FriendlyARM NanoPi NEO2

NanoPi NEO 2 is a H5 based small form-factor development boards produced by FriendlyARM. It has the same form factor than the previous NanoPi NEO, but with H5 instead of the H3 SoC. The NEO comes with integrated 1000 Mbps Ethernet, 1 x USB A 2.0, and a micro-SD card slot. A lot of functionality is provided via the unpopulated headers on both boards.

= Identification =

= Expansion Port =

See FriendlyELEC wiki

= Tips, Tricks, Caveats =

FEL mode
There is no FEL button on this board. Booting without an SD card automagically enters FEL mode. ./sunxi-fel version AWUSBFEX soc=00001718(H5) 00000001 ver=0001 44 08 scratchpad=00017e00 00000000 00000000

LEDs
Two leds: a blue connected to PA10 labeled 'status' and a green one connected to PL10 labeled 'pwr'.

Voltage regulators
FriendlyELEC implemented no CPU voltage regulation on this board so H5 is fed all the time with 1.1V only which limits maximum clockspeed to 816 MHz based on DVFS table provided by Allwinner BSP.

DRAM
NanoPi NEO is available with 512 MiB but only in single bank configuration.

USB
The one USB host port exposed as type A receptacle is usb3. Both usb1 and usb2 are available via solder holes. USB OTG available through Micro USB.

Analog Audio
On NanoPi NEO 2 analog audio out and mic in is available on 5 pin header next to USB receptacle. Please check FriendlyELEC wiki or schematic for details.

= Adding a serial port =

Locating the UART


Four-pin UART0 header is placed next to analog audio pin header. Pinout: GND, 5V, TX, RX. Pin 1 (GND) is the one furthest from the board edge. Logic voltage is 3.3V. For more instructions refer to our UART Howto.

= Pictures =

NanoPi NEO 2
= Variants =

NanoPi NEO Core2
In the NEO Core2 variant, the ethernet and USB A connectors are replaced with unpopulated headers (similar to NanoPi NEO Core). The variant also comes with onboard eMMC (4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB).

NanoPi NEO2 Black


In the NEO2 Black variant an eMMC socket is provided. The pins for UART0 have to be soldered in by the user.

= See also =
 * NEO2 device page on FriendlyARM wiki
 * NEO2 Black device page on FriendlyARM wiki

Manufacturer images
See the manufacturer's device pages above since links change from time to time.