Banana Pi BPI-R4 Router board with MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core ARM Corex-A73 design ,4GB DDR4 RAM,8GB eMMC,128MB SPI-NAND flash onboard, also have 2x 10Gbe SFP, 4x Gbe network port,with USB3.2 port,M.2 support 4G/5G/NVME SSD.2x miniPCIe slots with PCIe3.0 2lane interface for Wi-Fi 7 NIC (Network Interface Card). It is a very high performance open source router development board.

MediaTek MT7988(Filogic 880)

Mediatek Filogic 880. the 36Gbps Wi-Fi 7 access point/router/gateway platform delivers the fastest and most reliable connection experience

The MediaTek MT7988A is a world-Leading network processing platform for high-performance and reliable networking experiences,both in wired and wireless applications. The MT7988A comprises a rich connection interface sets include 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports. 2 USGMII interfaces. 4 PCIe Interfaces,and 2 USB 3.2 en1 Ports

the MT7988A further enables seamless Wi-Fi 7 tri-band,2.4 GHz.5 GHz and 6 GHz,connectivity,with its Wi-Fi 7 companion chip that features 320-MHz bandwidth,4096-QAM ,MLO,MRU,and AFC.

To answer the need of fast-evolving tunneling applications,the MT7988A comes with MediaTek Tunnel offload processor System(TOPS),which facilitates the processing of a wide range of tunneling protocols.The MT7988A optimizes networking performance with exquistitely tuned ISA of MediaTek TOPS,and is dedicated to lifting networking offloading performance to premium level.

Application direction

• Internet service Router

• Wifi 7 Wireless Router

• 4G/5G Wireless Router

• Wireless Repeater

• Home security Gateway

• Home Automation

• Nas device

• Network and communication applications

Key Features

• MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core Arm Corex-A73,1.8GHz processor

• 4GB DDR4

• 8GB eMMC flash

• 128MB SPI-NAND Flash

• Micro SD card slot

• 2x 10Gbe SFP slot (option 1x 10Gbe SFP and 1x SOC embedded 2.5Gbe PHY. NOTE: Need to modify hardware)

• 4x Gbe network port

• 1x USB3.2 slot

• 1x M.2 KEY-B slot with USB3.2/PCIe3.0 interface for 5G

• 1x M.2 KEY-M slot with PCIe3.0 1lane interface for NVME SSD

• 2x miniPCIe slots with PCIe3.0 2lane interface for Wi-Fi 7 NIC (Network Interface Card)

• 26 PIN GPIO Header for expanding application

Getting Start

• Getting Started with BPI-R4

Hardware

Hardware interface

WiFi7 iPA NIC Module support

BPI-R4 wifi 7 modue use MediaTek MT7996+MT7995+MT7977A+MT7977B chip design

Hardware spec

Resources

Source code

• source code on github: BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-R4-bsp

Documents

• BPI-R4 DXF file

Baidu Cloud: s/1ie_a4lYCjVwW6wD5vl1h-A?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)Google Drive: file/d/1UkZxCi-395Q15tGr12LhG8fgDjzacjGn/view?usp=sharing

• BPI-R4 Schematic diagram

Baidu Cloud: s/1XjSuch4karn6ACJSLwuimQ?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)Google Drive: file/d/1r-c2urU-DFVHpZ7cRk2qzKtVB8tg82mZ/view?usp=sharing

• kernel [PATCH net-next 8/8] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: add basic support for MT7988 SoC:lists/kernel/msg4821673.html

• [PATCH 15/15] dt-bindings: net: dsa: mediatek,mt7530: add mediatek,mt7988-switch:lkml/

• Discuss on forum :t/banana-pi-bpi-r4-wifi-7-router-board-with-mediatek-mt7988a-filogic-880-4g-ram-and-8g-emmc/15757

• MediaTek Filogic 880 platform : products/broadband-wifi/mediatek-filogic-880

• Key advantages of Wi-Fi 7 : production/documents/Key-Advantages-of-Wi-Fi-7_MediaTek-White-Paper-WF70222.pdf

• How MLO Smart Link Dispatching drives Wi-Fi 7:production/documents/MLO-Infographic-How-Smart-Link-Dispatching-drives-Wi-Fi-7-White-Paper-Infographic-0223.pdf

• MLO in Wi-Fi 7: production/documents/Wi-Fi-7-MLO-White-Paper-WF7MLOWP0622.pdf