Knowledge: #power-supply

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• Banana Pi BPI-R4: no Wi-Fi on the board, a 19 V supply for the Wi-Fi 7 card, and the 8 GB RAM trapwarning · unverified · The BPI-R4 (MT7988A) brings Wi-Fi through miniPCIe cards, not onboard radios. OpenWrt's device page says the optional Wi-Fi 7 card needs a 19 V / 3.2 A supply and a switch set before installation, and that a 4 GB image limits 8 GB boards to 4 GB unless a compatible BL2 bootloader is used.
• 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.
• Orange Pi power supplies: 5 V / 4 A for the Orange Pi 5, 5 V / 5 A for the 5 Max and 5 Prowarning · unverified · Orange Pi boards specify very different USB-C supplies: 5 V / 2–3 A for the Zero 2W and the 3B, 5 V / 4 A for the Orange Pi 5, 5B and 5 Plus, and 5 V / 5 A for the 5 Max, 5 Pro and RV2. Budget for NVMe SSDs and USB devices on top.