Banana Pi BPI R3 Mini

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	Banana Pi BPI R3 Mini SBC
Homepage	Product page
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Banana Pi BPI R3 mini V1.0
FCC ID	none specified
Type	single-board computer, wireless router
CPU1	MediaTek MT7986AV
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	2.0 GHz ( 4 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip	Toshiba THGBMJG6C1LBAIL
Flash1 Size	8 GiB 8,192 MiB <br />8,589,934,592 B <br />67,108,864 Kib <br />8,388,608 KiB <br />65,536 Mib <br /> (eMMC)
Flash2 Chip	Winbond W25N01GVZEIG
Flash2 Size	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size	2 GiB 2,048 MiB <br />2,147,483,648 B <br />16,777,216 Kib <br />2,097,152 KiB <br />16,384 Mib <br /> (DDR4)
RAM1 Chip	Samsung K4AAG165WA-BCWE
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7986AV
ETH chip2	Airoha EN8811H
ETH chip3	Airoha EN8811H
Ethernet Port Count	1-2.5GbE-WAN; 1-2.5GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab/3bz
	802dot11 OUI: 00:0C:43 (6 E, 19 W);
Stock bootloader	U-Boot 2024.04
Stock FW OS	Linux 5.4.171 OpenWrt 21.02-SNAPSHOT
Expansion IF types	eMMC, M.2 KEY-M PCIe, M.2 Key B w/USB 3.0 and nano-SIM support, USB 2.0
SIM Card slot	1
USB ports	1
M.2 Slots	2
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 2 A
Connector type	USB Female (Type-C)
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3-pin header, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
JTAG Port	no
	Flags:; Wi-Fi 6, Nano SIM Card slot, fan header
	Additional chips; USB to Serial Interface;WCH;CH340E;;1;; 2Kb I2C Compatible Serial EEPROM;Puya;P24C02A;;1;; 5V, 1A USB Power Distribution Switch;Silergy;SY6280AAC;;1;; 26V, 6A Synchronous Step-Down Converter;MPS;MP8756;;2;; 18V, 3A Synchronous Step Down Regulator;Silergy;SM8103;;1;; 300mA Low Dropout RF Linear Regulator;SGMicro;SGM2032;;2;; USB PD & Fast Charging Protocol Sink Controller;WCH;CH224K;;1;; 26V, 8A Low IQ Synchronous Step-Down Converter;MPS;MP8759;;1;; Ultra Low Dropout 500mA CMOS LDO;Will Semiconductor;WL2803E;;1;,
Other
	Default SSID: OpenWrt (3 addl. devices); Default IP address: 192.168.1.1; the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1359 additional devices; of which 7 are Banana Pi devices; Default login user: root; Default login password: blank; root:blank credentials used by 82 additional devices; of which 7 are Banana Pi devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	SinoVoIP
3rd Party Firmware Support	Android, Ubuntu; , Debian; , OpenWrt • (List \| Dev \| DLs);
Retail
(Est.) release date	July 2023
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD):	$79
Newegg	9SIBZT7KKR7810
ASIN	B0CGVD5GC8
Country of manuf	China
Physical
Dimensions	2.56 x 2.56 x 0.39 inches
Weight	4.9 ounces
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7986AV
Chip2	MediaTek MT7976CN
Wireless interface OUI	00:0C:43
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax	up to 574 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1	MediaTek MT7986AV
Chip2	MediaTek MT7976CN
Wireless interface OUI	00:0C:43
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	3x3:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
802.11ax	up to 1201 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 867 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz

For a list of all currently documented Airoha (EcoNet) chipsets with specifications, see Airoha.
For a list of all currently documented MediaTek chipsets with specifications, see MediaTek.

For a list of all currently documented Banana Pi devices with specifications, see Banana Pi.

• 574 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 256-QAM),

• 1201 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ax (80MHz chan., 1024-QAM) = AX1800 class

Overview

Specifications

Banana Pi RPI R3 Mini board

CPU: MediaTek MT7986A (Filogic 830)

Quad-Core ARM (Cortex-A53) @2.0GHz

Storage: 8GB (eMMC), 128MB (SPI NAND) Flash,

M.2 2230 NVMe SSD socket

Memory: 2GB (DDR4) SDRAM
WLAN: 2x2 2.4G + 3x3 5G (Wi-Fi 6)
PCIe: 1x M.2 (Key B), 1x M.2 (Key M)
USB: 1x USB 2.0 port
Network: 2x 2.5GbE ports
Power Source: 12V/20W USB (Type-C) PD

Links of Interest

Flashing

NOTE: During configuration or flashing a device, the only things that should be hooked to the device is the computer and power.

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki

Target: mediatek
Subtarget: filogic
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 24.10.0
Current supported version: 25.12.5

LAN Comment: 2x Airoha EN8811H 2.5Gbe Phy
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7986AV, MediaTek MT7976CN
WLAN Comment: 2x2 2.4Ghz + 3x3 5Ghz
Installation method(s):
see devicepage
Recovery method(s):
see devicepage
Comment:
8GB eMMC

git • >>

mediatek: filogic: add BananaPi BPi-R3 mini
Hardware specification
----------------------
 SoC: MediaTek MT7986A 4x A53
 Flash: 128MB SPI-NAND, 8GB eMMC
 RAM: 2GB DDR4
 Ethernet: 2x 2.5GbE (Airoha EN8811H)
 WiFi: MediaTek MT7976C 2x2 2.4G + 3x3 5G
 Interfaces:
  * M.2 Key-M: PCIe 2.0 x2 for NVMe SSD
  * M.2 Key-B: USB 3.0 with SIM slot
  * front USB 2.0 port
 LED: Power, Status, WLAN2G, WLAN5G, LTE, SSD
 Button: Reset, internal boot switch
 Fan: PWM-controlled 5V fan
 Power: 12V Type-C PD

Installation instructions for eMMC
----------------------------------
0. Set boot switch to boot from SPI-NAND (assuming stock rom or immortalwrt
   running there).
1. Write GPT partition table to eMMC
   Move openwrt-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-emmc-gpt.bin to
   the device /tmp using scp and write it to /dev/mmcblk0:
    dd if=/tmp/openwrt-*-r3-mini-emmc-gpt.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0
2. Reboot (to reload partition table)
3. Write bootloader and OpenWrt images
   Move files to the device /tmp using scp:
    - openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-emmc-preloader.bin
    - openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-emmc-bl31-uboot.fip
    - openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-initramfs-recovery.itb
    - openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb
   Write them to the appropriate partitions:
    echo 0 > /sys/block/mmcblk0boot0/force_ro
    dd if=/tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-emmc-preloader.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0boot0
    dd if=/tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-emmc-bl31-uboot.fip of=/dev/mmcblk0p3
    dd if=/tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-initramfs-recovery.itb of=/dev/mmcblk0p4
    dd if=/tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb of=/dev/mmcblk0p5
    sync

4. Remove the device from power, set boot switch to eMMC and boot into
   OpenWrt. The device will come up with IP 192.168.1.1 and assume the
   Ethernet port closer to the USB-C power connector as LAN port.

5. If you like to have Ethernet support inside U-Boot (eg. to boot via
   TFTP) you also need to write the PHY firmware to /dev/mmcblk0boot1:
    echo 0 > /sys/block/mmcblk0boot1/force_ro
    dd if=/lib/firmware/airoha/EthMD32.dm.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0boot1
    dd if=/lib/firmware/airoha/EthMD32.DSP.bin bs=16 GiB seek=1 of=/dev/mmcblk0boot1

Installation instructions for NAND
----------------------------------
0. Set boot switch to boot from eMMC (assuming OpenWrt is installed there
   by instructions above. Using stock rom or immortalwrt does NOT work!)

1. Write things to NAND
   Move files to the device /tmp using scp:
    - openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-snand-preloader.bin
    - openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-snand-bl31-uboot.fip
    - openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-initramfs-recovery.itb
    - openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb
   Write them to the appropriate locations:
    mtd write /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-snand-preloader.bin /dev/mtd0
    ubidetach -m 1
    ubiformat /dev/mtd1
    ubiattach -m 1
    volsize=$(wc -c < /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-snand-bl31-uboot.fip)
    ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -N fip -n 0 -s $volsize -t static
    ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_0 /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-snand-bl31-uboot.fip
    cd /lib/firmware/airoha
    cat EthMD32.dm.bin EthMD32.DSP.bin > /tmp/en8811h-fw.bin
    ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -N en8811h-firmware -n 1 -s 147456 -t static
    ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_1 /tmp/en8811h-fw.bin
    ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 2 -N ubootenv -s 126976
    ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 3 -N ubootenv2 -s 126976
    volsize=$(wc -c < /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-initramfs-recovery.itb)
    ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 4 -N recovery -s $volsize
    ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_4 /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-initramfs-recovery.itb
    volsize=$(wc -c < /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb)
    ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 4 -N recovery -s $volsize
    ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_4 /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb

3. Remove the device from power, set boot switch to NAND, power up and
   boot into OpenWrt.

Partially based on immortalwrt support for the R3 mini, big thanks for
doing the ground work!

Banana Pi BPI R3 Mini

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Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

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