Sinovoip Banana Pi M2 Zero
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Banana Pi M2 Zero is a H2+ based development board produced by Sinovoip.
Despite its name the M2 Zero is totally incompatible to Banana Pi/M1/M1+/Pro/M2/M2U/M3/M64 due to a different SoC - requiring different boot loaders and drivers. It's another attempt to cash-in on the Banana Pi's popularity with a SBC sharing only Brand-name, form factor and GPIO header.
| Sinovoip Banana Pi M2 Zero | |
|---|---|
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| Manufacturer | Sinovoip |
| Dimensions | 65mm x 30mm |
| Release Date | October 2017 |
| Website | BPI-M2 Zero Product Page |
| Specifications | |
| SoC | H2+ |
| DRAM | 512 MiB SDRAM |
| Power | DC 5V DC-IN via µUSB or OTG |
| Features | |
| Video | mini HDMI |
| Network | WiFi 802.11 b/g/n (AMPAK AP6212), Ethernet on CON4 |
| Storage | µSD |
| USB | 1 USB2.0 OTG |
| Other | RPi incompatible CSI interface |
| Headers | UART, LCD, Camera, Raspberry Pi 2 compatible header |
Identification
The PCB has the following silkscreened on it along with a BananaPi logo:
BPi-M2-ZERO-V1.0
Sunxi support
Current status
Supported in mainline U-Boot and Linux kernel since 2019.
Manual build
You can build things for yourself by following our Manual build howto.
Mainline U-Boot
Use the bananapi_m2_zero_defconfig build target. Available since v2019.01-rc1.
Mainline Linux Kernel
Use the sun8i-h2-plus-bananapi-m2-zero.dtb device-tree binary. This has been available since release v4.17 (2018-06).
Tips, Tricks, Caveats
Ethernet
The ethernet connector should be wired as follows:
- Top Left - 3
- Top Right - 2
- Bottom Left - 6
- Bottom Right - 1
Some images do not have ethernet functioning. The following claim ethernet functionality:
- Banana Pi Forums Image Kernel 3.4.113, Ubuntu Mate Desktop
- Github page made by a user
Adding a serial port
This section explains how to attach a serial port to the device. Make sure it refers to our UART howto. For a development board, you can just mention how to find the header with the pins and include a picture, and you can remove the warranty voiding warning.
Pictures
Also known as
- The marketing material (e.g. the product page) also refers to the board as 'Banana Pi BPI-M2Z'.
- The product page ([1]) also uses the name 'Banana Pi Zero'.
See also
Schematic
Banana Pi M2 Zero Schematic V1.0 (20170814).
Bananapi gitbook
Please be aware that 'information' on BPi M2 Zero Gitbook page is mostly copy&paste from other Banana Pi pages and as usual we can't trust in anything there (even product dimensions are still wrong, the PCB is not 60x30mm but 65x30mm in reality).