Banana Pi BPI-M4 Zero
Raspberry Pi Zero W-sized board with the Allwinner H618, LPDDR4 and onboard eMMC.
hardware
also known as BPI-M4 Zero, BPI-M4Z, Banana Pi M4 Zero
Knowledge about Banana Pi BPI-M4 Zero
- Armbian on Banana Pi: BPI-M5, M7, M4 Zero, M2S and F3 have 'Standard support', BPI-R4 only 'Community support'recommendation · unverified · Before choosing Banana Pi's own images, check the board on armbian.com. At the time of writing, the BPI-M5, BPI-M7, BPI-M4 Zero, BPI-M2S and BPI-F3 pages show Standard support, the BPI-R4 page Community support. Vendor images can be old: the BPI-M5's newest Ubuntu image on its docs page is Ubuntu 20.04 from 2023.
- Banana Pi BPI-M4 Zero: a Pi Zero W-sized board with eMMC, and the K016 Wi-Fi module that has no 5 GHzguide · unverified · The BPI-M4 Zero has the form factor and 40-pin connector of the Raspberry Pi Zero W, an Allwinner H618, 2 or 4 GB LPDDR4 and 8 or 32 GB eMMC. Banana Pi notes that boards with the K016 Wi-Fi module don't support 5 GHz Wi-Fi. Armbian shows Standard support.
- Banana Pi lineup decoded: M boards, R router boards, F RISC-V boards, and which SoC is insideguide · unverified · Banana Pi sells many boards built on chips from different vendors. Group them by SoC: MediaTek Filogic router boards (BPI-R), Allwinner and Amlogic boards (BPI-M, P2 Zero), and RISC-V SpacemiT K1 boards (BPI-F3, CM6). Software support follows the SoC, not the brand.
- Banana Pi power supplies: 5 V over USB for the M boards, 12 V or 19 V barrel jacks for the router boardswarning · unverified · Banana Pi boards don't share one power standard. The BPI-M5 and BPI-M4 Zero take 5 V / 3 A over USB, the BPI-R3 needs 12 V / 2 A, the BPI-R4 12 V / 5.2 A or 19 V / 3.2 A, and the BPI-R3 Mini 12 V (20 W) or USB-C PD. Check each board's page before reusing a supply.
- GPIO on Banana Pi: the RPi.GPIO and WiringPi ports only do simple I/O, and BCM numbers are translatedwarning · unverified · Banana Pi's docs point to ports of WiringPi (with gpio readall) and RPi.GPIO for boards like the BPI-M5, M2S, M4 Zero and F3. The RPi.GPIO port states that only simple I/O works — PWM, events and analog read are not implemented — apps need root, and BCM numbers are mapped to Banana Pi pins internally.
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- alternative to: Raspberry Pi – Same form factor and 40-pin connector as the Raspberry Pi Zero W, per Banana Pi's documentation.
- part of: Banana Pi