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Banana Pi

Banana Pi M1
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Banana Pi single board computer
Developer Banana Pi
Type Single-board computer
Release date Apr 2014
Operating system Android (Android 4.2, Android 4.4),Linux (Armbian, Bananian, Lubuntu, Raspbian, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora, Arch Linux ARM, Gentoo, openSUSE), Berryboot, FreeBSD, OpenWrt
System-on-chip used Allwinner A20
CPU ARM Cortex-A7 Dual-core (ARMv7-A) 1 GHz
Memory GB
Storage SD card & SATA 2.0
Graphics Mali-400 MP2
Dimensions 92 mm × 60 mm
Weight 48 g
Banana Pi M1+
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Banana Pi single board computer
Developer Banana Pi
Type Single-board computer
Release date April 2015
Operating system Android (Android 4.2, Android 4.4),Linux (Bananian, Lubuntu, Raspbian, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora, Arch Linux ARM, Gentoo, openSUSE), Berryboot, FreeBSD, OpenWrt
System-on-chip used Allwinner A20
CPU ARM Cortex-A7 Dual-core (ARMv7-A) 1 GHz
Memory GB
Storage MicroSD card & SATA 2.0
Graphics Mali-400 MP2
Dimensions 92 mm × 60 mm
Weight 48 g
Banana Pi M2
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Banana Pi-M2 single board computer
Developer Banana Pi
Type Single-board computer
Release date April 2015
Operating system Android (Android 4.2, Android 4.4),Linux (Bananian, Lubuntu, Raspbian, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora, Arch Linux ARM, Gentoo, openSUSE), Berryboot, FreeBSD, OpenWrt
System-on-chip used Allwinner A31
CPU ARM Cortex-A7 Quad-core (ARMv7-A) 1 GHz
Memory GB
Storage MicroSD
Dimensions 92 mm × 60 mm
Weight 52 g
Banana Pi M2+(Plus)
Type Single-board computer
Release date April 2016
Operating system Android (4.2, 4.4),Linux (Bananian, Lubuntu, Raspbian, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora, Arch Linux ARM, Gentoo, openSUSE), Berryboot, FreeBSD
System-on-chip used Allwinner H3
CPU ARM Cortex-A7 Quad-core (ARMv7-A) 1 GHz (Cache: 256kB L1, 1MB L2)
Memory GB (shared with GPU)
Storage MicroSD
Graphics Mali 400MP2 @ 600 MHz, OpenGL ES 2.0
Sound HDMI out
Camera CSI input camera module
Connectivity 2× USB 2.0 (3.3V or 5V), HDMI out, 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet, AP6212 Wi-Fi Module
Power 5 V DV via Micro USB and Micro USB OTG
Dimensions 65 mm × 65 mm
Weight 48 g
Banana Pi M2 Ultra
Developer Banana Pi
Type Single-board computer
Release date November 2016
Operating system Android (Android 5.1.1),Linux (Bananian, Lubuntu, Raspbian, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora, Arch Linux ARM, Gentoo, openSUSE), Berryboot, FreeBSD, OpenWrt
System-on-chip used Allwinner R40
CPU ARM Cortex-A7 Quad-core (ARMv7-A) 2 GHz
Memory GB
Storage MicroSD card & 8GB eMMC & support SATA interface
Graphics Mali400 MP2
Dimensions 92 mm × 60 mm
Weight 45 g
Banana Pi M2 Magic
Developer Banana Pi
Type Single-board computer
Release date November 2017
Operating system Android (Android 5.1.1),Linux (Bananian, Lubuntu, Raspbian, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora, Arch Linux ARM, Gentoo, openSUSE), Berryboot, FreeBSD, OpenWrt
System-on-chip used Allwinner R16
CPU ARM Cortex-A7 Quad-core (ARMv7-A) 2 GHz
Memory 512 MB
Storage MicroSD card & 8GB eMMC
Graphics Mali400 MP2
Dimensions 51 mm × 51 mm
Weight 45 g
Banana Pi M3
Developer Banana Pi
Type Single-board computer
Release date November 2015
Operating system Android (Android 5.1.1),Linux (Bananian, Lubuntu, Raspbian, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora, Arch Linux ARM, Gentoo, openSUSE), Berryboot, FreeBSD, OpenWrt
System-on-chip used Allwinner A83t
CPU ARM Cortex-A7 Octa-core (ARMv7-A) 2 GHz
Memory GB
Storage MicroSD card & 8GB eMMC & SATA 2.0
Graphics Power VR SGX544MP1
Dimensions 92 mm × 60 mm
Weight 48 g
Banana Pi M64
Type Single-board computer
Release date November 2016
Operating system Android (Android 5.1.1),Linux (Bananian, Lubuntu, Raspbian, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora, Arch Linux ARM, Gentoo, openSUSE), Berryboot, FreeBSD
System-on-chip used Allwinner A64t
CPU ARM Quad-core Cortex-A53 Octa-core (ARMv7-A) 1.2 GHz
Memory GB
Storage MicroSD card & 8GB eMMC
Graphics Mali400MP2 GPU
Dimensions 92 mm × 60 mm
Weight 48 g
Banana Pi G1
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Banana Pi single board computer
Developer Banana Pi
Type Single-board computer
Release date April 2015
Operating system Free-RTOS,TI-OS、Coutom-OS
System-on-chip used STM32F103
Dimensions 95 mm × 56 mm
Weight 19 g
Banana Pi D1
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Banana Pi single board computer
Developer Banana Pi
Type Single-board computer
Release date October 2014
Operating system running on Linux 3.4.35
CPU ARM986EJ 32Bits RISC Core 400 MHz
Memory 64MB DDR2
Storage MicroSD card
Dimensions 38 mm × 38 mm
Weight 10 g

The Banana Pi is a series of credit card-sized single-board computers based on a low-cost concept for inner software and hardware development and school software learning such as Scratch. Its hardware design was influenced by Raspberry Pi in 2013. It is produced by the Chinese company Shenzhen SINOVOIP Co.,Ltd.

Banana Pi software is compatible with Raspberry Pi boards. Banana Pi also can run NetBSD, Android, Ubuntu, Debian, Arch Linux, Raspbian operating systems, though the CPU complies with the requirements of the Debian armhf port. It uses the Allwinner SoC (system on chip) and as such is mostly covered by the linux-sunxi port.

Banana Pi is the open source hardware and software platform which is designed to assist bananapi.org and banana-pi.org.

The Banana Pi M1 is a business card-sized and low-power single-board computer developed in China by the Banana Pi Team, with the intention of promoting STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education in schools.

The Banana Pi has the same GPIO headers as the Raspberry Pi 1 Model A & B, as seen below.
BPI-M1 GPIO


Neither Banana Pi nor Shenzhen SINOVOIP Co.,Ltd. have a direct relationship to the Raspberry Pi Foundation, though its similarities are clear. "Linux User & Developer" does not consider it a "direct clone, but a considerable evolution," whilst linux.com similarly sees it as a clone with improved performance. The board layout is very similar to the Raspberry Pi board, though it's about 10% larger and the relative spacing of some connectors varies. Not all Raspberry Pi accessories will fit as a result.


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