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

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:

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”.

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”.

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.

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

To：

Dear Customers, There may be a lag of several hours before we could process your order, depending on the time difference between your location and ours. Sincerely hoping your understanding!

Email(support)

services01@spotpear.com