Banana Pi Pro Board (Allwinner A20 CPU)

Description

Pros and cons compare to Raspberry Pi 2:

• More interface: SATA, IR receiver, AUX input, etc
• gigabit network for data transfer, good for XMBC
• Combined network card
• Generally faster than RPI2 except 4 thread tasks.
• Faster RAM

What is a Banana Pro?

Banana Pro is an update version of Banana Pi, designed by LeMaker Team and it has more enhanced features. Banana Pro has an excellent compatibility with multiply software supports. Basically all mainstream Linux-based operating system can run on Banana Pro, with the version of Lubuntu, Android, Debian, Bananian, Berryboot, OpenSuse, Scratch, Fedora, Gentoo, Open MediaVault, OpenWRT.Banana Pro also supports BSD system .

Banana Pro applies to a wide range of fields. Including: low-cost computer for education purpose, multimedia applications, scratch，arduino，game emulator，home server, robot and so on.

Hardware Specification of Banana Pro

• Soc: Allwinner A20(sun 7i)
• CPU: ARM Cortex-A7 Dual-Core1GHz (ARM v7 instruction set)
• GPU: Mali400MP2 Complies with OpenGL ES 2.0/1.1 (hardware acceleration support)
• SDRAM: 1GB DDR3 (shared with GPU)
• Power: 5V @ 2A via MicroUSB (DC in Only) and/or MicroUSB (OTG)
• PMU: AXP209

Features

• Low-levelperpherials
  • 40 Pins Header,
  • 28×GPIO, some of which can be used for specific functions including UART, I2C, SPI, PWM, CAN, I2S, SPDIF, LRADC, ADC, LINE-IN,FM-IN,HP-IN.
• On board Network: 10/100/1000Mbps ethernet (Realtek RTL8211E/D)
• Wifi Module: WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth: Optional
• On board Storage: MicroSD (TF) card，SATA 2.0
• Display:
• Supports multi-channel HD display:
  • HDMI 1.4 (Type A – full)
  • LVDS/RGB/CPU display interface (DSI) for raw LCD panels
  • Composite video (PAL and NTSC) (via 3.5 mm TRRS jack shared with audio out)
  • 11 HDMI resolutions from 640×480 to 1920×1080 plus various PAL and NTSC standards
• Video
  • HD H.264 2160p video decoding
  • Mutil-format FHD video decoding, including Mpeg1/2, Mpeg4, H.263, H.264, etc H.264 high profile 1080p@30fps or 720p@60fps encoding
• Audio outputs: HDMI,analog audio (via 3.5 mm TRRS jack shared with composite video out),I2S audio (also potentially for audio input)
• Camera: Parallel 8-bit camera interface
• Audio input: On board micphone
• USB: 2 USB 2.0 host, 1 USB 2.0 OTG (all direct from A20 chip)
• Buttons:
  • Reset button
  • Power button
  • U-boot button
• Leds
  • Power status led (red)
  • Ethernet status led (blue)
  • User defined led (green)
• Other
  • IR reciever

Dimensions

• Sizes: 92 mm × 60mm
• Weight: 45g

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