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# BPI-R2 hardware

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**Banana Pi BPI-R2**

The first version includes 5 gigabit ports and also 2 SATA interface.The second version of router board contains Mediatek **MT7623N.**processor up to 1.3GHz (**quad-core Cortex A7**), which includes **Mali-450 GPU,2 GB RAM,eMMC 8 GB FLASH**, also **5 gigabit ports**,2 **SATAs** and you can find **USB 3.0** as well. On the board is **PCIe** connector for connections e.g. WiFi 802.11 ac/n.For internet connection you can use of course ethernet port as well as **WiFi 82.11a/b/g/n** and also **Bluetooth 4.1.**the R2 supports Android 5.1 and also OpenWRT, Debian, Ubuntu and Raspbian.

BPI-R2 contains HDMI connector which supports up to 1080p.

**Specifications:**

* Soc: MediaTek MT7623N, Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7
* GPU: Mali 450 MP4
* SDRAM: 2GB DDR3 (shared with GPU)
* Power: 12V @ 2A via DC power

Features:

* Low-level peripherals 40 Pins Header, 28×GPIO, some of which can be used for specific functions including UART, I2C, SPI, PWM, I2S
* On board Network: 5x 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet (MT7530)
* Wifi: Wifi 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4GHz/ 5GHz(MT6625L)
* Bluetooth: BT4.1 BLE with MTK6625L chip
* On board Storage MicroSD (TF) card, SATA 6Gbps ,eMMC
* Display: HDMI (Type A) output with HDCP 1.4, resolutions up 1920x1200； MIPI Display Serial Interface (DSI) interface(4 data lanes)
* Video decoder: Multi-format FHD video decoding, including Mpeg1/2, Mpeg4, H.263, H.264, etc H.264 high profile 1080p\@60fps, HEVC/H.265 1080P\@60fps
* Video encoder: VP8 encoder: 1080p\@30fps H.264 encoder: high profile 1080p\@30fps
* Audio outputs: HDMI, I2S audio
* PCIE: 1 pcie interface & 1 pcie pin define interface
* USB 3.0: 2x USB 3.0 host
* USB 2.0: 1x USB 2.0 OTG
* Buttons: Reset button, Power button, U-boot button
* Leds: Red, Green, Blue
* Other: IR reciever
* Sizes: 148 mm × 100.5mm
* Weight: 100g