DIY BOX Super Development Board RK3399 Mali-T864 4K 10 Bit VP9 4GB/32GB Android 7.1

[trebor]

One for those who who want to get into it BIG TIME

Parameters
CPU	Rockchip RK3399 (28nm HKMG processing) 6 Core ARM® 64bit ,frequency up to 2.0GHz Big.Little architecture: Dual Cortex-A72 + Quad Cortex-A53, 64-bit CPU
GPU	Mali-T864 GPU, OpenGL ES1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1, OpenVG1.1, OpenCL, DX11; Supports AFBC (ARM Frame Buffer Compression)
Video Decode	4K VP9 and 4K 10bits H265/H264 video decoders, up to 60fps 1080P other video decoders (VC-1, MPEG-1/2/4, VP8) 1080P video encoders for H.264 and VP8 Video post processor: de-interlace, de-noise, enhancement for edge/detail/color
Power management	RK808 PMU Chip
Audio Format	Support MP3/AAC/WAV/WMA/Dolby True HD/DTS-HD/LPCM/H264/VP8/MVC/Double track 4Ω/3W,8Ω/2W output
Video format	Supports RMVB,FLV,MPEG1/2/4,AVI,WMV,MOV,MP4,TS,etc
Photo format	Supports JPG/BMP/GIF/TIFF/PNG
DDR	4G LPDDR3
Flash	High speed eMMC 32G
Display Resolution	Max up to 3840X2160 resolution ratio,and HDMI2.0
OS	Android 7.1
Hardware Features
Ethernet	10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet ( Realtek RTL8211E )
Wifi	WiFi moduleAP6356S) 2.4GHz/5GHzdual band WiFi Supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac protocol ,2x2 MIMO technology Bluetooth 4.1(supports BLE)
Output	1 x HDMI 2.0 ( Type-A ), Supports 4K@60fps 1 x DP 1.2 (DisplayPort) , Supports 4K@60fps 1 x MIPI , Supports Dual channels 2560x1600@60fps 1 x eDP 1.3 ( 4 lanes with 10.8Gbps )
Audio	1 x HDMI or 1 x DP ( DispalyPort ) , Audio output 1 x Headset , Audio input/output 1 x LINEOUT , Audio output 1 x SPEAKER , 3G/4GCommunicate speaker output ( 1.8W 8Ω/3.1W 4Ω ) 2 x SPEAKER , Speaker output ( 1.5W 8Ω/2.5W 4Ω ) 1 x SPDIF Digital audio ports,used for audio output 1 x 3G/4Gconmunicate by microphone 1 x Microphone,on-board audio input 1 x I2S , support 8 channels
USB ports	4 x USB2.0 HOST,1 x USB3.0 HOST,1 x USB3.0 Type-C
Serial Ports	1 x debug serial Ports(2pin 2.54mm DIP socket),used for developing and debugging
Camera	2 x MIPI-CSI Camera port ( Max up to single 13Mpixel Or Dual 8Mpixel ) 1 x DVP Camera port(Max up to 5Mpixel)
PCIe	1 x Mini PCIe,for LTE
SIM	1 x SIM slot,use for Mini PCIe extend LTE module
Touch screen	1X Support I2C touch pad
LED	1 x Power state LED (Red) ,1 x user defined LED (Blue)
Infrared	1 x IR receiver ,Supports IR remote controller
RTC	Support RTC,on-board standby battery port
Button	1 x Reset ,1 x Power,1 x upgrade
Power	1 x DC12V - 3A ( DC 5.5*2.1mm ) 1 x 2pin 2.54mm DIP Socket
Reserved Port	42pin 2.54mm pin: 1 x I2S 2 x ADC 2 x I2C 1 x SPI/UART 2 x GPIO 1 x LINEOUT 1 x SPEAKER
System Upgrade	USB Upgrade TF Upgrade

[trebor]

Thanks to Videostrong we can have a closer look at the DIY BOX Super Development Board RK3399 Mali-T864 4K 10Bit VP9 4GB/32GB Android 7.1
One serious bit of Kit for sure with more inputs and outputs than I have seen. it's HUGE.

let's start this with look see and what we have and go from there.

A brown box simple no Printing Nothing, Top or sides, but wait

A small sticker on the underside


Well that was an easy tear down


Top Side


Underside


Front I guess


Back


Side


Other side


The Bits to build it


And what all these in outs can do and connect to






Next on to the Build
Nothing to hard by the looks but all in good time


Again thanks to Videostrong

[trebor]

Nothing hard about this ot, nice and easy all fits, Antenna's well something more beefy later maybe

[superceleron]

me wants one lol

[scooter2014]

I wish... Too much.

[blinkone]

I'm going to jump in here too ha ha

Android 7.1 and Ubuntu 16.04 linux O.S Nice

I want I want I want

[superceleron]

[scooter2014]

No support for the 820 mali yet for linux

[Strawberry]

It looks like Firefly RK3399 development board

[trebor]

Yes It sure does, .
Just layout a little different in some places

[ihenyen]

Hello Guys!
Please any one can help. I mistakenly mess up my new VS rk3399 sbc i just got from Amazon. I was doing an update when it's crashed.
Please can someone help with the step-by-step tutorial on how to flash with the latest Android 7.1.2 firmware. Thanks in anticipation.

[Norex]

Hello! I have same model, but I have a problem with the boot, can you help me please?Sorry for my english grammar. So I got my box like 1 week ago. I turned on but everything was very slowly so I changed the cable and changed the tv for my pc monitor and then worked well. I tryed set the hdmi setting and the superuser , but maybe I made some bad settings. After all not working nothing. I tryed with so much diffred tv/monitor and much much more diffred hdmi cable, also tryed with mini diplay port by usb c - hdmi, but everything the same show me the "videostrong logo" and thas all no android logo nothing only black screen. I tryed by conecting pc and tyed give him some command by adb shell. Connected but if I want ask something for example wm display, it saying: is the systeam running? cant connect the window manager. I tryed the reset button but its only restarting thats all. Not working the power and the recovery button. Thanks a lot if somebody can hely me.

[Dwaynek1]

Anybody have access to the firmware mine came with corrupt version of linux my box is useless VS-RK3399 Development board DIY 4G X 32

Thank U

[Dwaynek1]

Videostrong VS-RD-RK3399 development board is a full-featured development based on Rockchip RK3399 hexa-core processor with up to 4GB RAM, and 32GB eMMC flash, and plenty of I/Os. The company has sent me a sample, and after getting some trouble going through customs with questions like “what is a development board?” and “is it a board for TV boxes or computers?”, I finally got hold of the parcel. Today, I’ll check out the board and its accessories, show how to assemble it, and since the company shared more info about documentation and software, quickly go over what’s available. Videostrong VS-RD-RK3399 Development Kit Unboxing

The board was in a bland carton box, which is fine since it’s not a consumer product, with a stick showing I got the 4GB LPDDR3 / 32GB eMMC flash version. There’s also a board using 2GB/16GB configuration.


The package includes the board, bottom and top acrylic plates for the “case”, some spacers, WiFi and Bluetooth antenna, USB 3.0 type A to USB type C cable, a user’s manual detailing the board’s specifications and pinout diagram…

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… and a 12V/2A power adapter and EU, US, and UK plug adapters.

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I also took some closer photos of the development board, and it will only report new information that I have not already written in the announcement post. First, the eMMC flash is Samsung KLMBG4WEBD-B031, the cheapest 32GB eMMC flash from the company, but still with acceptable performance: 246/46 MB/s R/W speed, and 6K/5K R/W IOPS.

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There are many USB ports in the board’s design, and this is done via Genesys Logic GL850G USB 2.0 hub chip, while the audio codec is Realtek ALC5640.

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The back of the board includes an mPCIe slot for a 4G LTE card, and a MIPI DSI connector. VS-RD-RK3399 Kit Assembly

The assembly of the kit is mostly straightforward for may be a little confusing at the beginning. First, we’ll need to remove the protection on the acrylic plates, and use the bottom one with the 6 ventilation lines, and tighten the small and medium spacers around the base, with the small ones facing down. I thought it was a good idea to connect the u.FL to SMA cable for the antenna at this stage, but they come off those easily, it’s better to do it later.

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Then we’ll place the main board on top of the medium spacer, and tighten the longer spacers on top. Once it’s done we can remove nuts from the SMA connector, insert the antenna cables on the right and middle hole in the top acrylic, and screw the nuts back to keep the cables in place.

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We can now connect the antenna cables the ANT0 (for Bluetooth), and ANT1 (for WiFi) u.FL connectors on the board, place the top cover with the two opening aligned over the MIPI CSI connectors, and tighten it with the four remaining nuts we have, before completing the assembly by installing the two antennas.

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When I asked about Android/Linux software development kit, and documentation last week, the company had nothing to offer, saying the SDK will be provided via a link… Today, they gave me that link on MEGA with most of what is needed for development.

The download is too big for a free MEGA account, unless you are really patient, but you should be able to download everything using megaupload tools in a terminal.

I haven’t completed the download yet, and I’ll look into details during the next part of the review, but we can see 6 main directories:

• VS-RD-RK3399-linuxSDK – The Linux SDK
• VS-RD-android7.1-SDK – Android Nougat SDK
• VS-RD Software image – Android firmware, apparently no Linux OS (yet)
• VS-RD Software datasheet – Linux, Android, Dual OS documentation
• VS-RD Hardware – Parts datasheet, RK3399 TRM, LCD datasheet (No schematics apparently)
• DevelopmentTool – Various tools for development like AndroidTool, DriverAssistant, etc…

If you are interesting in the platform, you can purchase it by contacting Videostrong via Alibaba.

[Update: Part 2 of VS-RD-RK3399 / Mecool VS-RK3399 board: Checking Out Debian and Linux SDK for VideoStrong VS-RD-RK3399 Board]


Source: Videostrong VS-RD-RK3399 Development Board Review – Part 1: Unboxing, Kit Assembly, SDK and Documentation