NanoPi R2C Plus
Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Hardware Spec
- 3 Diagram, Layout and Dimension
- 4 Get Started
- 4.1 Essentials You Need
- 4.2 TF Cards We Tested
- 4.3 Configure parameters for serial port
- 4.4 Install OS
- 4.5 The Boot order between eMMC and SD card
- 5 Work with FriendlyWrt
- 5.1 Introduction to FriendlyWrt
- 5.2 First boot
- 5.3 Account & Password
- 5.4 Login FriendlyWrt
- 5.5 Recommended security settings
- 5.6 Change LAN IP in LuCI
- 5.7 Safe shutdown operation
- 5.8 Soft Factory Reset
- 5.9 Install Software Packages
- 5.10 Disable IPv6
- 5.11 Configure the function of the user button
- 5.12 Configuring Quectel EC20 (4G module) dial-up networking
- 5.13 Some common issues of FriendlyWrt
- 5.14 Use USB2LCD to view IP and temperature
- 5.15 How to use USB WiFi
- 5.16 Work with Docker Applications
- 5.17 Mount smbfs
- 5.18 Use sdk to compile the package
- 5.19 Build FriendlyWrt using GitHub Actions
- 6 Work with FriendlyCore
- 7 Work with Debian10 Desktop
- 7.1 Introduction to Debian10 Desktop
- 7.2 Account & Password
- 7.3 View IP address
- 7.4 Connect to Debian via SSH
- 7.5 Update Software Packages
- 7.6 Install x11vnc Server on Debian for Remote Access
- 7.7 Install the kernel-header package
- 7.8 Change time zone
- 7.9 Change startup LOGO and Wallpaper
- 7.10 Soft Factory Reset
- 7.11 Start the program automatically at startup(For example Kodi)
- 7.12 Disable auto-mounting
- 7.13 Setup Chinese language and Input method
- 7.14 Installing Plex Multimedia Server
- 7.15 Install Docker on Debian
- 8 Buildroot Linux
- 9 How to Compile
- 10 Make Your Own OS Image
- 11 More OS Support
- 12 Resources
- 13 Update Logs
- 13.1 2024-04-21
- 13.2 2024-01-31
- 13.3 2023-12-01
- 13.4 2023-10-31
- 13.5 2023-05-29
- 13.6 2023-05-26
- 13.7 2023-04-26
- 13.8 2023-02-10
- 13.9 2023-01-09
- 13.10 2022-12-04
- 13.11 2022-09-06
- 13.12 2022-08-03
- 13.13 2022-08-01
- 13.14 2022-07-27
- 13.15 2021-12-02
- 13.16 2021-10-29
- 13.17 2021-08-30
- 13.18 2021-03-05
- 13.19 2021-01-15
- 13.20 2020-09-04
- 13.21 2020-08-31
- 13.22 2020-07-10
- 13.23 2020-05-14
- 13.24 2020-02-25
- 13.25 2020-02-20
- 13.26 2020-01-18
1 Introduction
- The NanoPi R2C Plus(as "R2C Plus") is an open source development board with dual-Gbps Ethernet ports designed and developed by FriendlyElec for IoT applications.
- The NanoPi R2C Plus uses the RK3328 SoC. It has two Gbps Ethernet ports, 1G DDR4 RAM and 8G eMMC Flash. FriendlyElec ported an OpenWrt system for it. It works with Docker CE. It is a good platform for developing IoT applications, NAS applications etc.
2 Hardware Spec
- CPU: Rockchip RK3328, Quad-core Cortex-A53
- DDR4 RAM: 1GB
- Flash: 8GB eMMC 5.1 Flash
- Network:
- Internal 10/100/1000M Ethernet Port x 1
- USB3.0 converted 10/100/1000M Ethernet Port x 1
- USB2.0 Host: Type-A x1
- MicroSD Slot x 1
- MicroUSB: power input and USB Slave
- Debug Serial Port: 3.3V TTL, 3-pin 2.54mm pitch connector, 1500000 bauds
- LED: LED x 3
- KEY: KEY x 1 programmable
- PC Size: 57.5 x 54.3mm
- Power Supply: DC 5V/2A
- Temperature measuring range: 0℃ to 80℃
- OS/Software: U-boot,Ubuntu-Core,OpenWrt
- Network Transmission Rates
TX RX WAN 941 Mbps 941 Mbps LAN 941 Mbps 941 Mbps Notes: 1. test utility: iperf
2. use indepedent IP address section and test with a PC in simplex communication mode
3 Diagram, Layout and Dimension
3.1 Layout
- 8 Pin 1.25mm Pitch GPIO管脚定义
Pin# Name Linux gpio 1 GND 2 GND 3 VDD_5V 4 VDD_5V 5 I2C0_SDA 6 I2C0_SCL 7 UART1_TX / GPIO3_A4 100 8 UART1_RX / GPIOG3_A6 102
- For more details refer to:NanoPi_R2C_Plus_2109_SCH.PDF
- Dimensional Diagram:NanoPi_R2C_Plus_2109_DXF.zip
4 Get Started
4.1 Essentials You Need
Before starting to use your NanoPi R2C Plus get the following items ready
- NanoPi R2C Plus
- MicroSD Card/TF Card: Class 10 or Above, minimum 8GB SDHC
- 5V/2A and above USB Type-C interface power adapter
- If you need to develop and compile,you need a computer that can connect to the Internet. It is recommended to install Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit system and use the following script to initialize the development environment:
4.2 TF Cards We Tested
Refer to: TFCardsWeTested
4.3 Configure parameters for serial port
Use the following serial parameters:
Baud rate | 1500000 |
Data bit | 8 |
Parity check | None |
Stop bit | 1 |
Flow control | None |
4.4 Install OS
4.4.1 Flashing the OS to the microSD card
Follow the steps below:
- Get an 8G microSD card;
- Visit download linkto download image files (in the "01_Official images/01_SD card images" directory);
- Download the win32diskimager tool (in the "05_Tools" directory), or use your preferred tool;
- Extract the .gz format compressed file to get the .img format image file;
- Run the win32diskimager utility under Windows as administrator. On the utility's main window select your SD card's drive, the wanted image file and click on "write" to start flashing the SD card.
- Take out the SD and insert it to NanoPi-R2C-Plus's microSD card slot;
- Power on NanoPi-R2C-Plus and it will be booted from your TF card, some models may require pressing the Power button to start;
4.4.2 Install OS to eMMC
4.4.2.1 Option 1: Install OS via TF Card
This method firstly boots a mini Linux from a TF card and then automatically runs an EFlasher utility to install the OS to eMMC. You can connect your system to an HDMI monitor and watch its progress.
This is optional. You can watch its progress by observing its LEDs as well:
By default, flashing starts automatically upon power-up, so be sure to back up the data in eMMC. If you don't want it to start automatically, you can use image file with a filename containing the words 'multiple-os' and manually select the OS you want to flash on the interface.
4.4.2.1.1 Flash Official OS to eMMC
Follow the steps below:
- Get an SDHC card with a minimum capacity of 8G
- Visit download linkto download image files (in the "01_Official images/02_SD-to-eMMC images" directory) and win32diskimager tool (in the "05_Tools" directory);
- Extract the .gz format compressed file to get the .img format image file;
- Run the win32diskimager utility under Windows as administrator. On the utility's main window select your SD card's drive, the wanted image file and click on "write" to start flashing the SD card.
- Eject your SD card and insert it to NanoPi-R2C-Plus’s microSD card slot.
- Turn on NanoPi-R2C-Plus, it will boot from the SD card and automatically run EFlasher to install the OS to the board’s eMMC.
- After flashing is complete, eject the SD card from NanoPi-R2C-Plus, NanoPi-R2C-Plus will automatically reboot and boot from eMMC.
4.4.2.1.2 Flash third party OS (Image file) to eMMC
- Auto Install (Default Behavior)
1) Download an “eflasher” firmware from network drive(in the "01_Official images/02_SD-to-eMMC images" directory), extract it and install it to a TF card ;
2) Eject and insert the TF card to your PC, after a “FriendlyARM” device shows up(Under Linux, it is a “FriendlyARM” directory), copy the image file ending with .raw or .gz into the directory (Note: if your file is in .img format, please rename it to .raw format).
3) Open the eflasher.conf file on the TF card, set “autoStart=” to the name of your image file, such as:
autoStart=openwrt-rockchip-armv8_nanopi-ext4-sysupgrade.img.gz
In addition to third-party image, official image files which with the '-sd-' word in the filename are also supported, for example: rk3NNN-sd-friendlywrt-21.02-YYYYMMDD.img.gz
4) Eject the TF card, insert the TF card to NanoPi-R2C-Plus, power it on it will automatically install your firmware. You can watch the installation progress by observing the LEDs’ status.
4.4.2.2 Option 2: Install OS on Web Page
Get a TF card which has been installed with FriendlyWrt, log in FriendlyWrt on the web page, click on “System” ->”eMMC Tools”. Click on “Select file” to select your wanted image file, either an official image (filename containing '-sd-') or a third party image. The file should be a “.gz” or “.img” file.
After a file is selected, click on “Upload and Write” to start installing an OS.
After installation is done, eject the SD card, the system will automatically reboot and load the OS from eMMC. After the OS begins to load, if the system LED is flashing and the network LED is on, it means the the OS has loaded successfully. If the OS is FriendlyWrt, you can click on “Go to Homepage” to enter the homepage.
For official OS, you need select the file with the filename containing '-sd-', for example: rk3NNN-sd-friendlywrt-21.02-YYYYMMDD.img.gz, the compression file only supports the .gz format. If the file is too large, you can compress it into .gz format before uploading.
4.4.2.3 Option 3: Install OS via USB
4.4.2.3.1 Step 1: Install USB Driver and Tools/Utilities
Download a driver file DriverAssitant_v5.12.zip under the “tools” directory from network drive, extract and install it.
Under the same directory, download a utility RKDevTool_Release_v2.84.zip and extract it.
4.4.2.3.2 Step 2: Connect NanoPi-R2C-Plus to PC and Enter Installation Mode
Press and hold the “Mask” key, Use a USB cable, connect NanoPi-R2C-Plus to a PC,After the status LED has been on for at least 3 seconds, release the Mask key;
4.4.2.3.3 Step 3: Install image to eMMC
A firmware in general is packaged in either of the two options: the first is an whole image (ie, update.img) which is often offered by third party developers, the second is that an image is packaged and placed in multiple partition images. FriendlyElec offers an image in the latter option.
- Option 1: Install whole image (ie, update.img)
On a PC which has the extracted RKDevTool_Release_v2.84 utility, go to the RKDevTool_Release_v2.84 directory, run the RKDevTool.exe file. If everything works, you will see a “Found a new Maskrom device” message on the utility;
Go to “Upgrade Firmware(升级固件)”, click on “Firmware(固件)”, select your wanted image file, and click on “Upgrade(升级)” to install. After installation is done, your board will reboot automatically and load the system from eMMC;
- Option 2: Install OS that is packaged & placed in multiple partition images
Go to network drive to download your needed package and extract it (in the "01_Official images/03_USB upgrade images).
After it is extracted, you will see some utilities and a configuration file under the directory. double click on RKDevTool.exe, you will see a “Found a new Maskrom device” message on the utility. Click on the “Execute”, wait a moment and it will be installed. After installation is done your system will automatically reboot and load the system from eMMC.
4.5 The Boot order between eMMC and SD card
By default, the system will be booted from the TF card first, but this is not the case under all conditions. This section will explain all situations in detail;
Refer to rockchip official document [1], there are two types of loader program:
1) U-Boot TPL/SPL (i.e. upsream U-Boot, also called mainline U-Boot)
2) Rockchip MiniLoader
Things to note:
1) FriendlyELEC's image uses Rockchip MiniLoader
2) The third-party image usually uses U-Boot TPL/SPL
The following situations will always start from eMMC:
If the system in the eMMC, or the system in the TF card uses the first Loader type U-Boot TPL/SPL, it will always boot from the eMMC;
If you want to boot from the TF card, there are the following methods:
Method 1: Clear the Loader on the eMMC, the clearing method is as follows, after starting from the eMMC, enter the following command on the command line to clear the Loader on the eMMC:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=8M count=1
Method 2: Insert the TF card, Press Maskrom Key (or short-circuit the Maskrom contacts) and then power on (need to keep the short-circuit for about 3 seconds), it will start from the TF card
The summary is as follows:
eMMC current system | TF card current system | Boot priority |
---|---|---|
No system | Any image | TF card |
FriendlyELEC's image | FriendlyELEC's image | TF card |
FriendlyELEC's image | Image with Mainline U-boot | eMMC |
Image with Mainline U-boot | FriendlyELEC's image | eMMC |
Image with Mainline U-boot | Image with Mainline U-boot | eMMC |
5 Work with FriendlyWrt
5.1 Introduction to FriendlyWrt
FriendlyWrt is a customized system made by FriendlyElec based on an OpenWrt distribution. It is open source and well suitable for developing IoT applications, NAS applications etc.
5.2 First boot
For the first boot, the system needs to do the following initialization work:
1)Extended root file system
2)Initial setup(will execute /root/setup.sh)
So you need to wait for a while (about 2~3 minutes) to boot up for the first time, and then set FriendlyWrt, you can enter the ttyd terminal on the openwrt webpage, when the prompt is displayed as root@FriendlyWrt, it means the system has been initialized.
root@FriendlyWrt
5.3 Account & Password
The default password is password (empty password in some versions). Please set or change a safer password for web login and ssh login. It is recommended to complete this setting before connecting NanoPi-R2C-Plus to the Internet.
5.4 Login FriendlyWrt
Connect the PC to the LAN port of NanoPi-R2C-Plus. If your PC without a built-in ethernet port, connect the LAN port of the wireless AP to the LAN port of NanoPi-R2C-Plus, and then connect your PC to the wireless AP via WiFi , Enter the following URL on your PC's browser to access the admin page:
- http://friendlywrt/
- http://192.168.2.1/
- http://[fd00:ab:cd::1]
The above is the LAN port address of NanoPi-R2C-Plus. The IP address of the WAN port will be dynamically obtained from your main router through DHCP.
5.5 Recommended security settings
The following settings are highly recommended to complete before connecting NanoPi-R2C-Plus to the Internet。
- Set a secure password
- Only allow access to ssh from lan, change the port
- Check the firewall settings
Set up as you wish.
5.6 Change LAN IP in LuCI
1) Click on Network → Interfaces, then click on the Edit button of the LAN Network;
2) In General Setup tab, input new IP address (for example: 192.168.11.1), click "Save" and then click "Save & Apply";
3) On the pop-up window with the title “Connectivity change“, click "Apply and revert on connectivity loss";
4) Wait a moment, enter the new address in your computer's browser and login to FriendlyWrt;
5.7 Safe shutdown operation
Enter the "Services" -> "Terminal", enter the "poweroff" command and hit enter, wait until the led light is off, and then unplug the power supply.
5.8 Soft Factory Reset
Enter "System"->"Backup/Flash firmware",Click “Perform reset“ Button, Your device's settings will be reset to defaults like when FriendlyWrt was first installed.
You can also do this in the terminal:
firstboot && reboot
5.9 Install Software Packages
5.9.1 Set up openwrt official opkg source
sed -i -e 's/mirrors.cloud.tencent.com/downloads.openwrt.org/g' /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf opkg update
5.9.2 Update Package List
Before install software packages update the package list:
$ opkg update
5.9.3 List Available Packages
$ opkg list
5.9.4 List Installed Packages
$ opkg list-installed
5.9.5 Install Packages
$ opkg install <package names>
5.9.6 Remove Packages
$ opkg remove <package names>
5.10 Disable IPv6
. /root/setup.sh disable_ipv6 reboot
5.11 Configure the function of the user button
By default, the user button is configured to reboot the device, as shown below:
echo 'BTN_1 1 /sbin/reboot' >> /etc/triggerhappy/triggers.d/example.conf
You can change its behavior by changing the configuration file above.
5.12 Configuring Quectel EC20 (4G module) dial-up networking
- Go to "Network" -> "Interfaces"
- Click "Delete" next to "WAN6", then click "Save & Apply"
- Click "Edit" next to "WAN", in the "Device" drop-down menu, select "Ethernet Adapter: wwan0", in the "Protocol" drop-down menu, select "QMI Cellular" and click "Switch Protocol"
- Click the "Modem Device" drop-down menu, select "/dev/cdc-wdm0", fill in the APN information (e.g. for China Mobile, enter "cmnet")
- Click "Save" to close the dialog, Finally, click "Save & Apply" at the bottom of the page to initiate the dial-up process
- Devices connected to LAN will have access to the Internet, If your device has a WiFi module, you can enable wireless AP functionality on the "Wireless" page and connect to the Internet via devices connected wirelessly
5.13 Some common issues of FriendlyWrt
- Unable to dial up
- Go to "Network" -> "Firewall" and set "Inbound Data", "Outbound Data" and "Forwarding" in "WAN Zone" to "Accept";
- If you still cannot access the Internet, you can try to turn off IPV6;
- Dial-up successful, but no outgoing traffic
- Go to "Services" -> "Terminal" and type "fw4 reload" to try to reload the firewall settings again;
- Unable to power on
- Try to replace the power adapter and cable. It is recommended to use a power supply with specifications above 5V/2A;
- Note that some fast chargers with Type-C interface will have a delay, it may take a few seconds to start providing power;
- When doing secondary routing, the computer cannot connect to the Internet
- If your main network is IPv4, and NanoPi-R2C-Plus works in IPv6, the computer may not be able to connect to the Internet. It is recommended to turn off IPv6 (the method is described later in this WiKi), or switch the main route to IPv6;
- If you have questions or have better suggestions, please send an email to techsupport@friendlyarm.com;
5.14 Use USB2LCD to view IP and temperature
Plug the USB2LCD module to the USB interface ofNanoPi-R2C-Plus and power on, the IP address and CPU temperature will be displayed on the LCD:
5.15 How to use USB WiFi
5.15.1 Check USB WiFi Device with Command Line Utility
(1) Click on "services>ttyd" to start the command line utility
(2) Make sure no USB devices are connected to your board and run the following command to check if any USB devices are connected or not
lsusb
(3) Connect a USB WiFi device to the board and run the command again
lsusb
You will see a new device is detected. In our test the device's ID was 0BDA:C811
(4) Type your device's ID (in our case it was "0BDA:C811" or "VID_0BDA&PID_C811") in a search engine and you may find a device that matches the ID. In our case the device we got was Realtek 8811CU.
5.15.2 Configure a USB WiFi Device as AP
(1) Connect a USB WiFi device to the NanoPi-R2C-Plus. We recommend you to use the following devices:
Note: devices that match these VID&PIDs would most likely work.
(2) Click on "System>Reboot" and reboot your NanoPi-R2C-Plus
(3) Click on "Network>Wireless" to enter the WiFi configuration page
(4) Click on "Edit" to edit the configuration
(5) On the "Interface Configuration" page you can set the WiFi mode and SSID, and then go to "Wireless Security" to change the password. By default the password is "password". After you make your changes click on "Save" to save
(6) After you change the settings you can use a smartphone or PC to search for WiFi
5.15.3 Common USB WiFi issues
1) It is recommended to plug in the usb wifi in the off state, then power it on, FriendlyWrt will automatically generate the configuration file /etc/config/wireless, if not, see if there is wlan0 by ifconfig -a, if there is no wlan0, usually there is no driver.
2) If ifconfig -a sees wlan0, but the hotspot is not working properly, try changing the channel and country code, an inappropriate country code can also cause the WiFi to not work.
3) Some USB WiFis (e.g. MTK MT7662) work in CD-ROM mode by default and need to be switched by usb_modeswitch, you can try to add usb_modeswitch configuration to the following directory: /etc/usb_modeswitch.d.
5.15.4 Change the default WiFi hotspot configuration
FriendlyWrt sets the country, hotspot name and other parameters for USB WiFi by default, with the aim of being as plug-and-play as possible, but this does not guarantee that all modules will be compatible with this setting, you can change these behaviors by modifying the following file:
/lib/wifi/mac80211.sh
5.16 Work with Docker Applications
5.16.1 Work with Docker: Install JellyFin
mkdir -p /jellyfin/config mkdir -p /jellyfin/videos docker run --restart=always -d -p 8096:8096 -v /jellyfin/config:/config -v /jellyfin/videos:/videos jellyfin/jellyfin:10.1.0-arm64 -name myjellyfin
After installation, visit port 8096 and here is what you would find:
5.16.2 Work with Docker: Install Personal Nextcloud
mkdir /nextcloud -p docker run -d -p 8888:80 --name nextcloud -v /nextcloud/:/var/www/html/ --restart=always --privileged=true arm64v8/nextcloud
After installtion, visit port 8888.
5.16.3 Expand Docker Storage
- Stop docker service first:
/etc/init.d/dockerd stop
- Rename the original /opt directory, create an empty /opt directory:
mv /opt /opt-old && mkdir /opt
- Format your drive as ext4, and mount it to the /opt directory:
- Enter the command "mount | grep /opt" to check the mount status:
root@FriendlyWrt:~# mount | grep /opt /dev/nvme0n1p1 on /opt type ext4 (rw,relatime) root@FriendlyWrt:~#
- Copy the files from the original /opt directory to the new /opt directory:
cp -af /opt-old/* /opt/ && rm -rf /opt-old
- Reboot the device
reboot
- After reboot, go to the "Docker" -> "Overview" page, check the information in the "Docker Root Dir" line, you can see that the Docker space has been expanded:
5.16.4 Docker FAQ and solutions
5.16.4.1 Unable to access the network services provided by the Docker container
Solution:
- Go to the "Firewall" settings and set "Forwarding" to "Accept";
- Turn off "Software Offload";
5.17 Mount smbfs
mount -t cifs //192.168.1.10/shared /movie -o username=xxx,password=yyy,file_mode=0644
5.18 Use sdk to compile the package
5.18.1 Install the compilation environment
Download and run the following script on 64-bit Ubuntu (version 18.04+): How to setup the Compiling Environment on Ubuntu bionic
5.18.2 Download and decompress sdk from the network disk
The sdk is located in the toolchain directory of the network disk:
tar xvf openwrt-sdk-*-rockchip-armv8_gcc-11.2.0_musl.Linux-x86_64.tar.xz # If the path is too long, it will cause some package compilation errors, so change the directory name here mv openwrt-sdk-*-rockchip-armv8_gcc-11.2.0_musl.Linux-x86_64 sdk cd sdk ./scripts/feeds update -a ./scripts/feeds install -a
5.18.3 Compile the package
download the source code of the example (a total of 3 examples are example1, example2, example3), and copy to the package directory:
git clone https://github.com/mwarning/openwrt-examples.git cp -rf openwrt-examples/example* package/ rm -rf openwrt-examples/
Then enter the configuration menu through the following command:
make menuconfig
In the menu, select the following packages we want to compile (actually selected by default):
"Utilities" => "example1" "Utilities" => "example3" "Network" => "VPN" => "example2"
execute the following commands to compile the three software packages:
make package/example1/compile V=99 make package/example2/compile V=99 make package/example3/compile V=99
After the compilation is successful, you can find the ipk file in the bin directory, as shown below:
$ find ./bin -name example*.ipk ./bin/packages/aarch64_generic/base/example3_1.0.0-220420.38257_aarch64_generic.ipk ./bin/packages/aarch64_generic/base/example1_1.0.0-220420.38257_aarch64_generic.ipk ./bin/packages/aarch64_generic/base/example2_1.0.0-220420.38257_aarch64_generic.ipk
5.18.4 Install the ipk to NanoPi
You can use the scp command to upload the ipk file to NanoPi:
cd ./bin/packages/aarch64_generic/base/ scp example*.ipk root@192.168.2.1:/root/
Then use the opkg command to install them:
cd /root/ opkg install example3_1.0.0-220420.38257_aarch64_generic.ipk opkg install example1_1.0.0-220420.38257_aarch64_generic.ipk opkg install example2_1.0.0-220420.38257_aarch64_generic.ipk
5.19 Build FriendlyWrt using GitHub Actions
Please refre this link: https://github.com/friendlyarm/Actions-FriendlyWrt
6 Work with FriendlyCore
6.1 FriendlyCore User Account
- Non-root User:
User Name: pi Password: pi
- Root:
User Name: root Password: fa
6.2 Update Software Packages
$ sudo apt-get update
6.3 Setup Network Configurations
6.3.1 Set static IP address
By default "eth0" is assigned an IP address obtained via dhcp. If you want to change the setting you need to change the following file:
vi /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0
For example if you want to assign a static IP to it you can run the following commands:
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.231 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1
6.3.2 Set a DNS
You also need to modify the following file to add the DNS configuration:
vi /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
For example, set to 192.168.1.1:
[Resolve] DNS=192.168.1.1
Restart the systemd-resolved service with the following command:
sudo systemctl restart systemd-resolved.service sudo systemctl enable systemd-resolved.service
6.3.3 Set up to use another network interface
To change the setting of "eth1" you can add a new file similar to eth0's configuration file under the /etc/network/interfaces.d/ directory.
6.4 Setup Wi-Fi
First, use the following command to check if Network-Manager is installed on your system:
which nmcli
If you have installed it, refer to this link to connect to WiFi: Use NetworkManager to configure network settings, If you do not have Network-Manager installed on your system, please refer to the following method to configure WiFi,
By default the WiFi device is "wlan0". You need to create a configuration file under "/etc/network/interfaces.d/" for WiFi:
vi /etc/network/interfaces.d/wlan0
Here is a sample wlan0 file:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-driver wext
wpa-ssid YourWiFiESSID
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-proto RSN
wpa-pairwise CCMP
wpa-group CCMP
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-psk YourWiFiPassword
Please replace "YourWiFiESSID" and "YourWiFiPassword" with your WiFiESSID and password. After save and close the file you can connect to your WiFi source by running the following command:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl restart networking
After you power on your board it will automatically connect to your WiFi source.
Please note that if you use one TF card to boot multiple boards the WiFi device name will likely be named to "wlan1", "wlan2" and etc. You can reset it to "wlan0" by deleting the contents of the following file and reboot your board:
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
6.4.1 WiFi models supported
6.4.1.1 M.2 WiFi Module
- RTL8822CE
6.4.1.2 Usb Dongle
- RTL8821CU (Vid: 0BDA, Pid: C811) (Test sample:TP-Link TL-WDN5200H)
- RTL8812AU (Vid: 0BDA, Pid: 8812)
- MediaTek MT7662 (Vid: 0E8D, Pid: 7612) (Test sample:COMFAST CF-WU782AC V2)
6.5 Install the kernel-header package
sudo dpkg -i /opt/linux-headers-*.deb
6.6 Build kernel-header deb package
Please refre to: https://github.com/friendlyarm/sd-fuse_rk3328/blob/master/test/test-build-kernel-header-deb.sh
6.7 Config status LEDs
First determine whether the system already exists the leds initialization service:
sudo systemctl status leds
If the leds service already exists, change the default behavior of the LEDs by editing the following file:
/etc/init.d/leds.sh
Since there is no leds service in the early firmware, you need to refer to the following guide to manually configure the LEDs. First, set the following kernel modules to be automatically loaded at boot:
modprobe ledtrig-netdev echo ledtrig-netdev > /etc/modules-load.d/ledtrig-netdev.conf
Put the following into the autorun script to associate the status leds with the ethernet interface, and you can configure it to behave in other ways by referring to these content:
echo netdev > /sys/class/leds/wan_led/trigger echo eth0 > /sys/class/leds/wan_led/device_name echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/wan_led/link echo netdev > /sys/class/leds/lan_led/trigger echo eth1 > /sys/class/leds/lan_led/device_name echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/lan_led/link
7 Work with Debian10 Desktop
7.1 Introduction to Debian10 Desktop
Debian10 Desktop is a light-weighted debian desktop system,it has the following features:
- Uses LXDE as default desktop;
- Mali GPU-based OpenGL support;
- Support Rockhip MPP video hard coding and hard decoding;
- Pre-installed mpv and smplayer, both support 4K video hardware decoding;
- Pre-installed Chromium browser, support vpu/gpu hardware acceleration (video hard decoding limited to h264/mp4 format);
- Compatible with Plex Server and Docker;
7.2 Account & Password
Regular Account:
User Name: pi
Password: pi
Root:
the root user account is disabled by default, you may configure the root password through the 'sudo passwd root' command.
7.3 View IP address
Since the Debian Buster hostname is the hardware model by default, you can use the ping command to get the IP address:ping NanoPi-R2C-Plus
7.4 Connect to Debian via SSH
Run the following commandssh pi@NanoPi-R2C-Plus
The default password is: pi
7.5 Update Software Packages
$ sudo apt-get update
7.6 Install x11vnc Server on Debian for Remote Access
7.6.1 Install x11vnc server
The following command to install x11vnc server:
sudo apt-get install x11vnc
7.6.2 Set your password
sudo x11vnc -storepasswd /etc/x11vnc.pwd
7.6.3 Setup x11vnc server with systemd auto start up
Create service configuration file:
sudo vi /lib/systemd/system/x11vnc.service
Let’s copy and paste the following configuration into our newly create service file:
[Unit] Description=Start x11vnc at startup. Requires=display-manager.service After=syslog.target network-online.target Wants=syslog.target network-online.target [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/bin/x11vnc -display :0 -forever -loop -noxdamage -repeat -rfbauth /etc/x11vnc.pwd -rfbport 5900 -shared -capslock -nomodtweak ExecStop=/usr/bin/x11vnc -R stop Restart=on-failure [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
The following commands to reload the systmd system and to enable and start the x11vnc service:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable x11vnc.service sudo systemctl start x11vnc
7.6.4 Testing remote access
Start the VNC client software, input IP:5900 to connect:
7.7 Install the kernel-header package
sudo dpkg -i /opt/linux-headers-*.deb
try to compile a kernel module:
sudo apt update sudo apt install git gcc make bc git clone https://github.com/RinCat/RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver.git cd RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver make -j$(nproc) sudo make install sudo modprobe 88x2bu
7.8 Change time zone
7.8.1 Check the current time zone
timedatectl
7.8.2 List all available time zones
timedatectl list-timezones
7.8.3 Set the time zone (e.g. Shanghai)
sudo timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Shanghai
7.9 Change startup LOGO and Wallpaper
7.9.1 Change startup LOGO
Replace the following two files in the kernel source code directory and recompile the kernel:
kernel/logo.bmp
kernel/logo_kernel.bmp
Or use the script to operate, as shown below:
- Download scripts:
git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/sd-fuse_rk3328.git -b kernel-4.19 --single-branch cd sd-fuse_rk3328
- Compile kernel and repackage firmware
convert files/logo.jpg -type truecolor /tmp/logo.bmp convert files/logo.jpg -type truecolor /tmp/logo_kernel.bmp LOGO=/tmp/logo.bmp KERNEL_LOGO=/tmp/logo_kernel.bmp ./build-kernel.sh debian-buster-desktop-arm64 sudo ./mk-sd-image.sh debian-buster-desktop-arm64 ./mk-emmc-image.sh debian-buster-desktop-arm64
Note: If your system is not debian-buster-desktop-arm64, please specify according to the actual situation
7.9.2 Change Wallpaper
Modify the following configuration file:
/home/pi/.config/pcmanfm/LXDE/desktop-items-0.conf
7.10 Soft Factory Reset
Execute the following command in a terminal:
sudo firstboot && sudo reboot
7.11 Start the program automatically at startup(For example Kodi)
Put the desktop file in the ~/.config/autostart/ directory, for example:
mkdir ~/.config/autostart/ cp /usr/share/applications/kodi.desktop ~/.config/autostart/
7.12 Disable auto-mounting
sudo systemctl mask udisks2 sudo reboot
7.13 Setup Chinese language and Input method
7.13.1 Setup Chinese language
Enter the following command and select 'zh_CN.UTF-8':
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
Add environment variables to .bashrc:
echo "export LC_ALL=zh_CN.UTF-8" >> ~/.bashrc echo "export LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8" >> ~/.bashrc echo "export LANGUAGE=zh_CN.UTF-8" >> ~/.bashrc
Reboot device:
sudo reboot
7.13.2 Installing Chinese input method
Enter the following command to install fcitx and Pinyin input method:
sudo apt update sudo apt-get install fcitx fcitx-pinyin sudo apt-get install im-config sudo apt-get install fcitx-table* sudo apt-get install fcitx-ui-classic fcitx-ui-light sudo apt-get install fcitx-frontend-gtk2 fcitx-frontend-gtk3 fcitx-frontend-qt4 sudo apt-get remove --purge scim* ibus* sudo reboot
After reboot, press Ctrl+Space to switch between Chinese and English input methods, and the input method icon will appear in the upper right corner, right-click the input method icon in the upper right corner to switch input methods in the pop-up menu, as shown below:
7.14 Installing Plex Multimedia Server
Visit the Plex website: https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/
On the download page, select the category "Plex Media Server", choose "Linux" for the platform and "Ubuntu(16.04+)/Debian(8+) - ARMv8" for the version,
After downloading the deb package, use the dpkg command to install the package:
sudo dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.31.0.6654-02189b09f_arm64.deb
After installation, login to the Plex server by typing the following URL into your computer browser: http://IP地址:32400/web/
7.15 Install Docker on Debian
Please refer to: How to Install Docker on Debian
8 Buildroot Linux
Buildroot is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation. It contains a boot-loader, kernel, rootfs, various libraries and utilities(e.g. qt, gstreamer, busybox etc).
FriendlyELEC's Buildroot is based on Rockchip's version which is made with linux-sdk and maintained with git. FriendlyELEC's version is synced with Rockchip's version;
- Rockchip's Buildroot: https://github.com/rockchip-linux/buildroot
- Buildroot's official site: https://buildroot.org
For a more detailed description of the Buildroot system, please refer to: Buildroot
9 How to Compile
9.1 Build Openwrt/Friendlywrt
9.1.1 Download Code
Two versions are available, please choose as required:
9.1.1.1 FriendlyWrt 21.02.3
mkdir friendlywrt21-rk3328 cd friendlywrt21-rk3328 git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/repo --depth 1 tools tools/repo init -u https://github.com/friendlyarm/friendlywrt_manifests -b master-v21.02 \ -m rk3328.xml --repo-url=https://github.com/friendlyarm/repo --no-clone-bundle tools/repo sync -c --no-clone-bundle
9.1.1.2 FriendlyWrt 22.03.0-rc3
mkdir friendlywrt22-rk3328 cd friendlywrt22-rk3328 git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/repo --depth 1 tools tools/repo init -u https://github.com/friendlyarm/friendlywrt_manifests -b master-v22.03 \ -m rk3328.xml --repo-url=https://github.com/friendlyarm/repo --no-clone-bundle tools/repo sync -c --no-clone-bundle
9.1.2 First compilation step
./build.sh rk3328.mk # or rk3328-docker.mk
All the components (including u-boot, kernel, and friendlywrt) are compiled and the sd card image will be generated, then execute the following command to generate the image file for installing the system into the emmc:
./build.sh emmc-img
After making changes to the project, the sd card image needs to be repackaged by running the following command:
./build.sh sd-img
9.1.3 Secondary compilation steps
cd friendlywrt make menuconfig rm -rf ./tmp make -j${nproc} cd ../ ./build.sh sd-img ./build.sh emmc-img
9.2 Build u-boot only
./build.sh uboot
9.3 Build kernel only
./build.sh kernel
9.4 Build friendlywrt only
./build.sh friendlywrt
Or go to the friendlywrt directory and follow the standard openwrt commands. If you get an error with the above command, try using the following command to compile in a single thread:
cd friendlywrt make -j1 V=s
10 Make Your Own OS Image
- Please refre this link:
11 More OS Support
11.1 DietPi
DietPi is a highly optimised & minimal Debian-based Linux distribution. DietPi is extremely lightweight at its core, and also extremely easy to install and use.
Setting up a single board computer (SBC) or even a computer, for both regular or server use, takes time and skill. DietPi provides an easy way to install and run favourite software you choose.
For more information, please visit this link https://dietpi.com/docs/.
DietPi supports many of the NanoPi board series, you may download the image file from here:
12 Resources
12.1 Datasheets and Schematics
- Schematics
- PCB Dimensional Diagram
- Datasheet
- RK3328 Datasheet Rockchip_RK3328_Datasheet.pdf
13 Update Logs
13.1 2024-04-21
13.1.1 OpenMediaVault
- Update to 7.0.5-1
- Update to Debian12
13.2 2024-01-31
13.2.1 Debian/Ubuntu/FriendlyCore/Buildroot
- Add adb support
13.3 2023-12-01
13.3.1 FriendlyWrt
- Update to kernel 6.1.63
- Update to openwrt-23.05.2
13.4 2023-10-31
13.4.1 Add a new system
- Add NAS system OpenMediaVault, base on Debian 11 with kernel 6.1
13.4.2 Debian Core/FriendlyCore-Lite-Core
- Update to kernel 6.1
13.4.3 FriendlyWrt
- Update to kernel 6.1
- Update to openwrt-23.05
13.5 2023-05-29
13.5.1 Debian11 Core
- Fixed the issue that R2C Plus cannot boot
13.6 2023-05-26
13.6.1 FriendlyWrt
- Updated v22.03 to openwrt-22.03.5
- Updated v21.02 to openwrt-21.02.7
13.7 2023-04-26
13.7.1 FriendlyWrt:
- Upgrade v22.03 to openwrt-22.03.4
- Upgrade v21.02 to openwrt-21.02.6
13.8 2023-02-10
- Added Debian11 Core
13.9 2023-01-09
13.9.1 FriendlyCore:
- optimized the systemd service
13.10 2022-12-04
13.10.1 FriendlyWrt:
- Fix the issue that the storage space cannot be expanded
- Improve stability of the eMMC Tools
13.11 2022-09-06
13.11.1 FriendlyWrt:
- Added Fullcone NAT support
- upgrade to 22.03.0
13.12 2022-08-03
13.12.1 FriendlyWrt:
- Upgrade FriendlyWrt to the latest version 22.03-rc6
13.13 2022-08-01
13.13.1 FriendlyWrt:
- Firewall settings adjustment: single-port devices (e.g. NEO3) are set to allow WAN inbound traffic by default for easy web configuration, while multi-port devices are still denied WAN inbound traffic by default
13.14 2022-07-27
13.14.1 FriendlyWrt:
- Both docker and non-docker versions are available, all features are the same except for docker.
- Beta version 22.03-rc3 is available, you can choose according to your package requirements, stable version 21.02.3 is recommended.
- Improved compatibility issues with third-party packages
- Added support for "Soft Factory Reset" function
- Added web-based tool eMMC-Tools, support install FriendlyElec and some third party firmware to eMMC, besides raw-image also support rockchip package format firmware
- Other details: default timezone setting to Shanghai, new NAS category menu, remove lcd2usb, improve security settings, tune sysctl parameters, fix docker firewall settings, etc.
13.15 2021-12-02
- Improved the compatibility of the FriendlyWrt software package installation
- Fixed the issue that some sd cards would cause the reboot command to not respond (updated the 5.10 kernel)
- Configure the USB header on NanoPi-NEO3 to host mode by default
13.16 2021-10-29
13.16.1 FriendlyWrt:
- FriendlyWrt has been updated to the official stable version 21.02.1, features are basically the same as 19.07.5, support docker, usb wifi, etc.
13.17 2021-08-30
13.17.1 FriendlyWrt:
- Upgraded kernel to 5.10.60
- Add a high-speed 5G USB WiFi support, the network card model is Comfast CF-WU782AC V2, the chip model is MediaTek MT7662
- Improved USB WiFi compatibility
- Improved stability on first boot (previous version, bpfilter error occurred in some cases on first boot)
13.17.2 FriendlyCore:
- upgraded kernel to 5.10.60
13.18 2021-03-05
- Upgrade FriendlyCore to 20.04 (base on ubuntu focal)
13.19 2021-01-15
- upgraded kernel to 5.10
- upgraded friendlywrt to 19.07.5
13.20 2020-09-04
- Improved the stability of the usb3.0 driver (integrated with official Rockchip updates) and the stability of the r8153 ethernet card
- Update the driver of the 8153 ethernet card, using mainline kernel's version, the version is v1.11.11
- Enable serial port UART1 for R2S and NEO3
13.21 2020-08-31
- Kernel updated to 5.4.61
- Use the driver r8152-2.13.0 downloaded from Realtek official website (https://www.realtek.com/en/downloads)
- Improve the USB network card driver, WLAN<->LAN bridge speed can reach 700/500 Mbits/sec
- Add rockhip rng (hardware random number) driver
13.22 2020-07-10
13.22.1 FriendlyWrt
- upgraded kernel to 5.4.50
- added support for NanoPi-NEO3
13.23 2020-05-14
13.23.1 FriendlyWrt
- upgraded kernel to 5.4.40,fixed bpfilter issue
- added new usb wifi(rtl8812au)
- fixed overlayfs issue
13.24 2020-02-25
13.24.1 FriendlyWrt
13.24.1.1 update to v19.07.1,please use branch master-v19.07.1:
mkdir friendlywrt-rk3328 cd friendlywrt-rk3328 repo init -u https://github.com/friendlyarm/friendlywrt_manifests -b master-v19.07.1 -m rk3328.xml --repo-url=https://github.com/friendlyarm/repo --no-clone-bundle repo sync -c --no-clone-bundle
13.24.1.2 fixed some issues:
- fixed bpfilter module issue
- updated feeds to the latest commit
- removed modemmanager and mwan3 plugins
- adjusted cpu scaling governor, optimized startup speed
13.25 2020-02-20
13.25.1 FriendlyWrt
- Optimized openssl performance
- Added support for PWM fan, support fan speed control (platform: rk33xx)
13.26 2020-01-18
Initial Release