You can upgrade the firmware of Mixtile Blade 3 using a USB cable or using a microSD card. It is recommended that you perform an upgrade using a USB cable. For details about how to upgrade firmware using a USB cable, see Upgrade Firmware via USB Cable.
To upgrade using a MicroSD card, you need to use a card building tool on the PC to write to the MicroSD card. This operation can only be completed on the Windows system.
Important:
Back up data before a firmware upgrade, because all user data is deleted after a firmware upgrade.
Note:
Upgrading using a microSD card has known issues. For details, see Known Issues.
Preparations
- The latest firmware image file: image-release-blade3-debian11-20230505
- Rockchip MicroSD card building tool
- A Blade 3 board
- A Windows PC
- A MicroSD card with more than 4 GBytes capacity
- A power adapter which supports Power Delivery 2.0/3.0
Upgrade Steps
Step 1. Download a MicroSD card building tool
Click here SD_Firmware_Tool.zip to download the tool.
Step 2. Build the MicroSD card used for upgrade
2.1 Open SD_Firmware_Tool.
2.2 Follow the instructions and steps in the following figure.
Note: When the tool prompts MBR errors, follow these additional settings:
- Open config.ini under the SD_Firmware_Tool file folder.
- Empty the value of UPGRADE_PROGRAM_PARTITON as UPGRADE_PROGRAM_PARTITION=.
Step 3. Upgrade the system
3.1 Insert the upgrade card into the MicroSD card slot of Blade 3.
3.2 Connect the HDMI OUT port of the Blade 3 board to a monitor. The status of upgrading is displayed on the monitor.
Step 4. Finish the upgrade
After the upgrade is completed, the monitor shows “Please remove SD CARD. Wait for reboot”. Power off the Blade 3 board, remove the MicroSD card, and power on the Blade 3 board again to complete.
