After first being unveiled back in February 2019 the
Banana Pi BPI-M4 a Raspberry Pi alternative is now available to purchase from
online retailers such as AliExpress priced from US$ 38. Offering slightly
different features to the Raspberry Pi the Banana Pi BPI-MP4 is capable of
supporting 4K video and unlike the Raspberry Pi has 8GB of eMMC flash built-in
as well as a microSD card slot.
Powered by a Realtek RTD1395 quad-core Arm
Cortex-A53 processor supported by Mali-470 MP4 GP the mini PC is available with
up to 2GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC storage any form factor measuring 92 mm x 60
mm.
Specifications of the Banana Pi BPI-M4 mini PC
include :
- Realtek RTD1395 Arm Cortex-A53 quad-core processor
- Mali-470 MP4 graphics
- 1GB of DDR4 memory
- 8GB eMMC flash storage
- 10/100 Ethernet
- 802.11ac WiFI
- Bluetooth 4.2
- HDMI 2.0b (4K60)
- 3.5mm audio jack
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x USB 2.0 Type-C port for power & data
- M.2 Key E slot (PCIe 2.0 and USB 2.0 support
- 40-pin Raspberry Pi-compatible GPIO header
