BANANA PI

Single-board computers, embedded platforms and IoT solutions

About the manufacturer

Banana Pi is an open-hardware ecosystem developed by Guangdong Bipai Technology and supported by SinoVoip’s experience in embedded design and manufacturing. The portfolio includes single-board computers, compute modules, routers, IoT gateways and platforms for AI and edge computing.

Banana Pi boards use processors from several vendors and architectures, including ARM and RISC-V. The platform covers entry-level development boards as well as more advanced networking, industrial and multimedia systems.

A major advantage of the ecosystem is access to documentation, Linux distributions and developer tools. This makes Banana Pi useful for rapid prototyping, IoT devices, routers, controllers and edge-computing projects.

Applications

Banana Pi platforms are used by developers, integrators and organisations that need a compact and flexible embedded computing platform.

Embedded prototyping – rapid Linux-based hardware and software development.
IoT and AIoT – gateways, hubs and sensor-data aggregation.
Networking – routers, firewalls, gateways and communication appliances.
Automation – lightweight control, visualisation and data-logging systems.
Edge computing – local data processing and AI applications.
Multimedia – players, terminals and information-display systems.
Education and laboratories – learning Linux, electronics and low-level programming.

BANANA PI products available from Maritex

The BANANA Pi range available from Maritex includes single-board computers for embedded, IoT and networking applications.

Available product groups include:

Banana Pi single-board computers.
Linux-capable embedded platforms.
Boards with networking and GPIO interfaces.
Platforms with integrated Wi-Fi connectivity.
Boards for IoT and automation prototyping.

One example is the Banana Pi BPI-M2 Berry, a single-board computer with a Cortex-A7 processor, RAM, LAN, Wi-Fi, GPIO, miniHDMI, USB and SATA. Platforms of this type combine controller, computer and communication-gateway functions in a compact board.

When choosing a board, consider processor architecture and performance, RAM capacity, available interfaces, storage options, supported operating systems, power requirements and cooling needs.

Industrial computers