User manual

V1 hardware version

The  Face-RK3399 V1 includes the following accessories:

Face-RK3399 main board ×1

12V-2A Power adapter ×1

20pin integrated transfer cable ×1

Other optional accessories:

Firefly Serial Module

In addition, you may need the following accessories during use:

Display device  Monitor or TV with MIPI-DSI interface

Network  100M Ethernet cable, and wired router  WiFi router

Firmware upgrade and debugging  Dual male USB data cable  Serial port
to USB adapter

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Integrated transfer cable connection

Face-RK3399 is equipped with a 20pin integrated transfer cable, and
the connection line sequence with the board is as follows:


V2 hardware version

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Firmware type

Firmware comes in two formats:

Raw firmware

RK firmware(Rockchip firmware)


Raw firmware

 is a firmware that can be upgraded to a storage device in a bit-by-
bit replication mode. It is the original image of the storage device.
Raw firmware is generally upgraded to an SD card, but it can also be
upgraded to an eMMC. There are many tools available to upgrade the
original firmware:


RK firmware

 is a firmware packaged in Rockchip proprietary format and upgraded to
eMMC flash memory using

upgrade_tool(Linux)

 or

AndroidTool(Windows)

 tools provided by Rockchip. RK firmware is Rockchip's traditional
firmware packaging format and is often used on Android devices. In
addition, Android's RK Firmware can be upgraded to an SD card using
the

SD Firmware Tool

.


Partition image

 is the image data of a partition and is used to store the upgrade of
the corresponding partition of the device. For example, the
compilation of the Android SDK will construct "boot.img", "kernel.img"
and "system.img" etc. Partition image file ,the "kernel.img" will be
written in eMMC or SD card "the kernel" partition.

Download and update firmware

The following is a list of supported systems:

Android 7.1

Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 18.04

Debian 9

Choose the right tool to upgrade the firmware according to the
operating system used:

upgrade to SD  Graphical interface upgrade tool:  Etcher
(windows/linux/Mac)  Command line upgrade tool:  dd (Linux)

upgrade to eMMC  Graphical interface upgrade tool:  AndroidTool
(Windows)  Command line upgrade tool:  upgrade_tool (Linux)

Boot

After confirming the correct connection of motherboard accessories,
insert the power adapter into a live socket and the power line
interface into the development board. The development board will
automatically start up after the first power on. Maintain power supply
of development board after shutdown, then we can boot Face-RK3399 by
follow ways:

Press the power button for 3 seconds (extension button)