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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 Jan. 14, 2022 V1.1 Updated pinout description of GPIO Jun. 16, 2022 V1.2 Added a chapter for Yocto project development Mar.
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Table of Contents Foreword ................................1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ......................5 Product Overview ..........................6 Terminology ............................6 Block Diagram ............................ 7 Specifications ............................
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Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Interface Definition ........................31 4.1.1 Serial port ............................31 4.1.2 USB interface ........................... 31 4.1.3 CAN ..............................32 4.1.4 GPIO ..............................33 Ethernet ............................
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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-3568 | 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-3568 | 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 •...
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 1.1 Product Overview VT-SBC-3568 single board computer is based on Rockchip RK3568 processor that integrates quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 CPU and Mali G52 GPU to provide optimized performance at lower power consumption, and offer high-quality video encoding and decoding for better display performance.
U S B 2. 0 T ype-C H D M I 1x2x2. 0m m P ow er Jack R J45 W i t h i nt ernal M agnet i cs C onnect or 12V / 5A VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
1.8 Environmental Specifications VT-SBC-3568 works at a temperature ranging from 0℃ to +60℃ (for 3568J: -20℃ to +70℃) and is designed to be stored at a temperature ranging from -20℃ to +70℃ (for 3568J: - 40°C~+85°C) and at relative humidity of no more than RH 96% for non-condensing purpose.
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 2 CONNECTOR DESCRIPTION VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
4GB LPDDR4 RAM by default, and users also have the option of 2GB RAM. 2.2.2 eMMC Flash VT-SBC-3568 provides an eMMC 5.1 flash up to 128 GB, and the default capacity is 16GB. It is used as the default boot and storage device. 2.2.3 EEPROM VT-SBC-3568 provides a 2Kb EEPROM to store hardware configuration information.
This section is going to brief the connectors/jumpers on the Board with corresponsive pinout description. 2.4.1 Power input (1) VT-SBC-3568 provides a 4-pin power connector and a power jack to supply power for the Board. Pinout description of the 4-pin power connector:...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 2.4.2 J23 Ethernet port (2) VT-SBC-3568 offers an RJ45 Ethernet jack with two LEDs, green for activity indication and yellow for link indication. The port supports 10/100/1000 Mbps transmission rate. 2.4.3 J13 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (3) VT-SBC-3568 offers an AP6256 1T1R combo SiP module, combining Wi-Fi 802.11...
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LVDS A Lane1 - Ground LVDS_A_D0+ LVDS A Lane0 + LVDS_A_D0- LVDS A Lane0 - Ground LCD_VDD Power supply for LCD LCD_VDD Power supply for LCD LCD_VDD Power supply for LCD LCD_VDD Power supply for LCD VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 2.4.6 J12 Backlight connector (6) VT-SBC-3568 offers a backlight connector that is designed to connect a backlight to increase readability of the LCD in low light conditions. Specifications: 1 x 6, 2.0mm, 2A, 6mm (H), male, RA, -25℃~85℃, THR, RoHS...
1.8V VCC3V3_LCD power supply 3.3V VCC3V3_LCD power supply 3.3V 2.4.8 J8 MIPI CSI (8) VT-SBC-3568 offers a 4-lane MIPI CSI connector for connecting cameras. Specifications: 1 x 31, 0.3mm, 1.0mm(H), RA, Bot, WDT, SMT, RoHS Pinout description: Name Type Description...
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I2C_SDA MIPI_CAM_RST Camera RESET MIPI_CAM_PWN Camera Power Down Ground MIPI_CAM_MCLK Camera Main CLK Ground VCC1V8_DVP Power supply 1.8V VCC1V8_DVP Power supply 1.8V VCC1V5_DVP Power supply 1.5V VCC2V8_DVP Power supply 2.8V VCC2V8_DVP Power supply 2.8V Ground VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
TP_RST 2.4.10 U40 USB 2.0 Type-A (10) VT-SBC-3568 is designed to connect peripherals via the USB 2.0 Type-A interface to expand the functions. The pinout description of the USB 2.0 Type-A interface is in line with the pin assignment of standard USB 2.0 Type-A.
USB DATA- HUB_HOST_5V Power supply 5V for USB 2.4.12 J6 USB 3.0 (12) VT-SBC-3568 offers a USB 3.0 (Type-A) interface with pinout in line with the pin assignment of standard USB 3.0 Type-A. USB 3.0 2.4.13 J7 USB 2.0 Type-C (13) VT-SBC-3568 offers a USB 2.0 Type-C interface.
LED output signal BUTTON_5 Button input data LED_6 LED output signal BUTTON_6 Button input data VCC3V3_EXT Power supply 3.3V VCC3V3_EXT Power supply 3.3V Ground Ground VCC_1V8 Power supply 1.8V VCC_1V8 Power supply 1.8V Ground Ground VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 2.4.15 J20 40-pin header (15) The 40-pin header on VT-SBC-3568 supports 2 CAN buses, 6 UART ports, and 12 GPIOs (customized as alarm in and out in the following description). Among the 6 UART ports, there are 2 RS485 ports (UART 6 &...
Power input DC_IN Power input DC_IN Power input 2.4.16 J17 M.2 Key B slot (16) VT-SBC-RK3568 offers an M.2 Key B slot, supporting PCIe to connect a 3G/4G/5G module and supporting SATA to connect an SSD. VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
PCIE 2.0 CLK- PCIE_CLKP_A PCIE 2.0 CLK+ 5G power on and off 5G_PWR_OFF#1_1V8 control 1.8 V power 5G Flight mode control 5G_DISABLE#1_1V8 domain data WWAN_RESET#1 5G RESET 2.4.17 J16 Audio jack (17) VT-SBC-RK3568 offers a 3.5mmaudio jack. VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 3 ANDROID SYSTEM MANUAL VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.1 Enable Developer Options To enable Developer Options of the VT-SBC-3568, follow the steps below: 1. Connect the Board to a mouse, a keyboard, and a display for easier operations; 2. Click Settings > About tablet in sequence;...
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4. Press “Win + R” and input “sysdm.cpl” in the dialogue box to open the settings interface; 5. Click in sequence Advanced > Environment Variables > Path > Edit, and click New in the pop-up; 6. Copy the folder path of adb.exe, and click OK to confirm; VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
The Windows environment is used for illustration in the following section. 3.3.1 Prerequisites • The VT-SBC-3568 running Android operating system • A host computer running Windows 7 or later (Ubuntu 18.04 or later recommended for Ubuntu environment) •...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.3.2 App installation 1. Connect the VT-SBC-3568 and the host computer via the USB cable; 2. Input “adb devices -l” in the command prompt to check if the Device is connected to the host computer;...
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 4 DEBIAN SYSTEM MANUAL VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
This chapter is mainly about the first-use debugging of interfaces and software applications, and most of the operations are done in the console of the VT-SBC-3568. On the other hand, you can also use a USB to TTL (3.3V) serial adapter to connect UART 2 (baud rate: 150000bps) of the Board to a Linux host for the debugging purpose.
Unmount the USB device: # umount /dev/xxx 4.1.3 CAN The VT-SBC-3568 implements two CAN buses (CAN0 & CAN1). Run the following commands to configure the CAN buses: # ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 125000 IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): can0: link becomes ready...
6. When you finish using the pin, just unexport it. To do this, write the pin number to the unexport file: # echo 20 > /sys/class/gpio/unexport 4.2 Ethernet Connect the Ethernet jack of the Board to switch/gateway with an Ethernet cable, then check the settings of the Ethernet jack. # ifconfig VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
64 bytes from 192.168.9.10: seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.358 ms Wi-Fi The VT-SBC-3568 supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functions. You are recommended to use nmtui to connect the Board to an existing Wi-Fi access point. 1. Open a terminal and input the following command to set up the network;...
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# nmcli dev wifi connect <SSID> password <PASSWD> 2. Use the ping command to check if the network is connected properly; # ping www.baidu.com 3. If the data packets are transmitted and received properly, the network is connected properly. VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 4.4 Cellular Network The VT-SBC-3568 implements a mini PCIe slot for connecting a 4G cellular module for wireless communication. Before you set up the cellular network, please insert a cellular module to the mini PCIe slot, install the antennas and plug in an activated SIM card.
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# /etc/ppp/peers/quectel-pppd.sh /dev/ttyUSB2 <APN> <username> <password> // method 2 APN, username and password are provided by the carrier. Please modify the arguments based on the actual information (the screenshots below are for illustration only). ……… VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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4. If the network connection fails, please try to add a default route and continue to test the network connection # route add default gw <xx.xx.xx.xx> xx.xx.xx.xx is the IP address of the route (ppp0) VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
45 seconds if the dog is not fed. Enable the watchdog timer or feed the dog: # echo 1 > /dev/watchdog Disable the watchdog timer: # echo V > /dev/watchdog VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
3. Right click the mouse and run the driver program DriverInstall.exe as administrator; 4. Click Install Driver and wait for the installation to proceed; 5. Open the directory of the upgrade tool (path: 700RBAGE0PC11_VT-SBC- RK3568,debianxxx,revxxx,Image_M,xxx \SW\downloadetools\windows\ RKDevTool_ Release_vxxx); 6. Double click the program to install the RKDevTool.exe; VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 7. Open the upgrade window; 8. Connect the VT-SBC-3568 to the Windows host with the USB Type-A to Type-C cable; 9. Press Windows key + R and input “cmd” in the dialog box to open the command prompt;...
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RK3568,debianxxx,revxxx,Image_M,xxx \SW\Image), and the firmware details will be automatically populated; 16. Click the Upgrade button and the Board will start to download the image and upgrade the firmware automatically; 17. When the upgrade finishes, the device will reboot automatically. VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
5. Right click the mouse in an empty space of the folder to open a terminal with the following command; $ sudo ./upgrade_tool uf xxx/SW/update.img “xxx” is the name of the release package. 6. The system will start upgrading after the download finishes, and it will reboot automatically when the upgrade finishes. VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 5 YOCTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Run the installation script as follows: $ ./vtlinux-x86_64-toolchain-4.0.4.sh VtLinux - (A Yocto Project Based Distro) SDK installer version 4.0.4 ==================================================================== Enter target directory for SDK (default: /opt/vtlinux): /opt/rk3568 You are about to install the SDK to "/opt/rk3568". Proceed [Y/n]? Y VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Check the SDK version: $ echo $OECORE_SDK_VERSION 4.0.4 If you get stuck at any of above steps, please re-install the SDK. VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World..\n"); return 0; $ CC hello.c -o hello Copy the compiled program to the Board and run it: $ ./hello Hello World.. If the above steps go smoothly, the SDK environment is successfully built. VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Serial port communication program, TTL serial cable • A terminal host (Windows or Linux host with serial port communication program • installed) 5.2.2 Hardware connection Refer to the following figure to connect the Board with the host and peripheral. VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 5.2.3 Preparation of the firmware package Please unzip the software release package sent by Vantron. 5.2.4 Image flashing 1. After connecting the debug serial port and power on the Board as indicated in 4.2.2, use the serial port communication program (e.g., minicom) to open the serial port with...
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$ sudo upgrade_tool uf update-yocto-2023-2-10.img “update-yocto-xxx.img” is the name of the image. 6. The system will reboot after image flashing. VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 6 DISPOSAL AND PRODUCT WARRANTY VT-SBC-3568 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
& 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-3568 | 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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