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Radxa Rock(Pro/Lite)
Radxa Rock is a RK3188 based SBC(Single Board Computer) by Radxa. It has a quad core ARM processor, can run android or some Linux distributions. It also features 80 pin 2.54mm headers, which makes it easy to connect other sensors or use the GPIO.
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Getting started
The Radxa Rock is shipped with Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) and Ubuntu/Linaro 13.09 dual boot on the NAND flash (on-board storage) and it works out of the box(Rock Pro is shipped with Android 4.4.2(Kitkat) on NAND flash). Let's read Radxa Rock Getting Started Guide and hook everything up and start playing with the board.
Once you get started, you can flash latest Android image and several Linux images, or you can try to boot Android/Linux from SD card. You can also build your own Android, build your own kernel, build your own Ubuntu root file system, or whatever you want.
FAQs
Before you ask any questions about the Radxa Rock check if your question has already been asked and answered Radxa Rock FAQ.
Download
Visit the download page to get the download link and description of the source code, tools, images etc
Community
Users
Developers
- radxa google groups, send emails to radxa@googlegroups.com to subscribe
- #radxa IRC channel on Freenode. Click to join #radxa on Freenode (WebChat mode), or consult IRC logs.
Common HowTos
- Flash the image to NAND
- Flash the image to SD card
- Upgrade NAND from SD card
- Backing up
- Recovery ext4 file system
- Serial console debugging
- Unbrick Rock
- Resize linux rootfs
- Using IR on Rock
- Using USB on Rock
- Using UART on Rock
- Using Wireless on Rock
- Using Camera on Rock
- Using Lvds,Tp,Camera on Rock
- Run Rock Lite
- Add new hdmi resolution
- wringX:GPIO/I2C/SPI/ISR/UART/PWM
- Using gpio In Android apk
- Config power saving
Addons
Android
Bootloader
Projects
- Run Pilight on Radxa Rock for remote control
- How to install PostgreSQL 9.4 on Radxa Rock
- DIY low power NAS (home file server) with Radxa Rock
- Another Radxa-based NAS
- Network sharing on Radxa Rock
- Hardware hacking: Communicating the Radxa with external I2C devices
- Hardware hacking: Control Radxa Rock's expansion header GPIOs
References
Photos
External
- cnx-soft - radxa rock development boards with rockchips rk3188 are available for developers now
- linuxgizmos - open sbc runs android and linux on quad core rockchip
- minipute - new radxa rock single board computer runs rockchip rk3188
- omglaptop - Radxa Rock Specs
- PicUntu 4.5 with a GUI installer for RK3188 based devices