RK3399 EVB User’s Guide

RK3399 EVB User Guide

Release Version: V1.0

Release Date: Aug 22, 2016

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Foreword
Overview

This document mainly introduces the basic functions, hardware features,

multi-functional hardware configuration and software debugging method of Excavator
and Sapphire, aimed at helping developers exploit RK3399 EVB faster and more
accurately.

Product Version

Relevant product versions are shown as below:

Product name Product Version

Sapphire RK_SAPPHINERE_SOCBOARD_RK3399_LPDDR3D1
78P232SD8
Excavator RK_Excavator_MAIN

eDP Screen RK_Excavator_eDP

(Resolution 1536 x 2048）

Product Object

This document is mainly suitable for the following engineers:

 Field application engineer
 Hardware development & PCB layout engineer
 Embedded Software Development Engineer
 Test engineer

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Revision History
Revision
Version Modified by Revision Description Remark
Date

V1.0 黄雄山 2016-08-22 Initial Release

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Acronym
Acronym includes the abbreviations of phases commonly used in this document.

eDP Embedded DisplayPort 嵌入式数码音视讯传输接口

DP DisplayPort 高清数字显示接口

HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface 高清晰度多媒体接口

内部整合电路(两线式串行通讯总
I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit
线)
联合测试行为组织定义的一种国际
JTAG Joint Test Action Group
标准测试协议（IEEE 1149.1 兼容）

LDO Low Drop Out Linear Regulator 低压差线性稳压器

MIPI Mobile Industry Processor Interface 移动产业处理器接口

PMIC Power Management IC 电源管理芯片

PMU Power Management Unit 电源管理单元

RK Rockchip Electronics Co.,Ltd. 瑞芯微电子股份有限公司

SD Card Secure Digital Memory Card 安全数码卡

SPDIF Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format SONY、PHILIPS 数字音频接口

TF Card Micro SD Card(Trans-flash Card) 外置记忆卡

USB 2.0 Universal Serial Bus 通用串行总线

USB 3.0 Universal Serial Bus 通用串行总线

TYPE-C Universal Serial Bus TYPE-C 通用串行总线

Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCIE 外围组件快速互连
Express

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Contents
Foreword ..................................................................................................... 2
Overview ..................................................................................................... 2
Product Version ............................................................................................ 2
Product Object ............................................................................................. 2
Revision History ............................................................................................ 3
Acronym ...................................................................................................... 4
Table of Contents .......................................................................................... 5
Chapter 1 System Overview ......................................................................... 7
1.1 Overview .......................................................................................... 7
1.2 Features ........................................................................................... 7
1.3 RK3399 Diagram ............................................................................... 9
1.4 EVB Board Components ...................................................................... 9
Chapter 2 EVB Board Hardware Introduction ................................................. 10
2.1 Overall Effect Diagram......................................................................... 10
2.2 PCB Function Interface: ....................................................................... 12
2.3 EVB Structure and Interface Description: ............................................... 13
2.4 Power Diagram ................................................................................... 14
2.5 I2C Address ....................................................................................... 14
2.6 EVB Board Reference Diagram .............................................................. 15
Chapter 3 EVB Main Board Description ......................................................... 15
3.1 Power Supply Input............................................................................. 15
3.2 314PIN Graphics Card Connector .......................................................... 16
3.3 Storage ............................................................................................. 17
3.4 Key input .......................................................................................... 18
3.5 Infrared Receiver ................................................................................ 19
3.6 G-Sensor ........................................................................................... 20
3.7 Gyroscope ......................................................................................... 20
3.8 Compass ........................................................................................... 20
3.9 Hall sensor ........................................................................................ 20
3.10 Light sensor ..................................................................................... 20
3.11 Video Output interface ....................................................................... 21
3.12 HDMI Output .................................................................................... 22
3.13 Audio Input/Output ........................................................................... 23
3.14 SPDIF Output ................................................................................... 23
3.15 USB OTG/HOST Interface ................................................................... 24

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3.16 Ethernet .......................................................................................... 27

3.17 TF/SD Card Interface ........................................................................ 27
3.18 GPIO/I2C/SPI Extended Port .............................................................. 28
3.19 WIFI+BT Module ............................................................................... 30
3.20 UART Debug Socket .......................................................................... 31
3.21 MIC Array ........................................................................................ 31
3.22 Pcie Interace .................................................................................... 32
Chapter 4 Firmware Update Mode................................................................ 34
Chapter 5 Operation Guide ......................................................................... 35
5.1 Notes................................................................................................ 35

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Chapter 1 System Overview

1.1 Overview
RK3399 is a low power, high performance processor for computing, personal mobile
internet devices and digital multimedia devices; it integrates dual-core Cortex-A72
and quad-core Cortex-A53. RK3399 supports multi-format video decoders including
H.264/H.265/VP9 up to 4Kx2K@60fps, especially, H.264/H.265 decoders support
10bits coding, and also supports H.264/MVC/VP8 encoders by 1080p@30fps,
high-quality JPEG encoder/decoder, and special image preprocessor and postprocessor.
RK3399 has high-performance dual channel external memory interface (2x32bit
LPDDR3) capable of sustaining demanding memory bandwidths.

1.2 Features
1.2.1 CPU
 Big.Little architecture: Dual Cortex-A72 + Quad Cortex-A53, 64-bit CPU
Frequency is over 2.0GHz (Big cluster)

1.2.2 GPU
 Mali-T864 GPU, OpenGL ES1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1, OpenVG1.1, OpenCL, DX11
Supports AFBC (ARM Frame Buffer Compression)

1.2.3 Memory
 Dual channel LPDDR3 Support
 emmc 5.1 with HS400, SDIO 3.0 with HS200

1.2.4 Multi-Media：
 4K VP9 and 4K 10bits H265/H.264 Video decoders,up to 60fps
 1080P other video decoders (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

1.2.5 Functional interface：

 MIPI TX、MIPI_RX、MIPI_TX/RX
 GPIO/SPI/I2Cinterface
 MIC Array ：I2S Signal（8 channel）
 TF Card (sd/mmc 3.0)
 USB 3.0 HOST
 USB 2.0 HOST
 eDP 1.3 (4 lanes with 10.8Gbps) to support display
 HDMI 2.0 for 4K 60Hz with HDCP 1.4/2.2
 System Key：Power、Menu、Esc、VOL+、VOL-
 1000M Ethernet
 Audio out

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 MIC
 FAN
 HDMI IN
 SDIO 3.0 Wifi （2x2 wifi & 4.1 bt）
 PCIE 2.0 interface
 IR Receive
 Uart Debug
 Sensor ：Light Sensor、Gyroscope、G-sensor、Compass、Hall IC
 USB TYPE-C (with DP out)
 DisplayPort

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1.3 RK3399 Diagram

System Peripheral
Clock & Reset
RK3399 Connectivity
USB OTG0 3.0/2.0
PMU Cortex-A72 Dual-Core Cortex-A53 Quad-Core USB OTG1 3.0/2.0
(48K/32K L1 I/D Cache) (32K/32K L1 I/D Cache)
PLL x 8
Type-C Switch x 2
System register 1MB L2 Cache 512KB L2 Cache
USB HOST0 2.0
Timer x 26 CCI-KIPLING
USB HOST1 2.0
PMW(4ch) CoreSight
Dual-cluster Core N/A
Watchdog x 3
Cortex-M0 Dual-Core PCIe2.1
Crypto

SAR-ADC I2S/PCM(8ch) x 3
Multi-Media Processor
TS-ADC Mali-T860MP4 GPU SPDIF(8ch)
2D Graphics Engine
Interrupt Controller (2 ALU per core,
(RGA2) UART x 5
256K L2 Cache)
DMAC x 2
JPEG Encoder JPEG Decoder SPI x 6
PVTM x 5
Image Enhancement I2C x 9
Mailbox x 2 Dual pipe 8M ISP
Processor
Giga-Ethernet
Multi-Media Interface Video Decoder
Dual MIPI-CSI 4 Lane ( H.265,10bit, 4Kx2K@60fps, SDIO 3.0
1.5Gbps per lane Video Encoder
H.264,10bit, 4Kx2K@60fps,
(H.264 1080p@30fps
eDP1.3 4 Lane VP9,8bit, 4Kx2K@60fps, GPIO
VP8 1080p@30fps)
2.7Gbps per lane MPEG-4/MPEG-2/VP8,
2560x1600@60fps 1080p@60fps)
Dual MIPI-DSI 4 Lane Embedded Memory
1.5Gbps per lane
2560x1600@60fps External Memory Interface SRAM (200KB)
DP1.2 4 Lane
5.4Gbps per lane HDCP2.x eMMC5.1 I/F
SD3.0/MMC4.5 ROM (32KB)
4kx2k@60fps (8bit, HS400 mode)
HDMI2.0 3 Lane
6Gbps per lane HDCP2.x DDR3/LVDDR3/LPDDR3/LPDDR4 Secure eFuse
4kx2k@60fps (2133Mbps,32bit,Dual-Channel) (32 x 32bits )

Dual LCD Controller

Non secure eFuse
(2560x1600 output and 4Kx2K Hardware-based DDR frequency scaling
(32 x 32bits )
output)

1.4 EVB Board Components

This EVB board has 3 configurations targeting to different Users:
1. Open source users & development enthusiasts: Sapphire
2. Tablet and VR users: Sapphire, Excavator, eDP screen (Resolution 1536 x 2048)；

3. BOX Users: Sapphire, Excavator.

Three kinds of configuration have the same standard power supply specifications:
Input 100V AC~240V AC, 50Hz; Output 12V DC, 2A.

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Chapter 2 EVB Board Hardware Introduction

This EVB board has 3 PCBA: ：Sapphire, Excavator and eDP screen (Resolution 1536
x 2048）, Physical diagram and assembly diagram shown as the picture below:

2.1 Overall Effect Diagram

2.1.1 Sapphire Diagram：

2.1.2 Excavator Diagram：

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2.1.3 Assembly Diagram of Excavator and Sapphire:

2.1.4 Overall Assembly Diagram:

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2.2 PCB Function Interface:

Sapphire Function Excavator Function
LPDDR3（2x32bit total
YES HDMI IN YES
capacity 2G）
EMMC（total capacity 8G） YES System keys YES
Heat Sink YES Spdif out YES
TF Card YES SDIO Wifi（2x2 wifi&bt 4.1） YES
Pcie interface YES
Audio out（ALC5651） YES
Mic IN YES
LIGHT-Sensor（CM32181） YES
Gyroscope（LSM6DS3） YES
HALL IC（HAL248TWCL） YES
G-sensor（MPU6500） YES
Compass（LIS3MDL） YES
eDP out（1536x204） YES
MIPI_TX interface YES
MIPI_RX interface YES
MIPI_TX/RX interface YES
UART Debug YES
Mic Array interface YES
IR Receive YES
CVBS out NO
Both Sapphire and Excavator have interfaces, use the interface on Sapphire.
Sapphire Function Excavator Function
Raspberry Pi compatible Raspberry Pi compatible
YES YES
interface interface
usb2.0 host(1 Port) YES USB2.0 Host(5 Port) YES
USB3.0 host(1 Port) YES USB3.0 host(1 Port) NO
USB Type-C0&DP out YES USB Type-C0&DP out NO
HDMI out YES HDMI out NO
GMII 10M/100M/1000M YES GMII 10M/100M/1000M NO

Note: “YES” means the available functions on pcb, “No” means the functions
are not available.

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2.3 EVB Structure and Interface Description:

No. Name Description
Power supply interface for heat sink with
1 Heat Sink Interface
fan
2 Standard graphics card connector Sapphire and Excavator signal connector
Sapphire PCB copper keep-out area ，
3 Goldfinger
touch point of connector
4 Power Supply Rocker switch EVB power switch
5 12V power input 12V 2A input
6 Headset output Three-Stage Headset jack
7 Mic input Electret microphone
Can drive 1.5W/8ohm or 2.5W/4ohm
8 Speaker output（L Sound track）
speaker
Can drive 1.5W/8ohm or 2.5W/4ohm
9 Speaker output（R Sound track）
speaker
10 infrared receiver head
Power Key
Reset Key
Menu Key
11 Key
Return Key
VOL+/Recovery Key
VOL- Key
12 TF Card Interface
13 UART Debug Interface Software debug and log scan
14 USB TYPE-C Interface Support DP output
15 USB HOST2.0 Interface Support USB 2.0 only
Support USB 3.0, downward compatible
16 USB HOST3.0 Interface
with USB2.0
17 RJ45 Internet Interface Gigabit Ethernet connection
Firmware update Key, used for entering
18 Update Key
Maskrom mode
19 eDP Screen Interface
20 HDMI Output Interface
21 MIPI DSI Output Interface 1
22 MIPI CSI Input Interface
Support Raspberry Pi general interface,
23 GPIO Extended Port
I2C, SPI, GPIO
24 HDMI IN Input Interface
25 SPDIF fibre optic cable input
26 CVBS out
27 PCIE interface

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2.4 Power Diagram

The EVB board uses PMIC RK808-D and external DC/DC step-down (buck) regulators
and LDOs for system power supply.

2.5 I2C Address

The I2C devices address (7bit) on the EVB configuration is shown in below table:

I2C Power
I2C Channel Component
Address Domain
I2C0 RK808-D 0x1b 3.0V
I2C0 SYR838PKC 0x41 3.0V
I2C0 SYR837PKC 0x40 3.0V
I2C1 TC358749XBG 0x1F 1.8V
I2C1 GLS3673 (Touch IC） 0x40 1.8V
I2C1 ALC5651 0x1A 1.8V
I2C4 FUSB302MPX (CC IC) 0x44 3.3V
I2C4 MPU6500 0x68 3.3V
I2C4 LIS3MDL 0x36 3.3V
I2C4 LSM6DS3 0x23 3.3V
I2C4 CM32181 0x10 3.3V
I2C4 BQ25700 0x55 3.3V
I2C4 CW2013 0x62 3.3V

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Note: When extender board is used, make sure I2C address on extender
board will not conflict with I2C address one EVB board.

2.6 EVB Board Reference Diagram

Reference diagram Version of PCB is shown as below, please contact with RK
FAE.

1、Sapphire：

RK_SAPPHINERK_SOCBOARD_RK3399_LPDDR3D178P232SD8

RK_SAPPHINERK_SOCBOARD_RK3399_LPDDR3D178P232SD8

2、Excavator：

RK_excavator_main

RK_EXCAVATOR_MAIN

3、eDP Screen：

RK_EVB_EXCAVATOR_EDP

RK_EXCAVATOR_ExtBOARD

Chapter 3 EVB Main Board Description

3.1 Power Supply Input

1. The EVB input power is DC12V/2A, and the system power VCC_SYS is generated by

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Charger IC. It supplies to RK808-D for DC/DC regulators, LDOs and external MOSFET
circuits
2. 2-serial lion batteries input from VBAT, which is switched by Charger IC to get
VCC_SYS voltage, to supply for DC/DC regulators, LDOs and external MOSFET circuits.

Power adapter input port and charger IC:

2-serial lion batteries input port:

3.2 314PIN Graphics Card Connector

Top Board high-speed connector adopt 314PIN Standard Graphics Card Connector,
Sapphire is fixed on Excavator by soldering nut and M3 screw to reduce Insert and
Draw Frequency, to avoid damage of gold plating, to extend service life of connector.

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3.3 Storage
3.3.1 EMMC：
1. Storage Class on EVB is eMMC FLASH, default size is 8G.
2. Excavator has a Maskrom Key, which is convenient for updating firmware with
Maskrom Mode. First connecting USB cable, pressing the key to power up or reset the
Excavator, then the system will enter Maskrom mode.

3.3.2 DDR
Sapphire DDR adopt 2x32bit LPDDR3, with total size 4G.

EMMC&LPDDR3：

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Excavator Maskrom Key Location:

3.4 Key input

1. EVB uses ADC for key combination application, support 10-bit native resolution and
ADC_IN1 is used for recovery detection.
2. ADC voltage is supplied by Top Board Sapphire, reference supply is 1.8V, all the key
value can be calculated according to resistance parameter on below diagram.
3. Some common keys are defined on EVB: VOL+/ VOL-/ MENU / ESC/ POWER_KEY.
4. Connecting USB cable, pressing VOL+/Recovery key to power up (or reset) the
Excavator, system will enter Rockusb update mode.
5. Keys used on EVB have led lights, which is convenient to use at night.

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Schematic Resistance Key Combinations:

Button Effect Show:

3.5 Infrared Receiver

EVB has a small Infrared Receiver; the common type is FT-009 series, with central
frequency 38KHz.

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3.6 G-Sensor
G-Sensor used on EVB is MPU6500, it is a 6-axis motiontracking device that combines
a 3-axis digital accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope and a digital motion processor,
communicating with CPU by I2C sensor bus.

3.7 Gyroscope
Gyroscope Sensor used on EVB is LSM6DS3, communicating with CPU by I2C bus.

3.8 Compass
Compass used on EVB is LIS3MDL, communicating with CPU by I2C bus.

3.9 Hall sensor

Hall sensor used on EVB is HAL248TWCL, Unipolar magnetic field output.

3.10 Light sensor

Light sensor used on EVB is CM32181, with max detecting light intensity 140K Lux,
communicating with CPU by I2C bus.

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3.11 Video Output interface

EVB supports multiple LCD display output interfaces:
 Single MIPI Output
 Dual MIPI Output

0.5mm between two vertical connectors:

As shown in the pictures above, connectors’ up and down locations correspond to
signal sequence shown in below table:

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MIPI_TX two-line signal sequence is shown in below table:

MIPI_TX/RX two-line signal sequence is shown in below table:

eDP two-line signal sequence is shown in below table:

3.12 HDMI Output

EVB board supports the latest HDMI 2.0 protocol, and output interface is type A

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connector.

3.13 Audio Input/Output

Audio Codec of EVB board is Realtek ALC5651, its features shown as below:
 Embedded Charge Pump, supports stereo headphone output without capacity
coupling.
 Microphone differential input.

3.14 SPDIF Output

EVB supports SONY, PHILIPS digital audio interface output, transmission hardware
interface adopt optical fiber.

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3.15 USB OTG/HOST Interface

EVB has USB OTG and USB HOST interfaces:
 Excavator uses a USB HUB, connected to RK3399 HOST0, which supports 4
USB2.0 HOST. Two Type-A connectors are overlaid to deeply reduce the space on
PCB.

 Sapphire has USB HOST 3.0 interface, connected to DP/DM of CPU TYPE-C1, which
is USB 3.0 Standard-A interface, downward compatible with USB 2.0.

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 Sapphire also has a USB 2.0 interface, connected to RK3399 HOST1, which can be
connected to peripheral devices such as U disk, mouse.

 HDMI IN interface is reused on Excavator. There is also one USB Host2.0,

connected to HOST1, with hdmi and USB Host interface reused to reduce space on
PCB.

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 RK3399 TYPE-C interface supports full-functional TYPE-C protocol, also supports

DP output, DP display.

TYPE-C interface signal sequence:

DP signal’s relevant TYPE-C connector location:

TYPE-C’s location on Sapphire:

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3.16 Ethernet
EVB supports RJ45 interface, which can be connected by gigabit Ethernet,
RTL8211E-VB-CG is the PHY used, its features shown as below:
 Compatible with IEEE802.3 standard, supports full duplex and half duplex
operation, supports cross detection and self-adaption
 Supports 10/100/1000M data rate
 RJ45 interface adopted has LED light and isolation transformer

3.17 TF/SD Card Interface

RK3399 SDMMC0 is used, with 4 bits data bus width, which supports SDMMC 3.0
protocol. The Max capacity is 32G under Windows system, no limitation under linux
system.

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3.18 GPIO/I2C/SPI Extended Port

CIF signals is reused, and compatible with GPIO interface of Raspberry PI, which can
be debugged by peripheral devices supplied by multichannel low-speed control units
such as I2C, SPI, UART signals.

Relevant Reuse table:

Connector’s Location on Sapphire:

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Connector’s Location on Excavator:

For the convenience to fly line of necessary signals, relevant signal sequence
on PCB is shown in table below:

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Left Column Right Column

VCC3V3_SYS VCC5V0_SYS
I2C_SDA_BAT VCC5V0_SYS
I2C_SCL_BAT GND
GPIO2_A0/CIF_D0 UART2DBG_TX
GND UART2DBG_RX
GPIO2_A1/CIF_D1 UART0_CTS
GPIO2_A2/CIF_D2 GND
GPIO2_A3/CIF_D3 UART0_RXD
VCC3V3_SYS UART0_TXD
SPI1_TXD GND
SPI1_RXD DVP_PDN1_H
SPI1_CLK SPI1_CSn0
GND UART0_RTS
空 空
GPIO2_A4/CIF_D4 GND
GPIO2_B4/DVP_PDN0_
GPIO2_A5/CIF_D5
H
GPIO2_A6/CIF_D6 GND
GPIO2_A7/CIF_D7 GPIO2_B1/CIF_HREF
GPIO2_B0/CIF_VSYNC GPIO2_B2/CIF_CLKI
GND GPIO2_B3/CIF_CLKO

3.19 WIFI+BT Module

WIFI+BT Module adopted is AP6354 chipset from Taiwan AMPK Technology, its
features shown as below:
 Supports WIFI(2.4G and 5G，802.11 ac), BT4.1.

 BT data is transformed by UART.

 BT audio connected to CPU PCM interface.
 WIFI data adopts 4bits SDIO data width.

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3.20 UART Debug Socket

UART is supplied for debug, the default connector is Uart2. FT232RL highly-integrated
interface converting chip is used, its Baud Rate supports 1.5M chose by RK3399.

3.21 MIC Array

This function can be realized only when special MIC array board is used, relevant signal
sequence on connector shown as below:

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Relevant signal sequence on PCB shown as below: as shown in picture above,

PIN-1 is stipulated.

3.22 Pcie Interace

 RK3399 has a PCIE interface, which supports standard PCI Express 2.1 Protocol.
 Duplex mode: Root Complex(RC)and End Point(EP).
 Supports up to 4 lane, with bidirectional communication.
 Supports 100Mhz differential signal output.

Splint-type connector is used on EVB, external PCIE board card is linked to PCIE on
Excavator from the side.

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Since external PCIE board card current is larger, PCIE 12V power is supplied by two
sources.
External 12V input and 12V power supply on board (default) are Jump Cap switched:
PCIE_Switch = 12V power supply on GND board
PCIE_Switch = VCC3V3_SYS external input 12v power, connected to the end of yellow
interface.

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Chapter 4 Firmware Update Mode

Sapphire has two firmware update modes:
First: entering RK3399 Maskrom mode.
Basal principle is EMMC_CLKO short to GND before system power on. Operation is to
connect USB to computer, press the Maskrom Key on Excavator board, system power
on. Then a Maskrom device will be detected on update tool, make sure relevant Loader
is chose under Maskrom state.

Second: entering RK3399 Loader mode.

Basal principle is to make sure ADKEY_IN is low level before system power on.
Operation is to connect USB to computer, press Vol+ key on Excavator, system power
on. Then a Loader device will be detected on update tool.

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Chapter 5 Operation Guide

5.1 Notes
Excavator board is suitable for laboratory or engineering development environment;
please refer to below notes before any operations:
 Sapphire, power board, screen interface and extended board can’t be hot plugged
under any conditions.
 To avoid hardware damage to EVB caused by ESD, please take necessary
anti-static measures before opening the packaging and installing the EVB.
 Please take the edge of EVB, don’t touch any mental portion of EVB to avoid
components damage caused by ESD.
 Please put the EVB on dry plane, make sure to keep it away from heat,
Electromagnetic interference sources, radiation source and electromagnetic
radiation sensitive devices (such as medical equipment), etc.

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