Embedded PC Banana PI ARM dual core 1GHz 1GB RAM, SATA, USB, IR, SD, HDMI

Banana Pi is a single-board computer made in China. It can run Android, Ubuntu and Debian. Raspbian can be run, though the CPU complies with the requirements of the Debian armhf port. It uses the Allwinner A20 SoC and as such is mostly covered by the linux-sunxi port,

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Banana Pi has no direct relationship to the Raspberry Pi Foundation, though its similarities are clear. "Linux user & Developer" considers it a considerable evolution. Whilst linux.com also 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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Powered by AXP209 power management unit, Banana Pi is able to output up to 1.6A, which means users can drive an external HDD without an extra power supply.

Specifications:

• •SoC: Allwinner A20 

• •CPU: ARM Cortex-A7 dual core 

• •GPU: ARM Mali400MP2 dual GPU core 

• •Video acceleration: CedarX 

• •Display controller: Allwinner A20 built-in, supports HDMI 1080p and CVBS 

• •1GiB DDR3 DRAM 

• •SD slot (maximum 64GB), 

• •7-pin SATA data port (with a separate power connector), supporting maximum 4 TB hard drive. 

• •10/100/1000 Ethernet connector, with LEDs. 

• •2x USB 2.0 host, 1x USB OTG, 1x CSI camera connector. 

• •26 extended pins including I²C, SPI, UART, CAN bus 

• •Power, reset and uboot switches mounted on board 

• •One user-defined LED on board 

• •Onboard IR receiver 

• •Onboard Microphone 

• •Ø3.5mm audio output jack 

• •Expects 5V source connected to the microUSB connector, recommended 2A if connecting a SATA harddisk using the onboard power connector. 

• •Dimensions: 9.2cm × 6cm; (The board of Banana Pi is a little bigger than the Raspberry Pi's) 

Pin Definitions of Extensible connector

  Banana Pi has multiple extensible connectors for users to develop their own amazing projects and applications.   Most of common extension accessories Including LCD panel, touch screen, camera module, UART console and GPIO control pins are accessible from Banana Pi on-board connectors and headers.

Banana Pi extensible 26-pins GPIO headers

  Banana Pi has 26-pins GPIO headers to extend the functions such as I2C, SPI, 5V and 3.3V output…etc.   There are also additional GPIO pins available for extension controls and daughter boards.  For instance, you can use those headers to connect an Arduino board for your projects.  Here could be the start point for your way of exciting applications. 

CON3 (GPIO Headers)

  CON3 is a DIP-26 headers.  The header pin definitions of CON3 are shown as below.

You can connect the headers for I2C, UART, SPI connections.  The 5V and 3.3 V power output are also available here.  Meanwhile, there are several pins free for GPIO pins for your specific usage.

* Those 5V pins(CON3 Pin2 & CON3 Pin4) are voltage output pins from BananaPi's PMIC(AXP209). They can NOT be power input pins from external power source. Otherwise, it may damage the BPi board.

CON1 (Camera Serial Interface)

  CON1 is an extensible on-board CSI connector of Banana Pi.  It is a 40-pin FPC connector which can connect external camera module with proper signal pin mappings.  The pin definitions of CON1 are shown as below.

CON2 (LCD display interface)

  CON2 is an extensible on-board LCD display LVDS connector of Banana Pi.  It is a 40-pin FPC connector which can connect external LCD panel (LVDS) and touch screen (I2C) module as well.  The pin definitions of CON2 are shown as below.

J11 (UART)

  The jumper J11 is the UART interface.  For developers of Banana Pi, this is an easy way to get the UART console output to check the system status and log message. 

J12 (UART and Power source)

  The jumper J12 provides the power source including 3.3V and 5V.  There is a pair of UART TX/RX signals output here.  

Available Operating Systems on Banana Pi:

• •Raspbian for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.90) 

• •Scratch for Banana Pi (Boot to Scratch directly) (Linux kernel 3.4.90) 

• •Lubuntu for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.86) 

• •openSUSE for Banana Pi (openSUSE 13.1; Linux kernel 3.4.90) 

• •ArchLinux for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.90) 

• •Bananian Linux (Debian based; Linux kernel 3.4.90) 

• •Android 4.2.2 & 4.4 for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.39 ) 

• •Fedora for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.90) 

• •Kano for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.09) 

• •nOS for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.90) 

• •Kali Linux for Banana Pi (Linux kernel 3.4.90) 

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