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Contents
Chapter 1: Getting familiar with your Orange Pi 6

Chapter 2: Getting started with your Orange Pi 10

Chapter 3: Using Linux on your Orange Pi 18

Chapter 4: Using Android on your Orange Pi 32

Chapter 5: Building Linux from source 38

Chapter 6: Building Android from source 41

APPENDICES
Appendix A: Installing an OS to a microSD card 46

Appendix B: Connect to the Serial Port 51

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 Chapter 1

Getting familiar with

your Orange Pi
Know your new pocket-sized Orange Pi
computer by taking a walkthrough over
its various components and features.

O
range Pi is an open-source single board computer, a new generation of arm64
development board, which can run systems such as Android 10, Ubuntu and
Debian and so on. Orange Pi Zero 2 uses the Allwinner H616 system-on-chip
and has 512MB/1GB DDR3 memory.

Orange Pi Zero 2 is for anyone who wants to start creating with technology not just
consuming it. It's a simple, fun, useful tool that you can use to start taking control of
the world around you.

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Hardware Overview

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 Hardware Specification

• Allwinner H616, Quad core Cortex-A53 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz

• 512MB or 1GB DDR3 SDRAM (depending on model)
• H.265 (4kp60 decode), H264 (4kp30 decode, 4kp25 encode or 1080p60 encode)
• ARM G31 GPU Supports OpenGL ES 3.2/2.0/1.0, Vulkan 1.1 OpenCL 2.0
• AW859A module Support IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac wireless, Bluetooth 5.0
• 1000M/100M/10M Ethernet
• Micro-HDMI ports (up to 4kp60 supported)
• 3 USB 2.0 ports. (Two of them are via 13pin interface board)
• 26 pin GPIO header with I2C, SPI, UART and multiple GPIO ports
• 13 pin GPIO header with 2 USB Host, IR pin, TV-out, Audio and GPIO ports
• 5V DC via USB-C connector (minimum 2A)
• OS: Android10, Ubuntu and Debian
• Dimension: 85mm×56mm
• Weight: 30g

Pinout Diagram

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Expansion board

The expansion board is an easy way to expand the functionalities of the Orange Pi
Zero2 board by providing two extra USB ports, One IR receiver, and an audio/video
composite port.

Note: The Orange Pi Zero2 does not support MIC Input on the expansion board.

Expansion board schematic

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 Chapter 2

Getting started with

your Orange Pi
Find out what items you'll need
for Orange Pi and how to set up
everything to get it running.

O
range Pi boards are easy to set up and beginners friendly. The Orange Pi
boards are mostly self-contained and only required a few extra components
to get it working. This mini-computer only needs a computer monitor or TV
with an HDMI connection for display. If you want it to run as a mini headless server
then you don't need a display screen either.

The Orange Pi Zero2 is very compact and offers only two USB ports out-of-box. The
USB Type-C port used for powering the board and the USB Type-A port is available
for use. We can get additional two USB Type-A ports with the Orange Pi Zero Addon
board.

As we generally have only one USB port is available to use. We recommend using the
Orange Pi Zero Addon board to get access to more USB ports and other features like
an Audio/Video composite port and an IR receiver.

Optionally, you can use a USB Hub to get more USB ports to connect different
peripherals.

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Peripheral Requirements

If you have only bought the Orange Pi Zero2 board then you will need the following
items.

USB power supply – A 5V 3amps(3A) power supply with a USB Type-C connector.
The official OrangePi power supply is recommended for this board.

microSD card with OrangePi OS – The microSD card acts as an primary permanent
storage for the OrnagePi Zero2 board. A minimum of 8GB class 10 card is required.
Although 16GB microSD card is recommended. You need to write the OrangePi OS
into this blank microSD card. follow Appendix A for instructions.

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 A keyboard and mouse – The keyboard and mouse are used to control your Orange
Pi. Any wired or wireless keyboard and mouse will work. Although wired USB
keyboard and mouse are preferred as they are most likely to work without any driver
issues.

Micro-HDMI cable – A Micro-HDMI to HDMI cable is needed for getting Audio/Video

from Orange Pi to your TV or Monitor.

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USB Hub – The Orange Pi Zero2 has only one USB Type-A port that you may need to
use a USB Hub if you want to use more the one USB device.

Orange Pi Zero expansion board(Optional) – The expansion board can provide two
extra USB Type-A ports and some other functionalities.

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 Connect your OrangePi Zero2
Insert the SD card – Insert the SD card into the microSD card slot on the underside
of your OrangePi Zero2.

Connect USB Mouse & Keyboard – Connect the mouse to a USB port on OrangePi
Zero2 (You can use either a USB Hub or OrangePi Addon board).

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Connect HDMI cable – Connect your moniter to the Micro HDMI port of OrangePi
Zero2.

Connect Ethernet cable(Optional) – If you want to connect your OrangePi Zero2 to

the internet via Ethernet then use an Ethernet cable to connect the Ethernet port on
OrangePi to your internet router.

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 Connect USB-C Power Supply – Connect a USB-C Power supply to the Orange Pi
Zero2. This board doesn't have a power switch, so it will start booting as soon as you
connect it to a power supply.

Finally, supply power to the USB-C power adapter, and OrangePi Zero2 will start
booting.

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After boot-up is complete, you will be greeted with the login screen. The default
password for OrangePi OS is "orangepi". Enter the password and hit return.

Congratulations! You have booted your first Operating System on the OrangePi
Zero2.

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Using Linux on your

Orange Pi
Learn about the Orange Pi Operating System.

O
range Pi Zero2 can run a wide range of Operating Systems like Ubuntu,
Debian, and Android 10, including server editions of Ubuntu and Debian.

In this chapter, we will learn some basic configurations like changing the screen
resolution, adjusting Linux log levels, setting up an SSH connection, etc.

Changing the Linux log level

The log level of the Linux system is set to 1 by default. When using the serial port to
view the boot logs, it only shows minimal information. We can increase the log levels
to get more detailed system logs for debugging.

The following command will change the log level to 7.

root@orangepi:~# sed -i "s/verbosity=1/verbosity=7/" /boot/orangepiEnv.txt

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Changing the screen resolution.

The screen resolution can be changed by choosing a different mode for the
disp_mod variable and adjusting the width/height values of the frame buffer.

We need to change the values of fb0_width, fb0_height, and disp_mode in the /boot/
orangepiEnv.txt file according to the following table.

disp_mode fb0_width/fb0_height Frame rate

480i 720x480 60
576i 720x480 50
480p 720x480 60
576p 720x576 60
720p50 1280x720 50
720p60 1280x720 60
1080i50 1920x1080 50
1080i60 1920x1080 60
1080p24 1920x1080 24
1080p50 1920x1080 50
1080p60 1920x1080 60

Setup SSH remote access

SSH remote login development board under Ubuntu

1) Get the IP address of the development board

2) Then you can log in to the linux system remotely through the ssh command

Note: Need to be replaced with the IP address of the development board

$ ssh [email protected]

Next: Enter the password here, the default password is orangepi

[email protected]'s password:

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 After a successful SSH login system, you can get access to the system remotely.

SSH remote login development board under Windows

MobaXterm can be used to remotely log in to the development board under

windows, first create a new ssh session
a. Open Session
b. Then select SSH in Session Setting
c. Then enter the IP address of the development board in Remote host
d. Then enter the username root or orangepi of the Linux system in Specify
username
e. Finally click OK

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You will be prompted to enter a password, the default passwords for root and
orangepi users are orangepi

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 Connecting to the WiFi

Connect to the WiFi in the Desktop edition

Click the network configuration icon in the upper right corner of the desktop (please
do not connect the network cable when testing WIFI)

Click More networks in the pop-up drop-down box to see all scanned WIFI hotspots,
then select the WIFI hotspot you want to connect to

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Then enter the password of the WiFi hotspot, and then click Connect to start
connecting to WiFi

Connect to the WiFi in the Server edition

Open the command terminal and enter the following command

root@orangepi:~# nmtui

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 Select Activate a connection and press Enter.

Select the WiFi hotspot you want to connect to, then use the Tab key to position the
cursor on Activate and press Enter

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A dialog box for entering the password will pop up, enter the corresponding
password in Password and press Enter to start connecting to WiFi.

After the WiFi connection is successful, a "*" will be displayed before the connected
WiFi name

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 Connecting to the Bluetooth
Click the Bluetooth icon in the upper right corner of the desktop

Then select the adapter

Set Visibility Setting to Always visible in the Bluetooth adapter setting interface, and
then click close

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Then open the configuration interface of the Bluetooth device

Click Search to start scanning surrounding Bluetooth devices

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 Then select the Bluetooth device you want to connect to, and then click the right
mouse button to pop up the operation interface of the Bluetooth device. Select Pair
to start pairing. Here is a demonstration of pairing with an Android phone

When pairing with a mobile phone, a pairing confirmation box will pop up in the
upper right corner of the desktop, select Confirm to confirm. At this time, the mobile
phone also needs to be confirmed

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After pairing with the phone, you can select the paired Bluetooth device, then right-
click and select Send a File to start sending a picture to the phone

The interface for sending pictures is as follows

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 13 pin header for Addon board

Please refer to the figure below for the sequence of the Orange Pi Zero 2 dev board
13 pin adapter board interface pins

The schematic diagram of the 13pin interface of the Orange Pi Zero 2 development
board is shown below

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26 pin GPIO expension header

Please refer to the figure below for the sequence of the 26 pin of the Orange Pi Zero2
development board

The function of the 26 pin of the Orange Pi Zero2 development board is shown in the
table below

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 Chapter 4

Using Android on
your Orange Pi
Learn about the Android 10 Operating System.

O
range Pi Zero2 can run a wide range of Operating Systems like Ubuntu,
Debian, and Android 10, including server editions of Ubuntu and Debian.

In this chapter, we will learn some basic configurations in Android 10 Operating

system.

Onboard LED light display description

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Using USB debugging.

Goto Settings -> Device Preferences -> Developer options
Find USB debugging, make sure it is turned on

Use data cable to connect adb debugging

Prepare a USB Typc C interface data cable. One end of the USB interface is inserted
into the USB interface of the computer, and the other end of the Type C interface is
inserted into the power interface of the development board. In this case, the USB
interface of the computer supplies power to the development board, so please
ensure that the USB interface of the computer can provide the most power to drive
the development board.

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 Install adb tool on Ubuntu using following commands
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install adb

View the identified ADB device

$ adb devices
List of devices attached
8c00141167058911ccd device

Then you can log in to the android system through adb shell on the Ubuntu PC
$ adb shell
cupid-p2:/ #

Use network connection adb debugging

1) Using the network adb does not require a USB Typc C interface data cable to
connect the computer and the development board, but communicates through the
network, so first make sure that the wired or wireless network of the development
board is connected, and then obtain the IP address of the development board , To be
used later

2) Make sure that the USB debugging option is turned on

3) Make sure that the service.adb.tcp.port of the Android system is set to port
number 5555
cupid-p2:/ # getprop | grep "adb.tcp"
[service.adb.tcp.port]: [5555]

4) If service.adb.tcp.port is not set, you can use the following command to set the
port number of the network adb
cupid-p2:/ # setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
cupid-p2:/ # stop adbd
cupid-p2:/ # start adbd

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5) Install adb tool on Ubuntu PC

test@test:~$ sudo apt update
test@test:~$ sudo apt install adb

6) Then connect to the network adb on the Ubuntu PC

test@test:~$ adb connect 192.168.1.xxx (The IP address needs to be modified to
the IP address of the development board)
* daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started successfully
connected to 192.168.1.xxx:5555

test@test:~$ adb devices

List of devices attached
192.168.1.xxx:5555 device

7) Then you can log in to the android system through adb shell on the Ubuntu PC
test@test:~$ adb shell
cupid-p2:/ #

How to use USB camera

1) First insert the USB camera into the USB interface of the development board, and
then confirm that the kernel module related to the USB camera has been loaded
normally
console:/ # lsmod
Module Size Used by
sprdwl_ng 405504 0
sprdbt_tty 36864 2
uwe5622_bsp_sdio 274432 2 sprdwl_ng,sprdbt_tty
uvcvideo 102400 0
videobuf2_v4l2 28672 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_vmalloc 16384 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 16384 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core 49152 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_v4l2
mali_kbase 532480 7

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 2) If the USB camera is recognized normally, the corresponding video device node
will be generated under /dev

3) Then make sure that the adb connection between the Ubuntu PC and the
development board is normal

4) Download the USB camera test APP from the official tool on the page below the
Orange Pi Zero 2 information

5) Then use the adb command to install the USB camera test APP to the Android
system, of course, you can also use the U disk copy method to install
test@test:~$ adb install usbcamera.apk

6) After installation, you can see the startup icon of the USB camera on the Android
desktop

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7) Then double-click to open the USB camera APP and you can see the output video
of the USB camera

Android system ROOT description

The Android 10.0 system released by Orange Pi is already ROOT, you can use the
following method to test

1) Download rootcheck.apk from the official tool on the Orange Pi Zero 2 data
download page

2) Then make sure that the adb connection between the Ubuntu PC and the
development board is normal

3) Then use the adb command to install rootcheck.apk to the Android system, of
course, you can also use the U disk copy to install
test@test:~$ adb install rootcheck.apk

4) After installation, you can see the startup icon of the ROOT test tool on the
Android desktop

6) Open the ROOT test tool and click "Check now" to start the inspection of the ROOT
status of the Android system. The display after the inspection is as follows, you can
see that the Android system has obtained ROOT permission

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 Chapter 5

Building Linux from

source
Build your own Linux image with
customizations

L
inux images for Orange Pi Zero2 can be easily built by the build script
specially made for Orange Pi boards. The build script can make server and
desktop versions of Debian and Ubuntu.

Orange Pi build script based upon Armbian build script. We will make a few different
images as an example.

Get the Build script source

The compilation of the Linux is done on a PC with Ubuntu 18.04 installed. Other
versions of Ubuntu systems may have some differences

We will need Git tool for download the source repository. You can install Git using
following commands
test@test:~$ sudo apt update
test@test:~$ sudo apt install git

Download the source repository using the following command.

test@test:~$ git clone https://github.com/orangepi-xunlong/orangepi-build.git

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Orangepi-build will contain the following files and folders after downloading
build.sh: Compile the startup script
external: Contains the configuration files needed to compile the image, specific
scripts, and the source code of some programs, etc.
LICENSE: GPL 2 license file
README.md: orangepi-build instruction file
scripts: general scripts for compiling linux images

Build a Server Linux

1) Run the build.sh script, remember to add sudo permissions

test@test:~/orangepi-build$ sudo ./build.sh

2) Select Full OS image for flashing, then press Enter

3) Then select the model of the development board

4) Then select the type of rootfs

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6) Select between Standard and Minimal Image.

7) After compiling the image, the following information will be prompted

A. The storage path of the compiled image

[ o.k. ] Done building [
output/images/Orangepizero2_2.0.8_ubuntu_bionic_server_linux4.9.170/
Orangepizero2_2.0.8_ubuntu_bionic_server_linux4.9.170.img ]

B. Compilation time
[ o.k. ] Runtime [ 19 min ]

C. Repeat the command to compile the image, use the following command without
selecting through the graphical interface, you can directly start to compile the image
[ o.k. ] Repeat Build Options [ sudo ./build.sh BOARD=orangepizero2
BRANCH=legacy BUILD_OPT=image RELEASE=bionic BUILD_MINIMAL=no
BUILD_DESKTOP=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=yes ]

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Building Android
from source
Build your own Android image with
customizations

A
ndroid images for Orange Pi Zero2 can be easily built by the vendor
provided BSP sources. This features a latest version of Android with all
drivers for GPU and media playback.

1) The compilation of the Android SDK is performed on a PC with Ubuntu 14.04

installed, and other versions of Ubuntu systems may have some differences

2) Android SDK is the original SDK released by the chip manufacturer. If you want to
use the Android image compiled by the Android SDK on the Orange Pi development
board, you need to adapt to different boards to ensure that all functions are used
normally

Download the source code of android sdk

1) The android source code of H616 contains the following 4 files

a. android.tar.gz: android mirror source code
b. android.tar.gz.md5sum: MD5 checksum file of android.tar.gz
c. longan.tar.gz: Contains u-boot, linux kernel source code (does not include boot0
source code)
d. longan.tar.gz.md5sum: MD5 checksum file of longan.tar.gz

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 2) After downloading the android source code, first check whether the MD5
checksum is correct, if not, please download the source code again
test@test:~$ md5sum -c android.tar.gz.md5sum
android.tar.gz: confirm
test@test:~$ md5sum -c longan.tar.gz.md5sum
longan.tar.gz: confirm

3) Then unzip the android source code

a. android: store android-related source code
b. longan: store the source code of the linux kernel and u-boot (not including the
source code of boot0), and other configuration files
test@test:~$ tar -zxf android.tar.gz
test@test:~$ tar -zxf longan.tar.gz
test@test:~$ ls
android longan

Build android compilation environment

1) Install JDK
test@test:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa
test@test:~$ sudo apt-get update
test@test:~$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

2) Configure JAVA environment variables

a. First determine the installation path of java, generally
test@test:~$ ls /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
ASSEMBLY_EXCEPTION bin docs include THIRD_PARTY_README

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b. Then use the following command to export java environment variables

test@test:~$ export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
test@test:~$ export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
test@test:~$ export CLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/lib:$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar

3) Use Ubuntu 14.04 to compile the source code of android 10, you need to ensure
that Ubuntu 14.04 uses the linux 4.4 kernel, otherwise an error will be reported when
compiling, if the kernel is not linux 4.4, please upgrade the kernel
test@test:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-142-generic #168~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jan 19 11:26:28
UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

4) Install platform support software

test@test:~$ sudo apt-get update
test@test:~$ sudo apt-get install git gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential \
zip curl zlib1g-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6-dev-i386 \
lib32ncurses5-dev x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev lib32z1-dev ccache \
libgl1-mesa-dev libxml2-utils xsltproc unzip
test@test:~$ sudo apt-get install u-boot-tools

Compile android image

1) First configure the compilation environment
test@test:~$ cd longan
test@test:~/longan$ ./build.sh config
Welcome to mkscript setup progress
All available platform:
0. android
1. linux
Choice [android]: 0
All available ic:
0. h313
1. h616
2. h700
Choice [h616]: 1

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0. fpga
1. ft
2. p1
3. p2
4. perf1
5. perf1_axp152
6. perf2
7. perf3
8. qa
Choice [p2]: 3
INFO: kernel defconfig: generate /wspace2/H616/Android_10/longan/kernel/linux-
4.9/.config/wspace2/H616/Android_10/longan/kernel/linux-4.9/arch/arm64/
configs/sun50iw9p1smp_h616_android_defconfig
*** Default configuration is based on 'sun50iw9p1smp_h616_android_defconfig'
#
# configuration written to .config

2) Then start compiling

test@test:~/longan$ ./build.sh

3) The output after compilation is as follows

sun50iw9p1 compile Kernel successful

INFO: build kernel OK.

INFO: build rootfs ...
INFO: skip make rootfs for android
INFO: ----------------------------------------
INFO: build lichee OK.
INFO: ----------------------------------------

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Compile android source code

1) The command to compile android is as follows
test@test:~$ cd android
test@test:~/android$ source build/envsetup.sh
test@test:~/android$ lunch cupid_p2-eng
test@test:~/android$ extract-bsp
test@test:~/android$ make -j8

2) After compiling, the following information will be printed

#### build completed successfully (01:51 (mm:ss)) ####

3) Then use the pack command to package and generate the android image
test@test:~/android$ pack
......
----------image is at----------
longan/out/h616_android10_p2_uart0.img
pack finish
use pack4dist for release

4) The storage path of the generated Android image is

longan/out/h616_android10_p2_uart0.img

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Install an OS to a
microSD card

1. Download the tools.

We are going to use a Open Source tool called balenaEtcher for writing Orange Pi OS
images to MicroSD card. Download the tool using following link.
Download balenaEtcher from here.

2. Select an Orange Pi OS image.

Click on Flash from file and select a OS Image.

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3. Select a MicroSD card drive.

Click on Select target and select your MicroSD drive.

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Click on the Flash! button to write OS image to MicroSD card.

Sometimes Etcher gives you a warnning about MicroSD card being unusually large if
you use a large size MicroSD card.

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You may have to give Root permission to perform the write opration.

Wait for Etcher to finish the write opration.

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If you see 1 Successful target then this MicroSD card is ready to boot on Orange Pi
SBC.

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Appendix B

Connect to the Serial

Port.

Connect USB Serial Adapter

First, you need to prepare a USB to TTL module. This module can be bought in
Orange Pi store. If there are other similar USB to TTL modules, you can also insert
the USB end of the USB to TTL module into the USB port of the computer

The corresponding relationship between the debug serial port GND, TX, and RX pins
of the development board is shown in the figure below

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 The GND, TX, and RX pins of the USB to TTL module need to be connected to the
debug serial port of the development board through a Dupont cable
a. Connect the GND of the USB to TTL module to the GND of the board
b. Connect the RX of the USB to TTL module to the TXD of the board
c. Connect the TX of the USB to TTL module to the RX of the board

The schematic diagram of connecting the USB to TTL module to the computer and
the Orange Pi development board is shown below

How to use the debug serial port on the Ubuntu

platform.

1) If the USB to TTL module is connected normally, you can see the corresponding
device node name under /dev of Ubuntu PC, remember this node name, you will use
it when setting up the serial port software later
test@test:~$ ls /dev/ttyUSB*
/dev/ttyUSB0

2) Many serial debugging tools that can be used under Linux, such as putty,
minicom, etc. The following shows how to use putty

3) First, install putty on Ubuntu PC

test@test:~$ sudo apt update
test@test:~$ sudo apt install putty

4) Then run putty, remember to add sudo permissions

test@test:~$ sudo putty

5) After executing the putty command, the following interface will pop up

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6) First, select the setting interface of the serial port

7) Then set the parameters of the serial port

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a. First, select the Connection type as Serial
b. Then click the Open button to connect to the serial port

9)After starting the development board, you can see the Log information output by
the OS from the opened serial terminal

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How to use the debug serial port on the Windows

platform?
1) Many serial debugging tools that can be used under Windows, such as SecureCRT,
MobaXterm, etc. The following shows how to use MobaXterm. This software has a
free version and can be used without purchasing a serial number.

2) Download MobaXterm
Download MobaXterm from here.

3) After opening the software, the steps to set the serial connection are as follows
a. Open the session setting interface
b. Select the serial port type
c. Select the port number of the serial port (choose the corresponding port number
according to the actual situation), if you cannot see the port number, please use the
360 driver master to scan and install the driver for the USB to TTL serial chip

d. Select the baud rate of the serial port to be 115200

e. Finally click the "OK" button to complete the setting

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see the output information of the serial port after starting the development board

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