[AIOT] How to Flash OS for Tinker Board 3N

1. Booting from external Micro SD card

  • Requirement:

1 x Micro SD card with at least 8GB capacity
1 x 12~19V, DC 5.5/2.5 power supply
1 x Monitor with HDMI™ cable or USB Type-C® (DP) cable
1 x Keyboard and Mouse set

  • Setting Up:

1. Insert the micro SD card into a Windows® PC.

2. Download the TinkerOS image from the Tinker Board website (http://tinker-board.junchengjj.com/download.html) and burn it into the micro SD card using a third-party ISO software, such as Etcher.

3. Insert the bootable micro SD card into your Tinker Board 3N, then connect the power supply, keyboard, mouse, and monitor to boot up.

 

2. Booting from onboard eMMC

Requirement:
• 1 x USB Type-C® cable with data transfer function
• 1 x 12~19V, DC 5.5/2.5 power supply
• 1 x Monitor with HDMI™ cable or USB Type-C® (DP) cable
• 1 x Keyboard and Mouse set

Setting Up:

1. Flash emmc by emmc UMS mode

i. Keep MASK2 jumper and MASK1 (Left) -> connect type c usb to pc -> Power on the device

ii. Connect the Tinker Board 3N to a PC using a USB Type-C® cable.

iii. Connect the power adapter to the Tinker Board 3N.

iv. Download the TinkerOS image from the Tinker Board website (http://tinker-board.junchengjj.com/download.html) and burn it into the Tinker Board 3N using a third-party ISO software, such as Etcher.

v. After the TinkerOS image is successfully burned, disconnect the power adapter first, and then disconnect the USB Type-C® cable.

vi. Connect the power supply, keyboard, mouse, and monitor to your Tinker Board 3N to boot up.

2. Flash emmc by SPINOR flash UMS mode

i. Remove MASK2 jumper and MASK1 (Left) -> connect type c usb to pc -> Power on the device

ii. Connect the Tinker Board 3N to a PC using a USB Type-C® cable.

iii. Connect the power adapter to the Tinker Board 3N.

iv. Download the TinkerOS image from the Tinker Board website (http://tinker-board.junchengjj.com/download.html) and burn it into the Tinker Board 3N using a third-party

ISO software, such as Etcher.

v. After the TinkerOS image is successfully burned, disconnect the power adapter first, and then disconnect the USB Type-C® cable.

vi. Insert the MASK2 jumper and MASK1 (Left)

vii. Connect the power supply, keyboard, mouse, and monitor to your Tinker Board 3N to boot up.

3. Flash emmc by SD card UMS mode

i. Insert the micro SD card into a Windows® PC.

ii. Download the TinkerOS image from the Tinker Board website (http://tinker-board.junchengjj.com/download.html) and burn it into the micro SD card using a third-party ISO

software, such as Etcher.

iii. Insert the SD card to Tinker Board 3 -> Keep MASK2 jumper and MASK1 (Left).

iv. Connect the Tinker Board 3N to a PC using a USB Type-C® cable.

v. Connect the power adapter to the Tinker Board 3N.

vi. Download the TinkerOS image from the Tinker Board website (http://tinker-board.junchengjj.com/download.html) and burn it into the Tinker Board 3N using a third-party ISO software, such as Etcher.

v. After the TinkerOS image is successfully burned, disconnect all cables and remove the sd card from the Tinker Board 3N

vi. Connect the power supply, keyboard, mouse, and monitor to your Tinker Board 3N to boot up.