Banana Pi BPI-OM7 is an AI 3D depth camera that combines Banana Pi BPI-M7 low-profile Rockchip RK3588 SBC with an ORBBEC Gemini 2 depth camera, targeting applications in 3D vision, robotics, edge AI, and spatial perception.
The solution ships with 8GB of RAM and a 64GB eMMC flash by default, offers HDMI and USB-C video outputs, dual 2.5GbE networking, and a few USB ports. It’s mounted on a tripod for convenience.
Banana Pi BPI-OM7 specifications:
- SoC – Rockchip RK3588 octa-core processor with
- System Memory – 8GB (default), 16GB, or 32GB LPDDR4x
- Storage
- 32GB, 64GB (default), or 128GB eMMC flash
- M.2 Key-M 2280 (PCIe 3.0 x4) socket for NVMe SSD
- Internal microSD card slot
- Video Output
- HDMI 2.1 port up to 8Kp60
- USB-C port with DisplayPort Alt mode up to 8Kp30
- Camera – ORBBEC Gemini 2
- ASIC – Orbbec MX6600 depth engine chip
- RGB camera
- Resolution/FPS – Up to 1920×1080 @ 30fps
- FOV – H: 86°; V: 55°
- 3D depth camera
- Depth Technology – Active Stereo IR
- Wavelength – 850nm
- Range – 0.15 to 10m with ≤ 2% @ 2m precision
- Resolution/FPS – Up to 1280×80 @ 30fps
- FOV – H: 91°; V: 66°
- Hardware D2C functionality (depth and RGB image pixel-by-pixel alignment)
- Sensor – Built-in 6-axis IMU
- Audio
- Audio output via HDMI or USB-C
- Internal speaker connector
- Networking
- 2x 2.5 GbE RJ45 ports
- WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 via AP6275S module
- USB – 1x USB 3.0 (5 Gbps) port, 1x USB 2.0 port, 1x USB 3.1 Type-C port with DP 1.4 Alt. mode
- Expansion
- M.2 Key-M 2280 (PCIe 3.0 x4) socket
- Internal 40-pin Raspberry Pi-compatible header.
- Misc
- 2x LEDs
- RTC battery (TBC)
- Power Supply – Via USB-C PD port
- Dimensions – TBD
The documentation is all over the place as the company simply lists the specs of the SBC and camera separately, but the Getting Started Guide is the important part, where users are shown how to use a soon-to-be-released Ubuntu 24.04 OS (BPI-OM7-Ubuntu-24.04-preinstalled-desktop-arm64.img) with Docker to install the Orbbec SDK, the RKNPU/RKNN toolkit for the built-in NPU, and run various samples (YOLO5, Orbbec multi-stream demo) leveraging the combo.
It also works with the Orbbec Viewer, which we had tested with the Femto Mega 3D camera. Another location to look is the BPI-OM7-orbbec_reconstruction repo on GitHub. The “Orbbec Reconstruction Toolkit” is described as a “practical C++ point-cloud workflow for Orbbec capture, object extraction, denoising, registration, and visualization” tested on the BPI-OM7 AI 3D vision platform running the aforementioned Ubuntu 24.04 image. You can check a (somewhat unconvincing) demo in the video below.
Banana Pi sells the BPI-OM7 AI 3D camera on AliExpress for $739.36 plus shipping and potentially taxes. For reference, the NVIDIA Jetson Nano-based Orbbec Femto Mega sold for $649.99 when I reviewed it in 2023/2024, and still does, so the price range looks normal for this type of camera. Purchasing the Banana Pi BPI-OM7 SBC (8GB/64GB) and Gemini 2 camera separately would cost $327.66 plus $240 or $567.60, to which you’d still need to add a power supply, metal case, and tripod. Looking at it that way, the ~$740 price tag does not seem that attractive after all, and they should probably shave $100 off…
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
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