Tinker Board Series User Manual
E15215 First Edition February 2019 Copyright© 2019 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (“ASUS”).
Contents 1. Basic Requirements......................................................................................... 4 2. Getting Started................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Setting up using eMMC (Tinker Board S only).................................... 5 2.2 Setting up using a microSD card.......................................................... 6 3. Writing the OS image..............................................................
Conventions used in this guide To ensure that you perform certain tasks properly, take note of the following symbols used throughout this manual. DANGER/WARNING: Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to complete a task. CAUTION: Information to prevent damage to the components when trying to complete a task. IMPORTANT: Instructions that you MUST follow to complete a task. NOTE: Tips and additional information to help you complete a task.
2. Getting Started Before setting up Tinker Board, please download an operating system image such as the Official ASUS Tinker OS, an Android OS, or other supported OS'. • To download the Official ASUS Tinker OS, please visit https://www.asus.com/Single-BoardComputer/Tinker-Board/HelpDesk_Download/. • For more information on other supported OS’, please visit the Software section of the Tinker board Wiki.
2.2 Setting up using a microSD card You may use a mircoSD card to set up your Tinker Board OS. Please refer to the steps below. 1. 2. Write the downloaded OS image to a microSD card using a third-party ISO software, such as Etcher or Win32DiskImager. You may refer to the Writing the OS image section of this manual for more information on writing the OS image. • Etcher is supported on Windows®, Mac, and Linux. • Please refer to http://etcher.io/ for more information on Etcher.
3. Writing the OS image You may write your downloaded OS image to a microSD card or built-in eMMC using Etcher (supports Windows®, Mac OS, and Linux), or dd command (Linux only). eMMC is only supported on Tinker Board S. 3.1 Using Etcher (Cross-platform) Etcher is an image file utility used for burning image files, and supports Windows®, Mac OS, and Linux. Etcher also supports burning images directly from the zip file, without having to unzip the zip file first. To write an image using Etcher: 1.
Android If a message pops up when booting an Android image, click on Continue. 4. Click on Select drive, then select your connected device. 5. Click on Flash! to start the burning process.
3.2 Using dd command (Linux) To write an image using dd command: 1. Insert a microSD card to your Tinker Board (or Tinker Board S), or connect your Tinker Board S to a PC via a micro USB cable (Tinker Board S only). Please refer to your Tinker Board product manual for the location of the microSD slot. 2. Run the following command: dd bs=4M if=/path/to/tinkeros.img of=/dev/sdx Replace /dev/sdx with your drive, e.g. /dev/sdc. Do not append a partition number to your drive name, for example /dev/sdc1.
4. OS Write Recovery (Tinker Board S only) 4.1 Rewriting the OS using UMS from eMMC You can recover using the UMS from eMMC if your eMMC's U-Boot is still working properly and has a built-in UMS function. Please follow the steps below to re-write the OS using UMS mode: • Ensure the eMMC has a working U-Boot. • Please remove all other connected extension devices from your Tinker Board S. 1.
5. Disable eMMC booting priority and force boot from the microSD card by setting the jumper to Maskrom Mode as shown below Parking (no function) Mode Maskrom Mode 6. Connect your Tinker Board S to a PC using a micro USB cable, it should be recognized by the PC as a USB Mass Storage device. 7. Write the downloaded OS image to the Tinker Board S using a third-party ISO software, such as Etcher or Win32DiskImager.
