{"slug": "banana-pi-bpi-ai2n-a-renesas-rz-v2n-based-som-and-carrier-board-for-vision-ai", "title": "Banana Pi BPI-AI2N – A Renesas RZ/V2N-based SoM and carrier board for Vision AI applications", "summary": "Banana Pi has launched the BPI-AI2N, a system-on-module and carrier board powered by Renesas' RZ/V2N quad-core Cortex-A55 microprocessor with a 15 TOPS (sparse) DRP-AI3 accelerator for Vision AI workloads. The SoM includes 8GB LPDDR4x, 32GB eMMC flash, 64MB SPI flash, and dual Gigabit Ethernet, while the carrier board offers MIPI DSI, dual MIPI CSI, dual GbE RJ45, dual USB 3.0, an M.2 NVMe slot, and a 40-pin GPIO header.", "body_md": "Banana Pi BPI-AI2N is a system-on-module (SoM) powered by a Renesas RZ/V2N quad-core Cortex-A55 microprocessor with a 15 TOPS (sparse) DRP-AI3 accelerator for Vision AI workloads. The module features 8GB LPDDR4x, 32GB eMMC flash, 64MB SPI flash, two Gigabit Ethernet controllers, a PMIC, and exposes all I/Os through a 260-pin SO-DIMM connector. The company also provides a Jetson Nano-inspired carrier board with a MIPI DSI connector, two MIPI CSI connectors, two GbE RJ45 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, an M.2 socket for NVMe SSD storage, a 40-pin GPIO header, and more. Banana Pi BPI-AI2N-Core SoM specifications: SoC – Renesas RZ/V2N CPU Quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 @ 1.8 GHz Arm Cortex-M33 @ 200 MHz GPU – Arm Mali-G31 3D graphics engine (GE3D) with OpenGL ES 3.2 and OpenCL 2.0 FP VPU – Encode & decode H.264 – Up to 1920×1080 @ 60 fps (Renesas specs, but SOMDEVICES also mentions up to 4K @ [...]\n\nThe post [Banana Pi BPI-AI2N – A Renesas RZ/V2N-based SoM and carrier board for Vision AI applications](https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/26/banana-pi-bpi-ai2n-a-renesas-rz-v2n-based-som-and-carrier-board-for-vision-ai-applications/) appeared first on [CNX Software - Embedded Systems News](https://www.cnx-software.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/banana-pi-bpi-ai2n-a-renesas-rz-v2n-based-som-and-carrier-board-for-vision-ai", "canonical_source": "https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/26/banana-pi-bpi-ai2n-a-renesas-rz-v2n-based-som-and-carrier-board-for-vision-ai-applications/", "published_at": "2026-08-26 10:56:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-26 11:16:12.915495+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-chips"], "entities": ["Banana Pi", "BPI-AI2N", "Renesas", "RZ/V2N", "DRP-AI3", "Cortex-A55", "Mali-G31", "CNX Software"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/banana-pi-bpi-ai2n-a-renesas-rz-v2n-based-som-and-carrier-board-for-vision-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/banana-pi-bpi-ai2n-a-renesas-rz-v2n-based-som-and-carrier-board-for-vision-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/banana-pi-bpi-ai2n-a-renesas-rz-v2n-based-som-and-carrier-board-for-vision-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/banana-pi-bpi-ai2n-a-renesas-rz-v2n-based-som-and-carrier-board-for-vision-ai.jsonld"}}