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of Banana pie BPI-M7 is a single-board computer with a Rockchip RK3588 processor, two 2.5 Gb Ethernet ports, support for WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, LPDDR4X memory, eMMC storage, and an M.2 slot that supports an optional PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD.
First announced in November, Banana Pi BPI-M7 is now available for purchase on AliExpress.
At the time of publication, the only model available is a $165 board with 8 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage, but Banana Pi says the BPI-M7 has up to 32 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage. Other configurations may also appear as we support them. future.
Although this board costs $165, which is considerably more expensive than other single-board PCs (which is the Raspberry Pi 5), the BPI-M7 is a very versatile system with several features.
With two Fast Ethernet ports, it can be used as a router, firewall, or other networking application. Its processor features four ARM Cortex-a76 CPU cores, four Cortex-A55 cores, Mali-G610 MC4 graphics, and a neural processing unit that supports up to 6 TOPS of AI performance.
The board measures 92 x 62 mm (3.6 in x 2.4 in) and features the following set of ports and connectors:
- 1 x HDMI 2.1
- 1 x USB 3.1 Type-C (with DisplayPort 1.4 Alt Mode)
- 1 x USB Type-C (power input only)
- 1 x USB 3.0 Type A
- 1 x USB 2.0 Type A
- 2 x 2.5Gb Ethernet
- 1 x microSD card reader
- 2 x MIPI-CSI camera connector
- 1 x MIPI-DSI display connector
According to Banana Pi, the board supports up to three 4K displays when using HDMI, USB-C, and MIPI-DSI connectors simultaneously. The HDMI and USB-C ports should, at least in theory, support displays up to 8K/60 fps and 8K/30 fps, respectively.
Other features include a 40-pin, Raspberry Pi-compatible GPIO header, a status LED light, a 5V fan interface, an RTC battery connector, and several buttons such as sleep, wake, restart, and MaskRom.
The Banana Pi BPI-M7 officially supports Android 12, Debian 11, and Buildroot, but Banana Pi says that unofficial third-party builds of Ubuntu, Armbian, and Kylin OS should also work with this board.
Via CNX software
