# fdtput -t s /media/pi/BPI-BOOT/bananapi/bpi-m4/linux/rtd-1395-bananapi-m4-2GB.dtb /spi@9801BD00 status okay
# fdtput -t s /media/pi/BPI-BOOT/bananapi/bpi-m4/linux/rtd-1395-bananapi-m4-1GB.dtb /spi@9801BD00 status okay
# reboot¶ Introduction
Banana Pi BPI-M4 use Realtek RTD1395 chp design ,it is a 64-bit quad-core A53 mini single board computer. It features 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB eMMC. It also has onboard WiFi for b/g/n/ac and BT 4.2. On the ports side, the BPI-M4 has 4 USB 2.0 ports, 1 USB TYPE C port, 1 HDMI port, 1 audio jack. support M.2 Key E PCIE 2.0 interface.
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¶ specifications
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Realtek RTD1395 ARM Cortex-A53 Quad-Core 64 Bit
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Mali 470 MP4 GPU OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0 H.264 H.265,2K4K
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Onboard1 GB DDR4 (option 2 GB)
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8G eMMC flash (max 64 GB)
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10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet and RTL8821 module support Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/AC + Bluetooth 4.2
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USB 2.0 TYPE C
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M.2 Key E slot PCIE 2.0 and USB 2.0
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PoE function support
¶ Development
¶ Android
¶ Prepare
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BPI-M4 Android8 image only support 2GB ddr board.
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BPI-M4 USB flash tool is a usb download tool for flashing android image to board emmc, and only support Windows platform.
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Make sure SW2 (board bottom near sd slot) switch to 1
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Read document/bananapi_m4_usb_download_tool_guide.doc in usb flash tool package before flashing image.
Download BPI-M4 USB flash tool
¶ Install Image to eMMC
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¶ Linux
¶ Prepare
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Board SW2 (board bottom near sd slot) switch to 0
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For the compatibility of new 2GB and 1GB board with one Linux image, the old batch (before May, 2020) 1GB board must update the spirom firmware, so it can run the new release image.
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Login user/password: pi/bananapi or root/bananapi
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¶ Enable SPI
Without device-tree overlay support, 40pin header SPI function is disabled default because pins multiplexing with uart2, it can be enabled according to this topic
https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-m4-how-to-get-i2c-and-spi-running-tutorial/12824 or by fdtput command without building kernel. Make sure boot partition mounted before doing this.
¶ Installed Docker
To have a test, if docker has installed in your image.
sudo docker run --rm hello-world¶ EMAC
Use iperf3 to test gmac
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On PC Terminal.Execute
iperf3 -s -
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TCP test
iperf3 -c serverIP -
UDP test
iperf3 -u -c serverIP
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¶ Bluetooth
You have two ways to setup BT
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Use commands to setup BT
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Use bluetoothctl tool to operate BT
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Execute "bluetoothctl"
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If you don’t know how to use bluetoothctl, type "help", you will see more commands
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Execute these commands:
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Use UI interface to setup BT
¶ WiFi Client
You have two ways to setup WiFi Client
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Use commands to setup WiFi client
ip link set wlan0 up iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID vim /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.confnetwork={ ssid="ssid" psk="password" priority=1 }wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf dhclient wlan0 -
Use UI interface to setup WiFi Client
