Guidebook

ROC-RK3399-PC-PLUS  supports booting from the following storage
devices:

SD card

eMMC

You need to flash the firmware file to the SD card or eMMC, in order
to make the board bootable.

Firmware Format

Raw Firmware

RK Firmware

Raw Firmware

，when flashing, is copied to the storage device bit by bit. It is the
raw image of the storage device.

Raw Firmware

 is flashed to the SD card in common cases.

RK Firmware

，is packed in Rockchip's proprietary format, which is flashed to the
eMMC.

Partition Image

, is the raw image of the partition. When you build the Android SDK,
you'll get a list of "boot.img", "kernel.img", "system.img", etc,
which is called

Partition Image

 and will be flashed to the corresponding partition. For example,
"kernel.img" is to be flashed to "kernel" partition in the eMMC or SD
card.

WARNING:


1.The official firmware name without the words "SDBOOT'or "sd' is EMMC
firmware. To boot with emmc, please flashing emmc firmware. On the
contrary, SD card firmware is used to make SD card.

2.Users use Linux SDK to compile and use ". / build. sh updateimg" to
package emmc firmware and ". / build. sh sdbootim G" to package SD
firmware. To boot with emmc, please burn emmc firmware.

3.Users use Android SDK to compile and use ". /mkimage.sh" to package
emmc firmware and "./mkimage.sh sdboot" to package SD firmware. To
boot with emmc, please burn emmc firmware.


Download & Flash

Here's the available OS list of firmware:

Android 7.1

Ubuntu 18.04

Debian 9


Then choose the flashing tool according to your host PC's OS:

To flash to the SD card:  GUI:  Etcher (Linux/Windows/Mac)  SD
Firmware Tool (windows)  CLI:  dd (Linux)

To flash to the eMMC:  GUI:  AndroidTool (Windows)  CLI:  upgrade_tool
(Linux)

System Boot Up

Before system boots up, make sure you have:

A bootable SD card or eMMC

15V3A PD Power Supply

There are two situations:

Use  Power adapter supply:

Plug in the bootable SD card or eMMC (NOT BOTH).

Plug in the optional HDMI cable, USB mouse or keyboard.

Check everything is okay, Power Interface connected to the  power
adapter supply。