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* Use a USB to TTL serial cable to make a connection between your PC and ROCK Pi S.
 
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Revision as of 02:52, 25 June 2019

    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

Rockpi s top 1200px.jpeg

  • ROCK Pi S front with an angle view

Rockpi s angel 1200px.jpeg

  • ROCK Pi S back view

Rockpi s back 1200px.jpeg

Features

Model ROCK Pi S
Processor SoC RK3308
Quad Cortex-A35 ARM 64bits processor, frequency 1.3GHz
Memory 256MB or 512MB DDR3
Storage MicroSD(TF), optional on board 1/2/4/8Gb NAND flash
Wireless 802.11 b/g/n wifi
Bluetooth 4.0(rtl8723DS)
external antenna
USB USB2.0 Type-A HOST X1
USB3.0 Type-C OTG X1
Ethernet 100MB ethernet, optional PoE(additional HAT requried)
IO ---
Others ---
Power USB Type-C DC 5V
Size 1.5inch square


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.

Linux etcher select image.png

  • In the etcher window, click Select Drive.

Linux etcher select driver.png

  • In the etcher window, click Flash.

Linux etcher select flash button.png

  • In the etcher window, once it shows us Flash Complete! It is done and can be put into the ROCK Pi S.

Linux etcher show complete.png

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.
  • Connect the power supply to the ROCK Pi S. The board will begin to immediately.

Wish you good luck!

Troubleshooting