Banana pi BPI-M3 octa-core development board

Banana Pi SBCs design BPI-M3(A83T/R18)
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please asked sample at this link:

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Dear BPi,

When will the M3 on sale, what will it cost?

Thank You. Jiri

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about 2015-11-15 ,we will in stock. will sale it 69 USD , 2G LPDDR３ and A８３T cost，now is high．

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Some reasons to return the M3 to the shop:

  1. BPI-Android does not support Google Play Services (needed for Chromecast)
  2. BPI-Linux does not support HW-gfx; can’t even run Minecraft
  3. No good documentation what so ever
  4. No SW-updates
  5. Expensive

So… give me a single good reason to keep it…

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Everything comes down to community and support, if you are looking for specific features then you may have to compile Android or linux yourself and be a part of the community and I don’t think the M3 is that expensive, it’s a octa-core CPU and 2 GB DDR3 memory =)

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Since there will never be HW support for the PowerVR in *nix; and I am not building a robot - why bother…

The value of this card is limited to it’s ability to run Android! So… can you point me to the BPI-M3 Android SDK soure code?<

BTW: The Git resp. of the SDK for Banana Pro/Pi has gotten a DMCA takedown notice; this banana got a fishy smell…

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You just started, a greenhorn ? Well, you can always hope, but if you want to understand fast, read this….

@nakiel, you are so right :+1:

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Does the Debian Jessie image at http://www.banana-pi.org/m3-download.html (Beta GPU / YouTube Support) not support the GPU? The Readme says: support GPU PowerVR SGX544MP (glmark2-es2).

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Hi,

To get a feeling what you bought … spend 30min on reading - because this will save you hours. start here 10min : http://sunxi.org/Sinovoip_Banana_Pi_M3

I don’t know whether it works or not, but this one: Mate Image seems to be their newest. I would first try with this.

If you stil face troubles,try this 20min

  1. http://forum.armbian.com/index.php/topic/474-quick-review-of-banana-pi-m3/
  2. http://forum.armbian.com/index.php/topic/1220-bpim3-fresh-stuff/
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BPI-M3 ,have support GPU&1080P on 3.4 kernel .

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Hello,

I would like to test the functionality & reliability of the board for open source firewall which equipped with open source firewall e.g. Pfsense and if successful i will promote to small business company for your their firewall system.

Also, I’m interested to develop automation in agriculture sector e.g. irrigation system.

Hope that you can support me. Thank you.

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Where can I get the android 5.1 source code of M3 board…? let me know Thanks.

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Banana Pi M3: A quick look

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QUESTION: I purchased an AC adapter for my bpi-m64, and bpi-m3 (couldn’t decide which one i wanted, so i bought both).

The adapter i bought says it’s output is 5VDC 3000ma.

When i MEASURE the output with a digital multimeter, i see 5.38VDC.

Is that voltage too high? Will it cause any harm? OR is it ok to use this kind of adapter?

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it should work… as long it is givin atleast 2 amp.

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its not so good : even more downsides are

  1. low support and compatibilty. and 32 bit octa
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What specifically do you need 64-bit for on a development board? Even on the m64, isn’t it basically just the processor that’s 64-bit, and the rest of the system is 32-bit?

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you dont get 64 bit perfomance even with m64 (they are traitors)

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Hello ,

Am I too late to reply?

I have a youtube channel and a twitch and Mixer channels and I am about to start a blog?

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Maybe you should try on this thread.