Introduction

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Berry is a quad-core mini single board computer built with Allwinner V40 SoC. It features 1GB of RAM . It also has onboard WiFi and BT. On the ports side, the BPI-M2 Ultra has 4 USB A 2.0 ports, 1 USB OTG port, 1 HDMI port, 1 audio jack, and last but not least, a SATA port..

Also being a member of the Banana Pi family, the M2 Berry is a direct upgrade from the Banana Pi M1/M1+ that support SATA from the SoC. The SATA performance on the V40 is fitting for media related projects such as storage servers. Backed by our community, starting a project and building servers is fun and rewarding. We welcome all companies, DIYers, and tech loving people within our community! Together, we can make a difference, we can discover our passions, inspire others, and build a practical project.

all size is same as raspberry pi 3,so you can use raspberry pi 3 case for BPI-M2 Berry.

Key Features

• Allwinner R40/V40 Quad Core ARM Cortex A7 CPU
• 1GB DDR3 SDRAM.
• WiFi (AP6212) & Bluetooth onboard.
• SATA Interface.
• 4*USB 2.0
• MIPI DSI ingerface
• CSI camera interface

Getting Start

• Quick Start Banana pi SBC

• Getting Start with M2 Ultra / Berry

Hardware

Hardware interface

Hardware spec

HardWare Specification of Banana pi BPI-M2 Berry
Soc	Allwinner R40/V40
CPU	quad-core cortex -A7,the most power efficient CPU core ARM's ever development
GPU	dual-core MALI-400 MP2 and runs at 500MHz, capable of 1.1 Gpixel/s throughput. Graphics capabilities are slightly higher than the original Xbox’s level of performance. The GPU provides OpenGL ES 2.0, hardware-accelerated OpenVG, 1080p45 H.264 high-profile encode and decode.
SDRAM	1GB DDR3 with 733MHz\(shared with GPU\)
SATA	suppoort SATA interface
GPIO	40 Pins Header, 28×GPIO, some of which can be used for specific functions including UART, I2C, SPI, PWM, I2S.
On board Network	10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet \(Realtek RTL8211E/D\)
Wifi Module	WiFi 802.11 b/g/n \(AP 6212 module on board\)
Bluetooth	BT4.0
On board Storage	MicroSD \(TF\) card,No eMMC onboard
Display	4-lane MIPI DSI display,or RGB panel or LVDS panel,TV-out on HDMI V1.4
Video	Multi-format FHD video decoding, including Mpeg1/2, Mpeg4, H.263, H.264, etc H.264 decode up to 1080P60,support video encodeing:High-deinition\(HD\)H.264 video encoder is up to 1080P@45fps
Audio outputs	HDMI, analog audio \(via 3.5 mm TRRS jack\), I2S audio \(also potentially for audio input\)
Camera	A CSI input connector Camera:Supports 8-bit YUV422 CMOS sensor interface,Supports CCIR656 protocol for NTSC and PAL,Supports 5M pixel camera sensor ,Supports video capture solution up to 1080p@30fps
Audio input	On board microphone
USB	4 USB 2.0 host, 1 USB 2.0 OTG
Buttons	Reset button, Power button, U-boot button
Leds	Power status Led and RJ45 Led
IR	No onboard IR receiver
DC Power	5V/2A with micro USB port
battery	No 3.7V lithium battery power support
Sizes	85mmX56mm,same size as raspberry pi 3
Weight	40g

GPIO PIN define

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Berry has a 40-pin GPIO header that matches that of the Model Raspberry Pi 3. Following is the Banana Pi GPIO Pinout:

40 PIN GPIO of Banana pi BPI-M2 Ultra
GPIO Pin Name	Default Function	Function2：GPIO	Function3
CON1-P01	VCC-3V3
CON1-P02	DCIN
CON1-P03	TWI2-SDA	PB21	PWM5
CON1-P04	DCIN
CON1-P05	TWI2-SCK	PB20	PWM4
CON1-P06	GND
CON1-P07	PB3	PB3	PWM1
CON1-P08	UART2-TX	PI18	SPI1\_MOSI
CON1-P09	GND
CON1-P10	UART2-RX	PI19	SPI1\_MISO
CON1-P11	UART7-TX	PI20
CON1-P12	UART2-CTS	PI17	SPI1\_CLK
CON1-P13	UART7-RX	PI21	PWM3
CON1-P14	GND
CON1-P15	PH25	PH25	CSI1-FIELD
CON1-P16	UART2-RTS	PI16	SPI1\_CS0
CON1-P17	VCC-3V3
CON1-P18	PH26	PH26	CSI1-HSYNC
CON1-P19	SPI0\_MOSI	PC0
CON1-P20	GND
CON1-P21	SPI0\_MISO	PC1
CON1-P22	PH27	PH27	CSI1-VSYNC
CON1-P23	SPI0\_CLK	PC2
CON1-P24	SPI0\_CS	PC23
CON1-P25	GND
CON1-P26	PH24	PH24	CSI1-PCLK
CON1-P27	TWI3-SDA	PI1
CON1-P28	TWI3-SCK	PI0
CON1-P29	PH0	PH0	CSI1-D0
CON1-P30	GND
CON1-P31	PH1	PH1	CSI1-D1
CON1-P32	PD20	PD20	CSI1-MCLK
CON1-P33	PH2	PH2	CSI1-D2
CON1-P34	GND
CON1-P35	PH3	PH3	CSI1-D3
CON1-P36	UART5-RX	PH7	CSI1-D7
CON1-P37	UART4-TX	PH4	CSI1-D4
CON1-P38	UART5-TX	PH6	CSI1-D6
ON1-P39	GND
CON1-P40	UART4-RX	PH5	CSI1-D5

CSI Camera Connector specification:

The CSI Camera Connector is a 24-pin FPC connector which can connect external camera module with proper signal pin mappings. The pin definitions of the CSI interface are shown as below. This is marked on the Banana Pi board as “Camera”.

CSi Camera connector GPIO of Banana pi BPI-M2 Ultra
CSI Pin Name	Default Function	Function2：GPIO
CN5-P01	NC
CN5-P02	GND
CN5-P03	CSI0-SDA	PI3
CN5-P04	CSI0-AVDD
CN5-P05	CSI0-SCK	PI2
CN5-P06	CSI0-Reset	PI7
CN5-P07	CSI0-VSYNC	PE3
CN5-P08	CSI0-PWDN	PI6
CN5-P09	CSI0-HSYNC	PE2
CN5-P10	CSI0-DVDD
CN5-P11	CSI0-DOVDD
CN5-P12	CSI0-D7	PE11
CN5-P13	CSI0-MCLK	PE1
CN5-P14	CSI0-D6	PE10
CN5-P15	GND
CN5-P16	CSI0-D5	PE9
CN5-P17	CSI0-PCLK	PE0
CN5-P18	CSI0-D4	PE8
CN5-P19	CSI0-D0	PE4
CN5-P20	CSI0-D3	PE7
CN5-P21	CSI0-D1	PE5
CN5-P22	CSI0-D2	PE6
CN5-P23	GND
CN5-P24	CSI0-AFVCC

Display specification

MIPI DSI \(Display Serial Interface\)

The display Connector is a 40-pin FPC connector which can connect external LCD panel \(MIPI DSI\) and touch screen \(I2C\) module as well. The pin definitions of this connector are shown as below. This is marked on the Banana Pi board as “DSI”.

40 PIN GPIO of Banana pi BPI-M2 Ultra
DSI Pin Name	Default Function	Function2：GPIO
CN6-P01	VCC-3V3
CN6-P02	IPSOUT
CN6-P03	VCC-3V3
CN6-P04	IPSOUT
CN6-P05	GND
CN6-P06	IPSOUT
CN6-P07	GND
CN6-P08	IPSOUT
CN6-P09	NC
CN6-P10	GND
CN6-P11	NC
CN6-P12	DSI-D0N
CN6-P13	NC
CN6-P14	DSI-D0P
CN6-P15	NC
CN6-P16	GND
CN6-P17	TWI0-SDA	PB19
CN6-P18	DSI-D1N
CN6-P19	TWI0-SCK	PB18
CN6-P20	DSI-D1P
CN6-P21	CTP-INT	PI10
CN6-P22	GND
CN6-P23	CTP-RST	PI11
CN6-P24	DSI-CKN
CN6-P25	GND
CN6-P26	DSI-CKP
CN6-P27	LCD-BL-EN	PH16
CN6-P28	GND
CN6-P29	LCD-RST	PH17
CN6-P30	DSI-D2N
CN6-P31	LCD-PWR-EN	PH18
CN6-P32	DSI-D2P
CN6-P33	GND
CN6-P34	GND
CN6-P35	LCD-PWM	PB2
CN6-P36	DSI-D3N
CN6-P37	GND
CN6-P38	DSI-D3P
CN6-P39	NC
CN6-P40	GND

UART specification:

The header CON4 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.

CON4 Uart GPIO of Banana pi BPI-M2 Ultra
CON2 Pin Name	Default Function	GPIO
CON2 P03	UART0-TXD
CON2 P02	UART0-RXD
CON2 P01	GND

Software

TinaLinux

Allwinner Tina-IoT os for BPI-M2 Ultra/BPI-M2 Berry

Development

Basic Development

Resources

• Because of the Google security update some of the old links will not work if the images you want to use cannot be downloaded from the new link bpi-image Files
• All banana pi docement(SCH file,DXF file,and doc)
• Schematics: google driver
• Dimensional diagram BPI-M2 Berry dxf file
• Allwinner R40/V40 datasheet
  

Allwinner V40 datasheet
Allwinner R40 datasheet
Allwinner R40 User Manual v1.0

axp221s PMU datasheet

• Banana pi BPI-M2 Berry CE,FCC,RoHS
  CE FCC RoHS

Image Release

Android 6.0

• 2017-08-25 update
• HDMI-Version

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_YnvHgh2rwjMlVUN2ZGcHIwdUE

Baidu Cloud : MD5: c65fa4c20b8a6d2d05bfd32b090c3570

• LCD5-Version

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_YnvHgh2rwjWGRVay1va1oyWDg

Baidu Cloud : MD5:f664e5fe0af20ebfc06ddc50bac1845b

• LCD7-Version

google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_YnvHgh2rwjSHduUmRhSXR2Wlk

baidu Cloud : MD5: 6cda3453d9524643c8f92fcdc8deb32f

• forum pthread : http://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m2-ultra-bpi-m2-berry-new-image-android-6-0-version-v1-2017-08-25/3731

Ubuntu

• 2022-04-16 Banana Pi new image: Ubuntu 16.04 with Allwinner BSP, use MPV play 1080P video,Allwinner BSP kernel 3.4 , BPI-M2 Ultra/Berry use kernel 3.10

google driver: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DEO7JdMfDhHynC83K7JMxgnNxf1gV82S

discuss on forum: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-new-image-ubuntu-16-04-with-allwinner-bsp-use-mpv-play-1080p-video/13272

• 2020-04-19 update, kernel 3.10.108

Ubuntu 16.04 mate desktop Download

Ubuntu 16.04 server Download

• 2019-05-13 update banana pi M2U board which is based on A40I, R40, V40, and it is based on Ubuntu 16.04 & Raspbian 9 & Debian 9 Operation system with kernel 3.10.108

BPI-M2U Ubuntu 16.04 Features Map: https://www.spotpear.com/index.php/index/study/detail/id/683.html

Desktop images:

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TpRMMcm50kQTXOOLXp65npTWovd7jCYc

Baidu Drive : https://pan.baidu.com/share/init?surl=-8nAN7RXVqVbJg3CUQnRzQ (PinCode:fnpt)

MD5 : cde8fd1165b54c633bcc5288e8447c2b

Server images:

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vcuIpQ7O2SFB3cZ4UemOqR2hQkxHy3RF

Baidu Drive : https://pan.baidu.com/s/18Cp7zeuHxa82z5OU_tV_oQ(PinCode：qat4)

MD5 : 07981887a7a21f5cda72ab8a1e37a834

Forum pthread : http://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m2u-berry-new-image-release-ubuntu-16-04-raspbian-9-4-debian-9-4-2019-05-13/9225

• 2018-01-04 update BPI-M2 Ultra/Berry Ubuntu 16.04 image

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G4Ggkne63ofD51Yt2c-x5-qy9h7BgY4_/view?usp=sharing

baidu cloud : https://pan.baidu.com/s/1cFHYGY1

MD5: a61e6f66a5ea2288fff0c3acff12d633

• 2017-11-13 update

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/19PI9yuL9iFa4bU6dh7ym3tcCHhjAh-cM/view?usp=sharing

baidu cloud : https://pan.baidu.com/s/1nvccOlz

MD5: 4655b896a3c4e1958a15bb8ca45ac4fe

forum pthread : https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m2-ultra-bpi-m2-berry-new-image-2017-11-13-ubuntu-16-04-mate-desktop-beta2-bpi-m2u-sd-emmc-img/4182

Debian

• 2020-04-19 update, kernel 3.10.108

Debian 9 stretch mate desktop Download

Debian 9 stretch lite Download

• 2019-05-13 update banana pi M2U board which is based on A40I, R40, V40, and it is based on Ubuntu 16.04 & Raspbian 9 & Debian 9 Operation system with kernel 3.10.108

BPI-M2U Debian 9 Features Map: https://www.spotpear.com/index.php/index/study/detail/id/683.html

Desktop images :

Google Drive :

Baidu Drive : https://pan.baidu.com/s/1ZqDZT4dOQNyvsu0nT4oMTg

 (PinCode:kshd)

MD5 : 7e5d848f804bc5ffb8854a93d7488694

Server images:

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1aoB8mGwSveNztB-EO_fBKLOr-GdzcMNV

Baidu Drive : https://pan.baidu.com/s/1V0djGvUR7QJFMeAgZV86zg

 (PinCode:e0t6)

MD5 : b7314d444dc13a40e1dd7b1602436f40

Forum pthread : http://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m2u-berry-new-image-release-ubuntu-16-04-raspbian-9-4-debian-9-4-2019-05-13/9225

• 2017-11-13 update debian-9-stretch-mate-desktop

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_YnvHgh2rwjeTh4TmlnMGl5X3M/view?usp=sharing

baidu cloud : https://pan.baidu.com/s/1c1LvS1y

MD5: 0a1fad281c24902148b16276a79bac12

• 2017-11-13 update debian-9-stretch-lite

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_YnvHgh2rwjOWg1OW9heWZsYm8/view?usp=sharing

baidu cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1c3zxCy

 13

MD5: cff677aa94ca5345fc6e26379cfe4e95

• forum pthread : https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m2-ultra-bpi-m2-berry-new-image-2017-08-28-debian-sd-emmc-img/3745/2

Rasbian

• 2020-04-19 update, kernel 3.10.108

Raspbian stretch Download

• 2019-05-13 update banana pi M2U board which is based on A40I, R40, V40, and it is based on Ubuntu 16.04 & Raspbian 9 & Debian 9 Operation system with kernel 3.10.108

BPI-M2U Raspbian 9 Features Map: https://www.spotpear.com/index.php/index/study/detail/id/683.html

Desktop image :

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=16bDXcoKycZSGQgzh-L3bQYBpEs8HtRZF

Baidu Drive : https://pan.baidu.com/s/115a-o-qKxI3YDkEAdmGevQ

 (PinCode:6hxx)

MD5 : f7ee24ff15654724e2c7ec3bf72c8506

Forum pthread : https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m2u-berry-new-image-release-ubuntu-16-04-raspbian-9-4-debian-9-4-2019-05-13/9225

• 2018-05-24 update Raspbian jessie 8.0 V1.1

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_YnvHgh2rwjRGlUMUdqZk5ETDg/view?usp=sharing

baidu cloud : https://pan.baidu.com/s/1UnMPtGBNp3-8KHDZPhVOUg

forum pthread : https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-m2u-berry-new-image-release-raspbian-jessie-8-0-2018-5-24/5812

• 2017-05-25 update raspbian jessie

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_YnvHgh2rwjRGlUMUdqZk5ETDg/view?usp=sharing

baidu cloud : https://pan.baidu.com/s/1civq4e

MD5: 60e19ea9138d6841fa6852ece4727b0a

forum pthread : https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-m2-ultra-bpi-m2-berry-new-image-2017-05-25-raspbian-jessie-preview3-bpi-m2u-sd-emmc-img/3306

Armbian

• Armbain have support BPI-M2 Ultra/BPI-M2 Berry，Armbian Bionic btea and Armbian Stretch beta version

image download ： https://www.armbian.com/bananapi-m2u/

Boot logs : http://ix.io/1kVQ

Forum pthread : https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m2-ultra-bpi-m2-berry-new-image-armbian-bionic-and-stretch/6573

Tina IoT Linux

• BPI-M2 Ultra / BPI-M2 Berry support Allwinner TinaLinux .

more please see : Tina Linux

RPiTC v3 1.12

• 2017-11-28 updtae
• RPiTC v3 1.12 for Banana Pi (BPI-M2U/BPI-M2B/BPI-M2P/BPI-M3/BPI-M64/BPI-R2): Download link

Others

• kali linux,crux linux,archlinux,centos linux for BPI-M2 Ultra & BPI-M2 Berry : https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m2-ultra-bpi-m2-berry-new-image-2017-8-28-kali-linux-crux-linux-archlinux-centos-linux-image/3750

• please download here: https://forum.banana-pi.org/c/Banana-pi-BPI-M2-Ultra/M2Uimage