New version of router board called Banana Pi - R2 (BPI-R2) by SinoVoip.
The first version includes 5 gigabit ports and also SATA interface.
The second version of router board contains Mediatek MT7623A processor up to 1.3GHz (quad-core Cortex A7), which includes Mali-450 GPU, 2 GB RAM, eMMC 8 GB FLASH, also 5 gigabit ports, two SATAs and you can find USB 3.0 as well. On the board is miniPCIe connector for connections e.g. WiFi 802.11 ac/n.
For internet connection you can use of course ethernet port as well as WiFi 82.11a/b/g/n and also Bluetooth 4.1.
The SinoVoip says that R2 supports Android 5.1 and also OpenWRT, Debian, Ubuntu and Raspbian.
BPI-R2 contains HDMI connector which supports up to 1080p.
Specifications:
Soc: MediaTek MT7623N, Quad-code ARM Cortex-A7
GPU: Mali 450 MP4
SDRAM: 2GB DDR3 (shared with GPU)
Power: 12V @ 2A via DC power
Features:
Low-level peripherals 40 Pins Header, 28?GPIO, some of which can be used for specific functions including UART, I2C, SPI, PWM, I2S.
On board Network: 5x 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet (MT7530)
Wifi: Wifi 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4GHz/ 5GHz(MT6625L)
Bluetooth: BT4.1 BLE with MTK6625L chip
On board Storage MicroSD (TF) card, SATA 6Gbps ,eMMC
Display: HDMI (Type A) output with HDCP 1.4, resolutions up 1920x1200? MIPI Display Serial Interface (DSI) interface(4 data lanes)
Video decoder: Multi-format FHD video decoding, including Mpeg1/2, Mpeg4, H.263, H.264, etc H.264 high profile 1080p@60fps, HEVC/H.265 1080P@60fps
Video encoder: VP8 encoder: 1080p@30fps H.264 encoder: high profile 1080p@30fps
Audio outputs: HDMI, I2S audio
PCIE: 1 pcie interface & 1 pcie pin define interface
USB 3.0: 2x USB 3.0 host
USB 2.0: 1x USB 2.0 OTG
Buttons: Reset button, Power button, U-boot button
Leds: Red, Green, Blue
Other: IR reciever
Sizes: 148 mm ? 100.5mm
Weight: 100g