Banana Pi BPI-R4 Lite Wifi7 Router board design with Mediatek MT7987

Nice, this one can be a nice mesh ap cause if i use the normal r4 with a modem i only would need the WIFI7 nic here.

Two things i saw here and would love to see it maybe at bpi r5 :stuck_out_tongue:

  • USB C Debugging Port (like someone said before, this is a game changer! but i also have to say, it’s a dev board. So people who do not know about Serial Connecting by PINs (RX/TX) should consider buying another board/router :wink: but it makes the setup “cleaner” and easier to connect/disconnect)
  • RTC Battery place. This is so much more comfortable, easier and more safe than the RTC port at the normal r4

One thing i am missing at the Lite Version (but for my use case not important)

  • No GPIO header cause for example i am watching the RPM from my used fan with this and give an alarm if fan RPM is zero. Not sure how much heat this one will get, but at the normal r4 with be14 nic and queltec rm520n modem it will get very hot without a fan.

Looking forward to this, especially to make a nice WIFI7 mesh network at home :slight_smile:

greetings

I guess the mikrobus can be used for that purpose.

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