Banana Pi BPI-M2+ - BPI-M2+ Quick Start

BPI-M2+QuickStart
Step1:Getwhatyouneed
FirsttimetoenjoyyourBananaPi,youneedatleasttheaccessoriesinthetablebelow.
No. Item Minimumrecommendedspecification&notes
1 MicroSDcard
SDcardisoptional.IfneedtobootformSDcard,Minimumsize8GB,class10(theclass
indicateshowfastthecardis).WerecommendusingbrandedSDcardsastheyare
morereliable.
2
avHDMI(Full
sized)toHDMI
/DVIlead
HDMItoHDMIlead(forHDTVsandmonitorswithHDMIinput).ORHDMItoDVIlead
(formonitorswithDVIinput).
3
Keyboardand
mouse
AnystandardUSBkeyboardandmouseshouldwork.keyboardsormicethattakealot
ofpowerfromtheUSBports,however,mayneedapoweredUSBhub.Thismayinclude
somewirelessdevices.
4 Ethernetcable
Networkingisoptional,althoughitmakesupdatingandgettingnewsoftwareforyour
BananaPimucheasier.
5
MicroUSB
poweradapter
Agoodquality,USBPowersupplythatcanprovideatleast5V/2Aisessential.OTGalso
canpowertheboard,butitisnotrecommended.
6
MobileHard
disk(Optional)
YoucanchoosetoconnectamobileharddisktoUSBporttostoremorefiles.
Baseyouneedbelow:
BPI-M2+QuickStart
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