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Revision as of 09:08, 22 June 2019
Contents
This guide is designed for ROCK Pi S enthusiast. The purpose is to learn about the ROCK Pi S board as well as how to prepare and set up for basic use. We will introduce the board information as much as possible.
What you need
Necessary
- ROCK Pi S main board
- One of the Storage media below:
- μSD card, larger than 8GB.
- Power supply
- The ROCK Pi S is powered by Type-C port.
- The power input voltage is DC 5V.
- USB to TTL serial cable
- This is needed for serial console.
Optional
- μSD Card Reader
- For flashing the image into μSD Card or eMMC Module.
- USB type C to type A cable
- This is needed for fastboot/adb commands.
- Ethernet cable
- ROCK Pi S supports Internet access via WIFI or Ethernet.
- An Ethernet cable is used to connect your ROCK Pi S to a local network and the Internet.
Close look of ROCK Pi S
- ROCK Pi S front view
- ROCK Pi S front with an angle view
- ROCK Pi S back view
Features
| Model | ROCK Pi S | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | --- | |
| Memory | --- | |
| Storage | --- | |
| Display | --- | |
| Wireless | --- | |
| USB | --- | |
| Ethernet | --- | |
| IO | --- | |
| Others | --- | |
| Power | --- | |
| Size | --- | |
Starting the board for the first time
ROCK Pi S can be started with μSD Card.
Prepare
- When start system with μSD Card
Insert the μSD Card into μSD Card Reader, which connects to host computer.
Write Image
- Download the flash tool, etcher, from Downloads. Choose the right version for your host operation system. Here we operate on host Ubuntu 16.04.
- After unpacking the package, we run the tool by executing the command
$ ./etcher-etcher-electron-1.4.5-x86_64.AppImage
If you get an error message: "No polkit authentication agent found" you can try and start it with sudo, but do know that this is running the tool as root.
- In the etcher window, click Select image.
- In the etcher window, click Select Drive.
- In the etcher window, click Flash.
- In the etcher window, once it shows us Flash Complete! It is done and can be put into the ROCK Pi S.
Boot
- Now insert system storage media into the socket on board.
- Methods of starting system with μSD Card. The picture below shows.
(Todo: add picture)
- Methods of starting system with μSD Card. The picture below shows.
- Use a USB to TTL serial cable to make a connection between your PC and ROCK Pi S.
- Connect the power supply to the ROCK Pi S. The board will begin to immediately.
Wish you good luck!
Troubleshooting
- Refer Troubleshooting page
- Post your issue on the forum: https://forum.radxa.com/c/rockpi4/Troubleshooting