortex-A7 with two cores in an Allwinner A20. In this one-chip system (SoC), the processor cores are combined with a Mali-400 graphics processor.

Although the Banana Pi is similar to the Raspberry Pi by its name, the location of the connectors and the size , there are no connections between Lemaker.org and the Raspberry Pi Foundation .

The Banana Pi is also open source and can be used as a platform to realize your own projects.

Functions

The power supply is managed by a AXP209 and can the banana pi up to 1.6 A supply. An external 2.5 ″ hard disk can be operated without an additional power supply - then a power supply unit with at least 2.5 A should be used.

Like the Cubieboard2 , the Banana Pi also relies on the Allwinner A20 as its SoC. The Linux kernel of the Cubieboard can be used on the Banana Pi with a few modifications.

The Banana Pi has a few more inputs and outputs than the Raspberry Pi: a SATA connection, a microphone input and an infrared receiver.

history

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Details about the Bananian Linux distribution

In October 2014 an extended version - the Banana Pro - was presented. It has a micro SD card slot instead of the SD card slot, a GPIO connector with 40 instead of 26 poles and an integrated WLAN module. While the Banana Pi relies on compatibility with the Raspberry Pi models A and B, the Banana Pro with its 40-pin GPIO connector is based on the Raspberry Pi models A + and B +.

Also in October 2014 the BPi-R1 ( B anana Pi R outer) was presented. It also has an integrated 4-port network switch and the option of mounting a 2.5 ″ SATA hard disk directly on it .

In 2015 the Banana Pi M2 was released based on an A31s quad-core SOC. This offers 4 USB ports, but dispenses with the SATA connection.

In 2016, the Banana Pi M2 + , based on an H3 quad-core SOC, was released. This offers 2 USB ports, but dispenses with the SATA connection.

LeMaker is, according to its own statements, the "official" manufacturer of the Banana Pi M1 and the Banana Pro. Sinovoip is the maker of the Banana Pi M2 and the BPi-R1. For many users it is very confusing who is really the "right" or "real" manufacturer, since there is also a Banana Pi M1 from Sinovoip.

Specifications

	Banana Pi	Banana Pro	Banana Pi router	Banana Pi M2	Banana Pi M2 + (Plus)	Banana Pi M3 ^a	Banana Pi M64	Banana Pi R2
System-on-a-chip	Allwinner A20			Allwinner A31s	Allwinner H3	Allwinner A83T	Allwinner A64	Allwinner A
processor	ARM - Cortex-A7 -CPU with two cores			ARM Cortex A7 CPU with four cores		ARM Cortex A7 CPU with eight cores	64 bit ARM Cortex A53 CPU with four cores (1.2 GHz CPU)	ARM Cortex A7 CPU with four cores (1.3 GHz CPU)
Graphics processor	Mali -400MP2 GPU			PowerVR SGX544MP2	PowerVR Mali400MP2 GPU (600 MHz)	PowerVR SGX544MP1	Dual core Mali 400 MP2 GPU	Octa-core Mali 450 MP4
random access memory	1 GB DDR3 SDRAM					2 GB DDR3 SDRAM
Non-volatile memory	SD card slot	MicroSD
Non-volatile memory	SATA 2.0 port			-	8 GB eMMC Flash	SATA to USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0 / 3.0, 8 GB eMMC, 2 × SATA 2.0 port
Video output	HDMI (1080p), composite video		HDMI, LVDS		HDMI	HDMI
network	10/100/1000 Mbit / s Ethernet							Gigabit Ethernet
network	-		4-port switch ( BCM53125 )	-
WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS	-	WLAN 802.11 b / g / n
USB	2 × USB hosts		1 × USB hosts	4 × USB hosts	2 × USB hosts		2 × USB 2.0 hosts	2 × USB 3.0 host
USB	1 × USB OTG							1 × USB 2.0 OTG
GPIO ^b :	26 external pins	40 external pins		26 external pins	40 external pins			28 external pins
Other connections	CSI camera connection, DSI display connection, integrated infrared receiver, microphone input, 3.5 mm audio output							CSI camera connection, DSI display connection, integrated infrared receiver, microphone input, 3.5 mm audio output
Other connections	-				Bluetooth 4.0			4.1
Power supply	5 V via micro USB (power supplies with at least 2 A, with an external hard drive with at least 2.5 A are recommended)							12 volts (power supplies with at least 2 A are recommended)
size	92 mm × 60 mm		148 mm × 100 mm	92 mm × 60 mm				148 mm × 100 mm
Weight:	48 g	45 g	83 g	48 g		45 g	83 g	100 g

^a provisionally

^bwith I²C , SPI , UART , CAN

Available operating systems

Armbian (based on Debian)
Bananian Linux (based on Debian 7/8; Linux kernel 3.4.111 / 4.4.7, will not be further developed)
Debian for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.107 and mainline)
Android 4.2.2 for Banana Pi and R1 (Linux kernel 3.4.39+)
ArchLinux for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.90)
Fedora
FreeBSD
Gentoo Linux
Lubuntu for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.86)
NetBSD
OpenMediaVault
openSUSE for Banana Pi (openSUSE 13.1; Linux kernel 3.4.90)
Raspbian for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.90)
OpenWrt
LeMedia ( XBMC )
MiniDVBLinux Distribution (MLD)
IPFire

Similar devices

Web links

Commons : Banana Pi - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Banana Pro - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Björn Greif: Banana Pi: Raspberry Pi clone with a faster CPU and more RAM. ZDnet, October 14, 2014, accessed on April 28, 2014 .

↑ Björn Greif: Raspberry Pi clone Banana Pro with WLAN presented. ZDnet, October 14, 2014, accessed on October 21, 2014 .

↑ Alexander Merz: Embedded Router Board. golem.de, October 14, 2014, accessed October 9, 2014 .

↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ http://www.sinovoip.com.cn
↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ What's the Banana Pi M2? ( Memento from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ http://www.banana-pi.org/m3.html
↑ http://www.banana-pi.org/r2.html
^ Nico Isenbeck: The End. April 2, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017 .
↑ DragonBoard 410c (English)

[1] Björn Greif: Banana Pi: Raspberry Pi clone with a faster CPU and more RAM. ZDnet, October 14, 2014, accessed on April 28, 2014 .

[2] Björn Greif: Raspberry Pi clone Banana Pro with WLAN presented. ZDnet, October 14, 2014, accessed on October 21, 2014 .

[3] Alexander Merz: Embedded Router Board. golem.de, October 14, 2014, accessed October 9, 2014 .