SinoVoIP, a company known for its Banana Pi board and related spamming, has been working on another AllWinner A20 product called BPI-R1 (Banana Pi R1), a router/NAS platform that features 5 Gigabit Ethernet ports, a SATA interface, HDMI, audio output, and more.



BPI-R1 Board specifications:

SoC- Allwinner A20 dual core Cortex A7 processor @ 1 GHz with Mali-400MP2 GPU

System Memory – 1 GB DDR3

Storage – SD card slot up to 64GB, SATA connector for hard drive or SSD up to 2TB

Video output – HDMI, LVDS/RGB via DSI connectors

Audio I/O – HDMI, 3.5mm stereo jack, and on-board microphone

Camera – CSI connector possibly interfacing with their upcoming BPI-D1 camera

Connectivity – 5x Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) ports including 4x LAN ports, 1x WAN port, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi (RTL8192CU module) with two antenna connectors.

USB – 1x USB 2.0 port, 1x micro USB OTG port, 1x micro USB for power

I/O Expansion Headers: 26-pin header (but not fully R-Pi compatible) with access to GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, PWM, 3.3V, 5V and GND pins 8-pin header with UART7, 2 more GPIOs, and power signals 2-pin header for UART0 Tx and Rx.

Misc – Power and reset buttons, Power and user LEDs, IR receiver, Battery connector

Dimensions – 148 x 100 mm

Weight – 83 grams

The company will provide Linux and Android 4.2.2 images and source code for the board. They also claim BPI-R1 is an “open source router”, but based on their previous products, that only includes the software, not the hardware.

The board is expected to be available in October 2014 for $65. OS Images should eventually become available in the Download section of Bananapi.com, and source code in their github account. Further details may be available on SinoVoIP BRI-R1 product page.

Thank you Lalith!