Introduction

BPI-M4 Berry development board stands as a powerful Single Board Computer (SBC), harnessing the capabilities of the Allwinner H618 System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide developers with impressive performance and a wealth of features. Similar to the Raspberry Pi 4b, the BPI-M4 Berry boasts comparable CPU prowess, 2G,LPDDR4 memory and 8G eMMC, integrated WiFi and Bluetooth functionalities, and a familiar 40-pin header layout, alongside 4 USB interfaces and a GbE RJ45 port.

Characterized by its robust performance, versatile features, and remarkable image processing capabilities, stands as an exemplary SBC development platform for professionals within the embedded and computing industries. Equipped with 8GB eMMC flash storage, high-performance decoding and encoding capabilities, and an array of interface options, it caters to a wide spectrum of application domains, including media processing, IoT, and entertainment. Whether catering to novices or seasoned developers, the BPI-M4 Berry development board offers an ideal toolset for realizing creative visions and project objectives.

Key Features

• Allwinner H618, Quad-core ARM Cortex™-A53 processor
• ARM Mali G31 GPU
• WIFI & Bluetooth
• 2G LPDDR4 RAM
• 8G eMMC flash memory
• 1x USB2.0 Type-C OTG, 5V power supply
• 4x USB2.0 Type-A
• 1x HDMI 2.0a
• 1x 3.5mm Audio & TVE jack socket
• 1x GbE Ethernet port

Getting Start

• Getting Started with BPI-M4 Berry

Hardware

Hardware interface

Hardware spec

BPI-M4 Berry VS Raspberry Pi 4b

PIN define

BPI-M4 Berry 40-pin header

BPI-M4 Berry Debug UART

Development

Source code

• u-boot for H618 :https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/pi-u-boot/tree/v2021.07-sunxi
• kernel for H618 : https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/pi-linux/tree/pi-6.1-sunxi

Resources

• BPI-M4 Berry Allwinner H618 SBC burn Ubuntu desktop image:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAZsUDYL0DE
• BPI-M4 Berry DXF file

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1qS-_3d3IpoMBWJe8aI8JFA?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13wsY0cMZGfz5MdTqlo19DtmlZfdOGLI4/view?usp=sharing

• BPI-M4 Berry SBC bench test: http://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-m4-sbc-bench-test/9469

• Allwinner H618 Datasheet

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/10Rk4xLMOhIkk-gIoQx9DQw?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N6oWF9PHTcxXC1JY4x3Malr3twFv2wWZ/view?usp=sharing

System image

Linux

Ubuntu

• 2023-11-09 Bpi-m4berry_0.0.1_beta_ubuntu_jammy_minimal_linux6.1.31

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1KZ0kZBfMl9uz9gSrFp9rrg?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive:

• 2023-11-09 Bpi-m4berry_0.0.1_beta_ubuntu_jammy_desktop_xfce_linux6.1.31

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1Di6YfDDBrQNv7lF0iV1leQ?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive:

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