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ROCK 4 Model SE Starter Kit

Descriptions

ROCK 4 SE Starter Kit contains heatsinks, adjustable speed fan, acrylic shield and ROCK 4 SE development board.

This is the documentation for ROCK Pi 4, written by Radxa Team with community contributions.

ROCK Pi 4 is a Rockchip RK3399 based SBC(Single Board Computer) by Radxa. It can run android or some Linux distributions. ROCK Pi 4 features a six core ARM processor, 64bit dual channel 3200Mb/s LPDDR4, up to 4K@60 HDMI, MIPI DSI, MIPI CSI, 3.5mm jack with mic, 802.11 ac WIFI, BT 5.0, USB Port, GbE LAN, 40-pin color expansion header, RTC. Also, ROCK Pi 4 supports USB PD and QC powering.

ROCK Pi 4 comes in two models, Model A and Model B, each model has 1GB, 2GB or 4GB ram options. for detailed difference of Model A and Model B, please check Specifications.

Features

Model	ROCK 4 SE
Processor	64bits hexa core processor Rockchip RK3399-T Dual Cortex-72, frequency 1.5GHz with qual Cortex-A53, frequency 1.0GHz Mali T860MP4 gpu, support OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1/3.2, Vulkan 1.0, Open CL 1.1 1.2, DX11.
Memory	LPDDR4 64bit dual channel LPDDR4@3200Mb/s, 1GB/2GB/4GB optioal
Storage	eMMC connector, μSD card (μSD slot supports up to 256 GB μSD card), M.2 SSD (M.2 connector supports up to 2T M2 NVME SSD)
Display	Standard HDMI 2.0 up to 4k@60 MIPI DSI 2 lanes via FPC connector HDMI and MIPI DSI can work at the same time, support mirror mode or extend mode.
Audio	3.5mm jack with mic HD codec that supports up to 24-bit/96KHz audio.
Camera	MIPI CSI 2 lanes via FPC connector, support up to 800 MP camera(1mm pitch connector).
Wireless	802.11 ac wifi BT 5.0 with on board antenna
USB	GbE LAN with Power over Ethernet (PoE) support additional HAT is required for powering from PoE
IO	40-pin expansion header, 2 x UART ,2 x SPI bus, 3 x I2C bus, 1 x PCM/I2S, 1 x SPDIF, 2 x PWM, 1 x ADC, 6 x GPIO, 2 x 5V DC power in, 2 x 3.3V DC power in
Others	RTC RTC battery connector for time backup(optional)
Power	USB PD, support USB Type C PD 2.0, 9V/2A, 12V/2A. Qualcomm® Quick ChargeTM: Supports QC 3.0/2.0 adapter, 9V/2A, 12V/1.5A
Size	85mm x 54mm

Gallery

• Product Outlook

Specifications

• Port definitions

• GPIO definitions

• Adjustable speed fan detials

How to assemble

• Installation Steps

• Wiring Fan detials

 NOTE: Please pay attention to the polarity. more detials about gpio please refer to: https://wiki.radxa.com/Rockpi4/hardware/gpio

• Heat dissipation effect

How to control fan speed via PWM signal

• Install Libmraa: [[ https://wiki.radxa.com/Rockpi4/dev/libmraa ]]
• modiy /boot/hw_intfc.conf,if use spi1,must disable uart4,if use spi2,disable i2c6.follow:

  # Hardware Interface Config
  # For more details, check https://wiki.radxa.com/Rockpi4/hardware/devtree_overlays.
  # Set "on" to enable the optional hardware interfaces while set "off" to disablee

  intfc:pwm0=on
  intfc:pwm1=on
  intfc:uart2=off
  intfc:uart4=off
  intfc:spi1=off
  intfc:spi2=off
  intfc:i2c2=off
  intfc:i2c6=off
  intfc:i2c7=off

Use c program in /usr/local/share/mraa/examples/c/pwm.c to test: Modify the macro PWM in /usr/local/share/mraa/examples/c/pwm.c as follows to test PWM0. To test PWM1, change #define PWM 11 to #define PWM 13.

/* PWM declaration */

1. define PWM 11

save and compile pwm.c

  root@rockpi-4b:/usr/local/share/mraa/examples/c# gcc -o pwm pwm.c -lmraa

run the program:

  root@rockpi-4b:/usr/local/share/mraa/examples/c# ./pwm

Then the fan will change speed and spinning, you can modify /usr/local/share/mraa/examples/c/pwm.c to meet actual usage requirements.

Package Includes

• 1 x ROCK 4 SE Starter Kit

Documentations

• Getting Start: [[ https://wiki.radxa.com/Rockpi4/getting_started ]]
• Flashing Tool: [[ https://wiki.radxa.com/Rockpi4/downloads ]]
• Troubleshooting: Post your issue on the forum: [[ https://forum.radxa.com/c/rockpi4/Troubleshooting ]]
• Installation: [[ https://wiki.radxa.com/Rock4/install ]]
• Hardware: [[ https://wiki.radxa.com/Rock4/hardware ]]
• Development Guide: [[ https://wiki.radxa.com/Rock4/dev ]]
• Downloads: [[ https://wiki.radxa.com/Rock4/downloads ]]
• FAQs: [[ https://wiki.radxa.com/Rock4/FAQs ]]

Keywords

• ROCK 4 Model SE, ROCK 4, ROCK Pi 4, Starter kit.