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    ROCK Pi S >  Getting started

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

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.

(Todo: add picture)

• Use a USB to TTL serial cable to make a connection between your PC and ROCK Pi S. See Serial Console

• Use ssh to access ROCK Pi S. See Using SSH .

• Power on ROCK Pi S. The system runs with the green power led on..

Wish you good luck!

Troubleshooting

• Refer Troubleshooting page
• Post your issue on the forum: https://forum.radxa.com/c/rockpi4/Troubleshooting

Network state

• Look at network configure:

  $ sudo ifconfig

• Test network:

  $ ping -c 5 www.google.com

WIFI Connection

When there is not a network cable for your ROCK Pi S, the WIFI connection is another good choice.

To test the WIFI performance, we need to follow the steps:

• Switch to super user mode

 $ sudo su

• Open the WIFI

 $ nmcli r wifi on

• Scan WIFI

 $ nmcli dev wifi

• Connect to WIFI network

 $ nmcli dev wifi connect "wifi_name" password "wifi_password"

• Test WIFI perpormance by tool iperf

Keys Function

ROCK Pi S have reset key and maskrom key:

• Reset key:

Push this key ROCK Pi S can reset hardware.

• Maskrom key:

ROCK Pi S support boot on SD NAND flash,SD NAND was booting before TF card on default,push maskrom key can ignore the SD NAND flash.

GPIO

ROCK Pi S has two 26-pin expansion header. Each pin is distinguished by color, more information click here

Using OTG

ROCK Pi S has an USB type-C OTG connector, you can using it write or read data by PC to ROCK Pi S, more help click here