Original Banana Pi A20 M1 Dual Core 1GB RAM Open-source development board BPI M1

Hardware specification

Banana Pi BPI-M1

CPU A20 ARM Cortex -A7 Dual-Core

GPU ARM Mali 400 MP2; Complies with OpenGL ES 2.0/1.1

Memory 1GB DDR3

Network 10/100/1000 Ethernet 8P8C (1000BASE-T)

Video Input A CSI input connector allows for the connection of a designed camera module

Video Outputs HDMI, CVBS, LVDS/RGB

Audio Outputs 3.5mm jack and HDMI

Power Source 5 volts DC via Micro USB or GPIO

USB 2.0 ports 2 (direct from Allwinner A20 chip)

GPIO GPIO, UART, I2C BUS, SPI BUS, WITH TWO CHIP SELECTS, CAN bus, ADC, PWM, +3.3V, +5V, GND

LED Power Key & 8P8C

Storage SATA 2.0,

GPIO PIN define

Banana Pi BPI-M1 has a 26-pin GPIO header that matches that of the Model A and Model B Raspberry Pi. Following is the Banana Pi GPIO Pinout:

CSI Camera Connector specification:

CSI Camera Connector 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 "CON1″.



40 PIN GPIO of Banana pi BPI-M1

CSI GPIO Pin Pin Name GPIO

CON1 P01 LINEINL

CON1 P02 LINEINR

CON1 P03 VCC-CSI

CON1 P04 ADC\_X1

CON1 P05 GND

CON1 P06 ADC\_X2

CON1 P07 FMINL

CON1 P08 ADC\_Y1

CON1 P09 FMINR

CON1 P10 ADC\_Y2

CON1 P11 GND

CON1 P12 CSI-FLASH PH17

CON1 P13 LRADC0

CON1 P14 TWI1-SDA PB19

CON1 P15 LRADC1

CON1 P16 TWI1-SCK PB18

CON1 P17 CSI-D0 PE4

CON1 P18 CSI0-STBY-EN PH19

CON1 P19 CSI0-D1 PE5

CON1 P20 CSI-PCLK PE0

CON1 P21 CSI-D2 PE6

CON1 P22 CSI0-PWR-EN PH16

CON1 P23 CSI-D3 PE7

CON1 P24 CSI0-MCLK PE1

CON1 P25 CSI-D4 PE8

CON1 P26 CSI0-RESET\# PH14

CON1 P27 CSI-D5 PE9

CON1 P28 CSI-VSYNC PE3

CON1 P29 CSI-D6 PE10

CON1 P30 CSI-HSYNC PE2

CON1 P31 CSI-D7 PE11

CON1 P32 CSI1-STBY-EN PH18

CON1 P33 RESET\#

CON1 P34 CSI1-RESET\# PH13

CON1 P35 CSI-IO0 PH11

CON1 P36 HPR

CON1 P37 HPL

CON1 P38 IPSOUT

CON1 P39 GND

CON1 P40 IPSOUT



LVDS \(LCD display interface\)

The LVDS Connector is a 40-pin FPC connector which can connect external LCD panel \(LVDS\) 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 "CON2″.

LVDS GPIO of Banana pi BPI-M1

LVDS Pin Pin Name Multiplex Function Select GPIO

Multi 1 Multi 2

CON2 P01 IPSOUT\(5V output\)

CON2 P02 TWI3-SDA PI1

CON2 P03 IPSOUT\(5V output\)

CON2 P04 TWI3-SCK PI0

CON2 P05 GND

CON2 P06 LCD0-IO0 PH7

CON2 P07 LCDIO-03 PH12

CON2 P08 LCD0-IO1 PH8

CON2 P09 LCD0-D0 LVDS0-VP0 PD0

CON2 P10 PWM0 PB2

CON2 P11 LCD0-D1 LVDS0-VN0 PD1

CON2 P12 LCD0-IO2 PH9

CON2 P13 LCD0-D2 LVDS0-VP1 PD2

CON2 P14 LCD0-DE PD25

CON2 P15 LCD0-D3 LVDS0-VN1 PD3

CON2 P16 LCD0-VSYNC

CON2 P17 LCD0-D4 LVDS0-VP2 PD4

CON2 P18 LCD0-HSYNC

CON2 P19 LCD0-D5 LVDS0-VN2 PD5

CON2 P20 LCD0-CS

CON2 P21 LCD0-D6 LVDS0-VPC PD6

CON2 P22 LCD0-CLK PD24

CON2 P23 LCD0-D7 LVDS0-VNC PD7

CON2 P24 GND

CON2 P25 LCD0-D8 LVDS0-VP3 PD8

CON2 P26 LCD0-D23 PD23

CON2 P27 LCD0-D9 LVDS0-VN3 PD9

CON2 P28 LCD0-D22 PD22

CON2 P29 LCD0-D10 PD10

CON2 P30 LCD0-D21 PD21

CON2 P31 LCD0-D11 PD11

CON2 P32 LCD0-D20 PD20

CON2 P33 LCD0-D12 PD12

CON2 P34 LCD0-D19 PD19

CON2 P35 LCD0-D13 PD13

CON2 P36 LCD0-D18 PD18

CON2 P37 LCD0-D14 PD14

CON2 P38 LCD0-D17 PD17

CON2 P39 LCD0-D15 PD15

CON2 P40 LCD0-D16 PD16



UART specification:

The jumper J11 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.

Jumper J11 of Banana pi BPI-M1

J11 Pin Pin Name Multiplex Function Select GPIO

Multi 1 Multi 2

J11 Pin1 TXD UART0-TX PB22

J11 Pin2 RXD UART0-RX PB23





The jumper J12 provides the power source including 3.3V and 5V. There is a pair of UART TX/RX signals output here.

Jumper J12 of Banana pi BPI-M1

J12 Pin Pin Name Multiplex Function Select GPIO

Multi 1 Multi 2

J12 Pin1 5V

J12 Pin2 3.3V

J12 Pin3 NC IO-7 PH5

J12 Pin4 RXD UART7\_RX PI21

J12 Pin5 NC IO-8 PH3

J12 Pin6 TXD UART7\_TX PI20

J12 Pin7 GND

J12 Pin8 GND

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

Use Method:

1. Download the relevant Image file

2. Make your card
2.1 Format the SD card
2.2 Unzip the download file to get the OS image
2.3 Write the image file to the SD card

3. Insert the made SD start card

4. Connect with the display screen

5. Connect with the USB power wire

6. Open the system

7. GPIO define