The Banana Pi R64 is a router based development board, which can run on a variety of open source operating systems including OpenWrt,Linux. It has 4 Gigabit LAN ports, 1 Gigabit WAN, and AC wifi AP function. use 64 bit chip design
MTK MT7622:
Highly integrated 4x4 802.11n and Bluetooth 5.0 platform with dedicated Network Accelerator MediaTek MT7622 is the world’s first with 4x4n 802.11n/Bluetooth 5.0 system-on-chip designed and built for premium networking devices across several applications including routers/repeaters, home automation gateways, wireless audio, and wireless storage. The highly versatile chipset provides a single platform for popular 4X4 dual-band and tri-band routers/repeaters, providing maximum flexibility for manufacturers looking to build top-tier networking devices. The platform pairs high performance and extensively integrated functionality with a cost-effective approach.
The MT7622 contains MediaTek’s Adaptive Network technology that allows for easy setup, network self-healing, roaming, band steering, Smart quality of service, advanced security and more. For audio and voice control applications, essential audio interfaces such as I2S, TDM and S/PDIF are included. And for Home Automation Gateways there is a rich array of slow I/O in addition to the integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Zigbee co-existence.
Powered by a 64-bit dual-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor clocked at 1.35GHz, the MT7622 provides a host of advanced connectivity options like SGMII/RGMII, PCIe, and USB, and 4X4 802.11n FEM integration. Extending the platform with 802.11ac to meet additional markets is simply done via MT7615 SoC.
The MT7622 introduces several best-in-class features such as Bluetooth 5.0 and a dedicated Network Accelerator engine with the MediaTek Wi-Fi Warp Accelerator, storage accelerator (SATA 3.0/eSATA Gen2) and HNAT HQoS calculations are offloaded from the CPU, lowering overall power-use and freeing up resources to avoid any potential slow-downs.
The advantage of the MediaTek Wi-Fi Warp Accelerator is two-fold. Firstly it connects the Gigabit+ class 802.11ac networking through to the Gigabit switch/WAN connection via multi-Gigabit internal pathways, ensuring no bottleneck. Secondly, its specialized design not only offloads the CPU from many-user throughput and QoS calculations, it does so at lower power. The result is the MediaTek Wi-Fi Warp Accelerator maintains a sustained high-performance when even supporting multiple, simultaneous heavy users.
Integrated Bluetooth allows for a direct, local wireless connection via App for easy configuration of the router/Wi-Fi settings. The latest Bluetooth 5.0 quadruples range and doubles speed versus previous 4.x technologies, allowing new and innovative possibilities.
Hardware inerface:
Hardware spec:
HardWare Specification of Banana pi BPI-R64 | |||
CPU | MediaTek MT7622,1.35GHZ 64 bit dual-core ARM Cortex-A53 | ||
SDRAM | 1 GB DDR3 | ||
SATA | support 1 SATA interface | ||
GPIO | 40 Pins Header, 28×GPIO, some of which can be used for specific functions including UART, I2C, SPI, PWM, I2S. | ||
On board Network | 5 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet | ||
Wifi | built-in 4x4n 802.11n (800Mbps) sysem-on-chip and MTK7615 4x4ac wifi Module (1733Mbps) (option) | ||
Bluetooth | BT 5.0 system-on-chip | ||
On board Storage | MicroSD (TF) card,8GB eMMC onboard | ||
mini PCIE | 1 mini pcie interface for 4G | ||
USB | 1 USB 3.0 host | ||
Buttons | Reset button | ||
Leds | Power status Led and RJ45 Led | ||
IR | PIN define with GPIO | ||
DC Power | 12V/2A with DC in | ||
POE | support POE module interface,can add POE module | ||
Sizes | 148 mm × 100.5mm | ||
Weight | 100g |
we design PoE function for BPI-R64 ,so easy to add PoE module to support PoE function,PoE modue can support 12V/3A to power BPI-R64
BPI-MT7615 802.11 ac wifi 4x4 dual-band:
we have design a MT7615 802.11 ac wifi module ,can use on BPI-R64.MT7615 is a highly integrated Wi-Fi single chip which support 1733 Mbps PHY rate,It fully compies with IEEE 802.11ac and IEEE802.11 a/b/n standards,offering feature-rich wireless connecivity at high standards,and delivering reliable,cost-effective throughput from and extended distance.
BPI-MT7615 802.11 ac wifi 4x4 dual-band module
BPI-R64 + MT7615 function test
Banana Pi BPI-R64 Metal Jacket:
Online wiki development documents: https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-R64/BananaPi_BPI-R64