Banana Pi BPI R3 Mini

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abgn+ac+ax (AX1800)
Banana Pi BPI R3 Mini SBC
Banana Pi BPI-R3 Mini 1.jpg
Homepage Product page
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Banana Pi BPI R3 mini V1.0
FCC ID none specified
Type single-board computer, wireless router
CPU1 checkY 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 (4 E, 17 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 (Type-C) Female
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 1341 additional devices
of which 5 are Banana Pi devices
Default login user: root
Default login password: blank
root:blank credentials used by 78 additional devices
of which 5 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 Flag of the United States.svg
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
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
Banana Pi BPI R3MediaTekMediaTekMediaTek
Banana Pi BPI R3 MiniMediaTekMediaTekMediaTek

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.

1201 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ax (80MHz chan., 1024-QAM)
574 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 256-QAM) = AX1800 class

Overview

Specifications

Banana Pi RPI R3 Mini board
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

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: mediatek
OpenWrt Subtarget: filogic
OpenWrt Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Support started version: 24.10.0
Current supported version: 24.10.3
LAN Comment:
2x Airoha EN8811H 2.5Gbe Phy
WLAN Comment:
MediaTek MT7986AV, MediaTek MT7976CN, 2x2 2.4Ghz + 3x3 5Ghz

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See also

Models

Banana Pi Banana Pi on Wikipedia
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Banana Pi BPI M2 Berry (2016) • Allwinner V40
Banana Pi BPI M2 Magic (2017) • Allwinner A33/R16
Banana Pi BPI M2 Pro (2021) • Amlogic S905X3
Banana Pi BPI M2S (2022) • Amlogic S922X/A311D
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Banana Pi BPI P2 Pro (2023) • Rockchip RK3308
Banana Pi BPI R2 Pro (2022) • Rockchip RK3568
Banana Pi BPI R3 Mini (2023) • MediaTek MT7986A
Banana Pi BPI R4 (WiFi 7) (2023) • MediaTek MT7988A
Banana Pi BPI R4 Lite (2025) • MediaTek MT7987A
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