Flashing to the SD Card

Foreword

This article mainly describes how to flashing firmware to the SD card.
You need to select the appropriate upgrade method according to the
host operating system.

Please note the type of firmware: Raw Firmware or RK Firmware

Ready to work

ROC-RK3399-PC-PLUS

Firmware

host

12V-2A Power-Adapter

SD card

Windows

Tool

SD_Firmware_Tool

SD_Firmware_Tool 1.xx is the official SD card burning tool of lucic
microchip. Users generally use it to burn systems started from SD
CARDS, and can also use SD CARDS to upgrade the systems in EMMC.

Download the system booted from SD card

ROC-3399-PC-PLUS firmware prefix with the word "SD", for SD card boot
firmware, is specifically used from SD card boot system.

Download the official SD card maker: SD_Firmware

Open the tool, select the downloaded firmware containing the word
"SD", and operate as shown in the figure below:


Click start to create, wait for the end of creation, you can start the
system from the SD card.

Use SD card to upgrade the system in EMMC

ROC-3399-PC firmware prefix without the word "SD", specifically used
to upgrade EMMC system on SD.

Download the official SD card maker: SD_Firmware

Open the tool, select the downloaded firmware without the word "SD",
and operate as shown in the figure below:


After clicking start creation and waiting for the end of creation, you
can update the firmware on the SD card to EMMC.

Etcher

Etcher(windows、linux、Mac) can be downloaded from the

Etcher official site

.

Download

SD Firmware Tool

 from the

SD Firmwware Tool Download Page

 and extract it.

Flashing firmware

Raw Firmware

:

The easiest way to flash the

Raw Firmware

 is to use the

Etcher

Select firmware

Select device

Flashing


Linux

host will detect the new usb device when inserting an SD card.

   ls /dev/sdb    		

Tools

dd

Etcher

Etcher

, please refer to usage in windows. if you need to flashing android
firmware recommended

Etcher

.

Flashing firmware

   sudo apt-get install pv						      # Install pv
   pv -tpreb out/update.img | sudo dd conv=fsync,notrunc of=/dev/sdb  # Show progress

   or

   sudo dd conv=fsync,notrunc if=out/update.img of=/dev/sdb