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RockpiE/dev/adb

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    ROCK Pi E >  Development >  Using adb

Requirement

  • ROCK Pi E mainboard
  • eMMC module
  • Power adapter
  • USB Male A to Dupont cable.
    • One port is Male A type and the other includes three Dupont lines.
    • Hardware connection
ROCK Pi E 40-pin Header USB Interface USB Male A to Dupont Cable
PIN#18 Data+ Green wire
PIN#16 Data- White wire
PIN#14 GND Black wire

Rock-pi-e-usb-mala-a-to-dupont-cable.jpg

Hardware support

Support hardware platform:

  • ROCK Pi E V1.1 or later

You'd better follow the installation steps.

Operations on ROCK Pi E

You can use ssh or serial console to access ROCK Pi E.

Step 1: Add the following line to file /boot/uEnv.txt.

overlays=rk3328-uart2  rk3328-usb-otg

Step 2: Update rockchip-overlay, kernel, rockchip-adbd kernel packages.

 $ sudo apt-get install -y rockchip-overlay 
 $ sudo apt-get install -y linux-4.4-rock-pi-e-latest
 $ sudo apt-get install -y rockchip-adbd

Step 3: Reboot the device.

 $ sudo reboot

Operations on PC

Windows

Install adb tool under Wins PC. Refer Windows ADB

Linux

Install adb tool under Linux PC. Refer Linux ADB

ADB Usage

Here we use adb to access ROCK Pi E under Linux PC.

Check adb devices

 $ adb devices
 List of devices attached 
 0123456789ABCDEF	device

Login/Shell

 $ adb shell
 # 

And type /bin/bash followed by Enter key to switch to bash shell.

 $ adb shell
 # /bin/bash
 root@rockpie:/# 
 root@rockpie:/# 

Transmit files from PC to ROCK Pi E

 $ adb push <local path> <remote path>

Example:

On PC, input the following in Terminal

 $ adb push /tmp/meet-rockpie.md /home/rock
 0 KB/s (26 bytes in 0.045s)

Check on ROCK Pi E

 root@rockpie:/home/rock# cat meet-rockpie.md 
 How do you do! ROCK Pi E!

Transmit files from ROCK Pi E to PC

 $ adb pull <remote path> <local path>

Example:

 $ adb pull /home/rock/meet-pc.md /tmp/
 0 KB/s (19 bytes in 0.086s)
 
 $ cat /tmp/meet-pc.md 
 How do you do! PC!

FAQ

Usage of rockchi-adb service

Start rockchip-adbd service

 $ sudo systemctl start rockchip-adbd

Stop rockchip-adbd service

 $ sudo systemctl stop rockchip-adbd

Reload rockchip-adbd service

 $ sudo systemctl reload rockchip-adbd
 or
 $ sudo systemctl restart rockchip-adbd

If you still have issue with adb, start a new post on the forum. https://forum.radxa.com/c/rockpie