Sinovoip Banana Pi M4 Berry
| Sinovoip Banana Pi M4 Berry | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Manufacturer | Sinovoip |
| Dimensions | 56mm x 85mm x 20mm |
| Release Date | Nov 2023 |
| Website | BPI M4 Berry Product Page |
| Specifications | |
| SoC | H618 @ 1.512 Ghz |
| DRAM | 2GiB LPDDR4 @ 792 MHz |
| Power | DC 5V @ 3A via USB-C connector |
| Features | |
| Video | HDMI 2.0a |
| Audio | 3.5mm headphone plug HDMI |
| Network | WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (Realtek RTL8821CU) 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet (Realtek RTL8211F) Bluetooth4.2 (Realtek RTL8821CU) |
| Storage | µSD, 8GB eMMC (Samsung) |
| USB | 4 USB2.0 Host (via hub chip), 1 USB2.0 OTG |
| Headers | UART, GPIO, I2S, I2C, SPI |
Not to be confused with Banana Pi M4 (w/Realtek SOC). This is Raspberry Pi 3+ clone board using the H618 SOC. It has PoE pins for use with PoE Hat.
Identification
The PCB has the following silkscreened on the front:
(Banana Pi Logo) BPI_M4B V00
Sunxi support
Current status
Many features (eMMC, USB, Ethernet, GPIO, WiFi(?)) are supported by mainline Linux, but audio and video support are missing (see the H616 column of the status matrix for more details). U-Boot support is usable.
Manual build
You can build things for yourself by following our Manual build howto and by choosing from the configurations available below.
U-Boot
Vendor U-Boot
https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/pi-u-boot/tree/v2021.07-sunxi
Mainline U-Boot
LPDDR4 support and AXP313a PMIC support were merged into U-Boot v2024.01-rc3.
Linux Kernel
Vendor Kernel
https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/pi-linux/tree/pi-6.1-sunxi
Use the sun50i-h618-bananapi-m4berry.dtb device-tree binary.
Mainline kernel
Use the FAMILY-CHIP-DEVICE.dtb device-tree binary.
Patches are available, but untested, so not upstreamed. Please report back to Andre when you have tested these.
Tips, Tricks, Caveats
FEL mode
The FEL/SW2 button triggers FEL mode.
Locating the UART
The UART pins are located near back of right USB ports, in a clearly distinct group of three pins. They are marked as TX, RX and GND on the PCB. Just attach some leads according to our UART Howto.
Pictures
Schematic
Banana Pi M4 Berry board schematic
See also
Device page on Banana Pi Wiki
Official Forum