Banana Pi BPI-R4 Lite Released with MediaTek MT7987A and Wi-Fi 7 Support
The Banana Pi team has launched the BPI-R4 Lite, a smart router board powered by the MediaTek MT7987A processor. It supports Wi-Fi 7 and offers multiple high-speed interfaces, targeting applications such as internet service routers, wireless repeaters, home gateways, NAS devices, and 4G or 5G connectivity.
The board is powered by the MediaTek MT7987A quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor and comes with 2GB of DDR4 memory, with support for configurations up to 4GB. It includes 8GB of eMMC storage, complemented by 256MB of SPI-NAND flash, 32MB of SPI-NOR flash, and a microSD card slot for further expansion.
Banana Pi BPI-R4 Lite Top View(click image to enlarge) Networking interfaces include a 2.5G SFP port, a 2.5G RJ45 WAN port with optional PoE support, and four 1G RJ45 LAN ports, offering both high-speed backbone connections and flexible local networking options.
For expansion, the BPI-R4 Lite provides an M.2 Key-B slot with USB 3.0 for 4G and 5G modules, along with two miniPCIe slots. One slot supports PCIe 3.0 with a two-lane interface for Wi-Fi 7 network cards such as the BPI-R4-NIC-BE14, while the other uses a USB 2.0 connection. Additional connectivity comes from a USB 3.0 port, a USB Type-C debug console, and two 8-pin MikroBUS headers for application development.
