Introduction

Banana Pi BPI-M64 is a 64-bit quad-core mini single board computer. It features 2GB of RAM and 8GB eMMC. It also has onboard WiFi and BT. On the ports side, the BPI-M64 has 2 USB A 2.0 ports, 1 USB OTG port, 1 HDMI port, 1 audio jack, and lastly a DC power port. The processor is pin-to-pin comptialbe with R18, so it comes with two versions:M64 and M64-R18.

Key Features

• Allwinner A64 1.2 Ghz Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit Processor.
• 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM
• 8G EMMC
• 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
• WiFi (AP6212) & Bluetooth
• MIPI LCD interface
• Camera interface

Getting Start

• How to burn image : Quick Start Banana pi SBC
• how to development: Getting Started with M64

Hardware

Hardware interface

Hardware spec

GPIO PIN define

Banana Pi BPI-M64 has a 40-pin GPIO header . Following is the Banana Pi GPIO Pinout:

CSI Camera Connector specification:

The CSI Camera Connector is a 40-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”.

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 CON2 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

Development

Basic Development

Win 10 IoT

banana pi BPI-M64 IOT certifying pass by Microsoft:windows 10 iot core

BPI-M64 for Win10 IoT : https://catalog.azureiotsolutions.com/details?title=Allwinner_Banana_Pi_BPI_M64&source=all-devices-page

link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/iot-hub-tested-configurations/

get start: https://github.com/Azure/azure-iot-sdks/blob/master/doc/get_started/windows10-iot-core-banana-pi-bpi-m64-csharp.md

test on BPI-M64

discuss on forum: http://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-m64-iot-certifying-pass-by-microsoft-windows-10-iot-core/2090

Windows 10 IoT Core for BPI-M64 Release Note

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI]) is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. UEFI replaces the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware interface originally present in all IBM PC-compatible personal computers AllWinner UEFI Firmware Release Notes

This document describes how to build AllWinner UEFI Firmware and bring a AllWinner dev board up with it. The AllWinner UEFI Firmware, as the major boot system for AllWinner-Windows platform, is based on the EDK2 framework which is open-source and with some AllWinner platform software packages injected.

Some updates:

1. Update the OS version to build v.10.0.15063.0 \(Creators Update\)

2. New page style of Device Portal, visit (https://deviceipaddr:8080/) to check it

3. Built-in Cortana assistant, need to be enabled in settings page in default app and Device Portal

4. Support on-screen keyboard, need to be enabled in Device Portal

5. Enable 100M Ethernet and fix some bugs

6. Support built-in UART bus in A64 SoC\(not built in the ffu, later provide driver binary and deployment helper\)

7. Support built-in IR module in A64 SoC\(not built in the ffu, later provide source code and dev doc for developers in community\)

Known Issues:

Kernel debug is enabled by default. This will slow the bring-up process. If a kernel debug is not necessary for you, visit Device Portal and navigate to Processes->Run Command page, run this command to disable : Bcdedit /store C:\EFIESP\EFI\Microsoft\boot\BCD /set {default} debug off

An PnP bug in audio device may cause a blue screen when acting software shutdown

Ethernet device may not start with problem code 12 at the first time to bring up

And another bomb! I uploaded core driver binaries and packaging toolchains on GitHub!

Here is the repo address: https://github.com/Leeway213/BSP-aw1689

And also some driver source code here with A64 datasheet in readme: https://github.com/Leeway213/driver-samples

Welcome makers developers and anyone-elsers to post your feedback.

Microsoft Azure IoT

• we have test BPI-M64 with Microsoft Azure IoT with aarch64 Ubuntu 18.04 Linux

Microsoft Azure IoT Edge using DPS with TPM 2.0 SLB9670 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9_GSQgKlqk&feature=youtu.be

Microsoft Azure IoT Edge using DPS with TPM 2.0 ST33 i2c : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MrO1-esjwI&feature=youtu.be

Resources

Source code

• BPI-M64 Android 7 source code

download link : https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-A64-Android7

• BPI-M64 Android 6.0.1 source code

download link : https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_YnvHgh2rwjdTRVRVFaSHd2cnc

• BPI-M64 (allwnner A64) Linux 4.4 source code https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-M64-bsp-4.4

Forum pthread: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-m64-allwnner-a64-linux-4-4-source-code-public-on-github/6706

• BPI-M64 Linux kernel 3.4 BSP code:

github link : https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-M64-bsp

• BPI-M64 Win10 IoT source code https://bananapi.gitbook.io/bpi-m64/en/sourcecodeongithub.html

• BPI-M64 Robot Operating System (ROS):

github: https://github.com/techping/BPI-robot-1

discuss on forum: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/discuss-robot-operating-system-ros-on-banana-pi/10967

documents

• 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 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4PAo2nW2Kfndjh6SW9MS2xKSWs?resourcekey=0-qXGFXKmd7AVy0S81OXM1RA&usp=sharing
• schematic diagram:

google driver 

DXF file google download link : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4PAo2nW2KfnajlEY0xsdjNxY3c/view?usp=sharing

• Allwinner A64 chip datasheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4PAo2nW2KfnSW9lQnZ0d1RoVW8/view?usp=sharing
• Allwinner A64 user’s manual (720 pages): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4PAo2nW2KfnNHk4dkFJZEdqYXc/view?usp=sharing
• AXP803 Datasheet V1.0.pdf : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nRbP1T02KlNZBbTJx4BHW5wVWvQPmDxC/view?usp=sharing
• other document about allwinner A64 chip: http://bundie.neterra.net:8080/a64/
• battery interface spec ： https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4PAo2nW2KfnSmVuVDhQc0NLdG8/view?usp=sharing
• BPI-M64 quality guarantee

BPI-M64 BT Lab test : https://bananapi.gitbooks.io/bpi-m64/content/en/bpi-m64bt40labtest.html

BPI-M64 WIFI Lab test : https://bananapi.gitbooks.io/bpi-m64/content/en/bpi-m264wifilabtest.html

BPI-M64 Validation test : https://bananapi.gitbook.io/bpi-m64/en/bpi-m64validationtestreport.html

Amazon AWS Greengrass

Banana Pi BPI-M64 passed Amazon AWS Greengrass: https://devices.amazonaws.com/detail/a3G0h000000OvPoEAK/Banana-Pi-BPI-M64

Image Release

Android

• 2020-07-10 update, Android 7.1, base on kernel 3.10 Download Android 7.1 image

• 2018-10-24 update Android 6.0 & 7.0 & 8.1, based on kernel 3.10.

M64 Android 6.0 HDMI & LCD7

HDMI Version Image Links：

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Em7ZXVvbJI7wMXy_TM4VNwHo6Oa-vVBc

LCD7 Version Image Links:

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Tts1krZyzwz9mL90j1ilTzVrJm6hh_J4

M64 Android 7.0 HDMI & LCD7

HDMI Version Image Links：

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mvKyK6KuPixs-jLD0FocIaV465bJ1Eig

LCD7 Version Image Links:

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=16Ffc5xiZgD7JYgrMtCGaOYLCuZdQGcnY

• BPI-M64 Android 8.1 HDMI & LCD7

HDMI Version Image Links：

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UBaH9CNbmC9-n3jGImrFIAPZ8aZhqMJz/view

LCD7 Version Image Links:

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wktuCcvolfozMFkLmugfZtGziHDj-1EM

• Forum pthread: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-m64-new-images-android-6-0-7-0-8-1-release-2018-10-24/7107

• 2018-9-17 update android 6.0

HDMI Version Image Links：

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=19ExJ9Ztfy3UgK9NZ4SiaVZAMozgyCJl7

LCD7 Version Image Links:

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gWD_IT0P4NvdeqtK5I4MnJjwzsP7SXJc/view

Forum pthread :　https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-m64-new-images-ubuntu16-04-android-6-0-release-2018-09-18/6796

• 2018-08-17 update,android 8.1

This release is for banana pi M64 board which is based on Allwinner A64, We have two images release，Android 8.1 is based on kernel 4.9

HDMI-LCD-Version:

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/11XjvTAbPw57R6H5kL27GVXry4xu18dVs/view

Forum pthread: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bananapi-bpi-m64-a64-new-image-android-8-1-ubuntu-release-2018-08-17/6531

• 2018-05-20 update ,android 7.0

hdmi-Version and Lcd 5.0 version

• 2017-05-11 update ,android 6.0

HDMI-Version

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_YnvHgh2rwjcF9USm1MWWtxSXc

MD5: f85281213b9c5b88008a487dd1b6963c

LCD-Version

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_YnvHgh2rwjdHpFbHJMQWtsbFk

MD5:be27e4eced96d3de81d46e512fd978eb

forum pthread: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m64-new-image-android-6-0-version-v3/3240/4

Linux

• 2020-08-26 update, Ubuntu Mate 18.04, Ubuntu Server 16.04, Raspbian Stretch, base on kernel 4.4
• Download Image

• 2020-04-21 update, Rasbian Stretch, Ubuntu 16.06 Mate Desktop, Ubuntu 16.06 Server and Ubuntu 18.04 Mate Desktop, base on kernel 4.4

google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_YnvHgh2rwja3I4SllZN2VkYm8

Ubuntu

• 2018-11-02 update, based on kernel 3.10 & kernel 4.4.

BPI-M64 Ubuntu 16.04 Desktp

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YzdkY8i-IsXzXLkbPCPNbAuhYbHmUwgv/view

BPI-M64 Ubuntu 16.04 AARCH64 Kernel 3.10

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MglySZLvquRPu1Wj8oLwdKBkFnRzLUL-/view

BPI-M64 Ubuntu 16.04 AARCH64 Kernel 4.4

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g_m1NLn1-wUQ8jjPKEAwQcSj4d4P9vRP/view

forum pthread: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-m64-new-images-ubuntu16-04-desktop-aarch64-release-2018-11-1/7159

Debian 9.5 AARCH64 Kernel 3.10

Image Links: Google Drive : Coming soon

• 2018-4-17 update Ubuntu 16.04.4 with linux kernel 4.4.89

image name:2018-04-17-ubuntu-16.04-mate-desktop-demo3-k4.4.89-vdpau-3-mic-docker-bpi-r18-avs-aarch64-sd-emmc.img.zip

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dlfo9LGNcrc-_cpKd1uJnrNx0PdonBnK/view

Forum pthread: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-r18-avs-new-image-ubuntu-16-04-4-with-linux-kernel-4-4-89-2018-4-17/5435

• 2018-09-18 This release is for banana pi M64 board which is based on Allwinner A64, We release three Images, Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop & Android is based on kernel 3.10.

forum pthread : https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-m64-new-images-ubuntu16-04-android-6-0-release-2018-09-18/6796

• 2018-08-17 update Ubuntu 16.04 Server kernel 3.10.105

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K-B4u8jGcv17s3I9v-Pr0xv5u5txvfok/view

Forum pthread: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bananapi-bpi-m64-a64-new-image-android-8-1-ubuntu-release-2018-08-17/6531

• 2017-08-14 update based on ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Mate Desktop (64-bit),support BPI-M64 kernel 3.10.105

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_YnvHgh2rwjN1h1U0xDYUxET00/view?usp=sharing

Forum pthread: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m64-new-image-2017-08-14-ubuntu-16-04-mate-desktop-beta-aarch64-bpi-m64-sd-emmc/3695

Debian

• 2022-09-07 Armbian_22.11.0-trunk_Bananapim64_bullseye_edge_5.19.7_xfce_desktop.img

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UUbn24l3q_OsVP4XWT6eVQN531tHPzX0/view

• 2018-11-2 update , This release is for banana pi M64 board which is based on Allwinner A64, We release two Images, Debian 9.5 AARCH64 is based on kernel 3.10 & kernel 4.4.

M64 Debian 9.5 AARCH64 Kernel 3.10

Google driver : https://drive.google.com/file/d/10qGv2gVrSgwXMBLDsCF0nQFc9EJnnkeS/view

M64 Debian 9.5 AARCH64 Kernel 4.4

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/17fh3YY6cwOzHMsqwnRQRTu9cXjKU4_tV/view

forum pthread: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-m64-new-images-debian-9-5-aarch64-release-2018-11-02/7166

• 2017-08-13 debian 8.9 jessie Mate Desktop (64-bit),support BPI-M64 kernel 3.10.105

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_YnvHgh2rwjazlNRTRHei1NbmM/view?usp=sharing

MD5: 9ddf067457ebaf193de63c5c7141446a

Forum pthread: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m64-new-image-2017-08-13-debian-8-jessie-mate-desktop-preview-aarch64-bpi-m64-sd-emmc/3694

Armbian

• Armbian_23.02.0-trunk_Bananapim64_jammy_current_5.15.93.img.xz
• Armbian_23.02.0-trunk_Bananapim64_jammy_edge_6.1.11_xfce_desktop.img.xz

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VpvVkYMqgmSnmfKXQSrEY2B6wRa-cggL

Discuss on forum: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-m64-new-armbian-image/15161

• 2022-09-07 Armbian_22.11.0-trunk_Bananapim64_jammy_edge_5.19.7_xfce_desktop.img

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_BaSpSdIaxJYy-QjaXLsOrJ25Ja7vA78/view

• Armbian Image is base on Linux Mainline kernel

Raspbian

• 2018-11-06 update : This release is for banana pi M64 board which is based on Allwinner A64, We release two Images, Raspbian 9.4 is based on kernel 3.10 & kernel 4.4.

BPI-M64 Raspbian 9.4 Kernel 3.10

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qoKCVDgiuEj0IVEzuPgzuFLjFR9hTLH8/view

BPI-M64 Raspbian 9.4 Kernel 4.4

Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WnsHKnbI_FWQVkHQmbCcJ3yJ38oWaHGy/view

forum pthread: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-m64-new-images-raspbian-9-4-kernel-3-10-4-4-release-2018-11-06/7195

Fedora Linux

• BPI-M64 fedora image download(not support desktop): fedora 31 with grub (u-boot-2019.07 + kernel 5.3.0)
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dIr943Ke28lEtCDpy8cI3q1dBUtHymJP/view
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F3nYOw9AiLLaz8be0umz_9nlnhDP3t0s/view
  

Forum pthread: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bananapi-bpi-m64-new-image-fedora-31-with-grub-u-boot-2019-07-kernel-5-3-0/9938

Manjaro

• 2019-01-15 update,BananaPi BPI-M64 Support Run Manjaro AArch64 System

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lu8xw4sAVyiHJT4eYcolNTAIKG154gm6/view?usp=drive_open

Bpi Ftp Server: https://dev.banana-pi.org.cn/Image/BPI-M64/Manjaro/

md5sum : 8c9964fbd80836228c72fa205eb62f78

username: manjaro/root

password: bananapi

Forum pthread: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bananapi-bpi-m64-new-image-manjaro-aarch64-system-2019-01-16/7696

FreeBSD

FreeBSD on Allwinner (sunxi) systems for banana pi

Banana pi as the official partner of Allwinner , must banana pi product use Allwinner chip design . such as A20/A31S/H3/H2+/A64/A83T , and FreeBSD have support many Allwinner . so easy to use on banana pi board.

• Allwinner A20 (sun7i), a dual-core Cortex-A7 BPI-M1/BPI-M1+/BPI-R1
• Allwinner A31 and A31s (sun6i), a quad-core Cortex-A7 BPI-M2
• Allwinner A64 (sun50i), a quad-core Cortex-A53 BPI-M64
• Allwinner A83T (sun8i), an octa-core Cortex-A7 BPI-M3
• Allwinner H3 (sun8i), a quad-core Cortex-A7 BPI-M2+/BPI-M2+ EDU/
• https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Allwinner
  

Clonezilla

• Clonezilla support arm64 (Banana Pi BPI-M64),Thanks to Steven Shiau (NCHC Free Software Labs in Taiwan) & https://clonezilla.org/ 1, this image just for test .
• image download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15oj0RjoU1TPC-jOXJ2bfhLb3vAiMf7p2/view
• discuss on forum: https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m64-new-image-clonezilla-support-arm64-on-bpi-m64/10789

Others

• others image ,you can download at forum ： https://forum.banana-pi.org/c/BPI-M64/M63image

Win 10 IoT

• 2017-1-13 updae Win10 IoT Core beta0.2

• Win10 IoT Core 10586 beta0.1

download link : https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_YnvHgh2rwjODJOSS1TdkRvcEk

• BPI-M64 win10 IoT: https://catalog.azureiotsolutions.com/details?title=Allwinner_Banana_Pi_BPI_M64&source=all-devices-page

FAQ

• 1,How-to use ubuntu system to support lcd7**?

1."vi /media/pi/BPI-BOOT/bananapi/bpi-m64/linux/lcd7/uEnv.txt"

2.If you use HC070TG lcd7 screen, change "touch=gt9xxnew_ts" But if you use S070WV20 lcd7 screen, you don't need to change.

3. "bpi-bootsel /usr/lib/u-boot/bananapi/bpi-m64/u-boot-with-dtb-bpi-m64-lcd7-8k.img.gz"

4.reboot

• 1,How-to use ubuntu system to support lcd7**?

1."vi /media/pi/BPI-BOOT/bananapi/bpi-m64/linux/lcd7/uEnv.txt"

2.If you use HC070TG lcd7 screen, change "touch=gt9xxnew_ts" But if you use S070WV20 lcd7 screen, you don't need to change.

3. "bpi-bootsel /usr/lib/u-boot/bananapi/bpi-m64/u-boot-with-dtb-bpi-m64-lcd7-8k.img.gz"

4.reboot