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Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Revision History Version Description Date V1.0 First release Feb. 27, 2023 VT-SBC-RK3568-NT | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Email: sales@vantrontech.com Symbology This manual uses the following signs to prompt users to pay special attention to relevant information. Caution for latent damage to system or harm to personnel Attention to important information or regulations VT-SBC-RK3568-NT | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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The use or placement of the operation tools shall comply with the code of practice of such tools to avoid short circuit of the Product. Cut off the power before inspection of the Product to avoid human injury or product • damage. VT-SBC-RK3568-NT | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Clean with a damp cloth • Do not try to clean exposed electronic components unless with a dust collector Power off and contact Vantron technical support engineer in case of the following faults: The Product is damaged • The temperature is excessively high •...
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VT-SBC-RK3568-NT offers two HDMI ports that support extend mode with resolution up to 4K + 1080P to offer optimized display performance. NiceLit series targets at industrial customization markets of IoT endpoints and software platforms such as industrial panel PC, trail transit, banking, automotive control center, etc.
1.8 Environmental Specifications VT-SBC-RK3568-NT works at a temperature ranging from -20℃ to +70℃ and is designed to be stored at a temperature ranging from -40℃ to +85℃ and at relative humidity between 5%-95% for non-condensing purpose.
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4GB LPDDR4 RAM by default, and users also have the option of 8GB RAM. 2.2.2 eMMC Flash VT-SBC-RK3568-NT offers an eMMC 5.1 flash of 64GB. It is used as the default boot and storage device. 2.2.3 Micro SD Slot VT-SBC-RK3568-NT implements a Micro SD slot for expansion of RAM/storage capacity. It supports hot plug of the Micro SD card.
This section is going to brief the connectors/jumpers on the Board with corresponsive pinout description. 2.4.1 J8 USB 2.0 Type-C (1) VT-SBC-RK3568-NT is powered up by an external power source via the USB 2.0 Type-C, which supports USB OTG and data transmission as well. 2.4.2 J2 USB 2.0 Type-A (2) VT-SBC-RK3568-NT implements two USB 2.0 Type-A ports that are stacked in layers for...
Ground 2.4.6 J10/J11 Micro HDMI (6) VT-SBC-RK3568-NT implements two Micro HDMI ports supporting extends mode. One of the ports (J10) supports HDMI 1.4 and HDMI 2.0 to allow 4K video decoding, and the other (J11) is converted from eDP 1.3 signal to support up to 1080P resolution.
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Ground MIPI_CSI_DP1 MIP_CSI differential lane 1 + (1.8V level) MIPI_CSI_DN1 MIP_CSI differential lane 1 - (1.8V level) Ground MIPI_CSI_DP0 MIP_CSI differential lane 0 + (1.8V level) MIPI_CSI_DN0 MIP_CSI differential lane 0 - (1.8V level) Ground VT-SBC-RK3568-NT | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
2.4.9 J1 GPIO (9) VT-SBC-RK3568-NT offer a GPIO header for user development, including 2 x SPI, 2 x I C, 2 x CAN, and 5 x UART. The power on and debug pins shall be connected for debugging the Board.
VCC_3V3 and VCC_1V8 power supplies on. 2.4.11 Micro SD slot (11) VT-SBC-RK3568-NT offers a Micro SD card slot at its back, supporting SD3.0 and MMC 4.51 interfaces. The Micro SD card can be used for RAM expansion or used as mobile storage.
2.5 Boot Mode The Board has three modes to boot up. • Normal mode VT-SBC-RK3568-NT starts up automatically, with modules loading in sequence to boot up the system normally. • Loader mode Under the Loader mode, bootloader will enter the upgrade mode and wait for commands from the host for firmware upgrade.
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World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.1 Interface Definition 3.1.1 UART VT-SBC-RK3568-NT offers 5 UART ports on the GPIO header. UART0, UART4, UART7, and UART8 are used for serial communication, corresponding to nodes ttyS0, ttyS4, ttyS7, and ttyS8. UART2 is used for serial debugging.
| Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.1.2 CAN VT-SBC-RK3568-NT offers two CAN buses (CAN0 & CAN1). Run the following commands to configure the CAN buses: # ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 125000...
64 bytes from 192.168.9.10: seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.358 ms 3.1.5 Wi-Fi VT-SBC-RK3568-NT supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functions. You are recommended to use nmtui to set up the Wi-Fi network. 1. Open a terminal in the Ubuntu system, and input the following command to set up the network;...
1. Check the USB interface information: ~$ lsusb 2. Mount the USB drive to /mnt: ~$ mount /dev/xxx /mnt 3. Check the mounted content in /mnt: ~$ ls /mnt 4. Unmount the device: ~$ umount /dev/xxx VT-SBC-RK3568-NT | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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2. Right click the mouse and run the driver program DriverInstall.exe as administrator; 3. Click Install Driver and wait for the installation to proceed; 4. Open the directory of the upgrade tool (path: 700RBAG0BP011_VT-SBC-RK3568- NT,Vxxx,Debian11,revxxx,Image_Mxxx\SW\upgrade_tools\windows\ \RKDevTool_Release_vxxx); 5. Double click the driver for the upgrade tool RKDevTool.exe; VT-SBC-RK3568-NT | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 6. Open the upgrade window; 7. Connect VT-SBC-RK3568-NT to the Windows host with the USB Type-C cable; 8. Input “reboot loader” command in a terminal to enter the Loader mode and the upgrade window will prompt for the existence of a Loader device;...
12. When the upgrade finishes, the device will reboot automatically. 4.2 Firmware Upgrade in Ubuntu Environment 4.2.1 Prerequisites Please prepare the following: • VT-SBC-RK3568-NT • A host PC running Ubuntu system (Ubuntu 20.04 or later recommended) • Release package • USB Type-C cable VT-SBC-RK3568-NT | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 4.2.2 System flashing 1. Connect VT-SBC-RK3568-NT to the Windows host with the USB Type-C cable; 2. Open a terminal and input “reboot loader” to enter the Loader mode; 3. Unzip the package and open the local directory of the upgrade tool (path: 700RBAG0BP011_VT-SBC-RK3568-NT,Vxxx,Debian11,revxxx,Image_Mxxx\ SW\upgrade_tools\linux\ Linux_Upgrade_Tool_vxxx);...
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& electronic waste recycling/disposal center. Proper disposal of this sort of waste helps avoid harm and adverse effect upon surroundings and people’s health. Please contact local organizations or recycling/disposal center for more recycling/disposal methods of related products. VT-SBC-RK3568-NT | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
CUSTOMER’s location and no Product so inspected shall be returned to VANTRON unless the cause for the rejection or defect is determined to be the responsibility of VANTRON. VANTRON shall in turn provide the CUSTOMER turnaround shipment on defective Product within fourteen (14) working days upon its receipt at VANTRON.
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