Banana Pi BPI-R64 Open-Source Router
The Banana Pi R64 is a router-based development board that can run on a variety of open-source operating systems, including OpenWrt and Linux. It has 4 Gigabit LAN ports, 1 Gigabit WAN, and an AC wifi AP function. Use a 64-bit chip design.
Note: this board doesn't have an HDMI interface
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, USB, and 4X4 802.11n FEM integration. Extending the platform with 802.11ac to meet additional markets is simply done via the 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 slowdowns.
The advantage of the MediaTek Wi-Fi Warp Accelerator is twofold. 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, but it does so at lower power. The result is that 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 the 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.
Key Features
MediaTek MT7622-1.35GHZ 64-bit dual-core ARM Cortex-A53
1G DDR3 SDRAM
Mini PCIE interface support 4G module
built-in 4x4n 802.11n/Bluetooth 5.0 system-on-chip
MTK7615 4x4ac wifi (option)
Support 1 SATA interface
MicroSD slot supports up to 256GB expansion
8G eMMC flash (option 16/32/64G)
128MB NAND flash
5 port 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet port
(1) USB 3.0
Slow I/O:ADC, Audio Amplifier, GPIO, I2C, I2S, IR, PMIC I/F, PWM, RTC, SPI, UART
POE function support
Hardware Specs
Hardware Specification of Banana Pi BPI-R64
CPU MediaTek MT7622,1.35GHZ 64-bit dual-core ARM Cortex-A53
SDRAM 1 GB DDR3
SATA supports 1 SATA interface
GPIO 40 Pins Header, 28×GPIO, some of which can be used for specific functions, including UART, I2C, SPI, PWM, and I2S.
Onboard Network 5 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
Wifi built-in 4x4n 802.11n (800Mbps) system-on-chip and MTK7615 4x4ac wifi Module (1733Mbps) (option)
Bluetooth Bluetooth 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
LED Power status LED and RJ45 LED
IR PIN is defined with GPIO
DC Power 12V/2A with DC in
POE supports the POE module interface, and can add a POE module
Sizes 148 mm × 100.5mm same as Banana Pi BPI-R3 and Banana Pi BPI-R2
Weight 100g
| Download and set separate ATF images for booting directly into kernel or u-boot |
| Banana Pi BPI-R64 19.07.7 OpenWRT Router image 2021-05-01 |
| BPI-R64 new image : LEDE17 (OpenWRT) image Kernel:4.4.177 2020-04-09 |
Boot media: SD Card & eMMC, two images
MD5: 21a6d89979d473cde59f7d61f3
| 2021-6-16 update BPI-R64 Ubuntu Server 21.04 image |
| 2020-05-08 update, Ubuntu 18.04 with kernel 5.4.0 |
| 2019-08-23 update, Ubuntu Server 16.04. This release is for the Banana Pi R64 board, and it is based on kernel 4.19. |
MD5 : 79fc190def54140dd9bf12b73e263bd0
Username: root/pi; password: bananapi
| 2020-12-22 Ubuntu 18.04 with kernel 5.4.0 |
Username: root/pi; password: bananapi
| [BPI-R64] Debian Buster with new boot chain and Linux 5.10, Frank shared this image |
