Install the system on the MicroSD card

File download

• Loader: RK3588_SPL_Loader_v1.15.113.bin

• ROCK 5C Desktop System Image: Debian12 KDE b1

• ROCK 5C Lite Cli System Image: Debian12 Cli b1

• SPI Image: spi_image.img

• MiniLoader.bin

• ROCK 5C Android12 Update(Used for installing on emmc/emmc module onboard via USB port)

• ROCK 5C Android12 GPT (Used for installing on MicroSD Card or EMMC Module via Programmer)

MicroSD Preparation

Insert MicroSD Card into SDCard Reader，then input Reader into PC's USB Port.

Burn the image

We recommend using the open-source image flashing tool Etcher, developed by our partner Balena. Etcher has a user-friendly interface and powerful features, with support for Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. Next, we'll show you how to use Etcher to write an image to an SD card.

1. Download Etcher and install it.

Windows

Please download balenaEtcher-Setup-1.18.11.exe After the download is complete, there is no need to perform any additional actions. After downloading, you can double click it to open it without any additional operation.

Linux

Please download balena-etcher_1.18.11_amd64.deb. Once the download is complete, please install it by executing the following command in the terminal:

sudo dpkg -i balena-etcher_1.18.11_amd64.deb

2. Open Etcher

   

3. Open Etcher and click Flash from file to select the image to write to.

   

4. Click Select target to select the device, please select carefully.

   

5. Click Flash! Start writing and wait for the write progress bar to complete.

   

6. When writing the image successfully, Etcher will display Flash Complete!.

   

**If there is an error in flashing, please try again. **

7. Starting the system

After successfully burning the microSD card according to the above steps,
insert the microSD card into the MicroSD slot of (as shown
below), power on the system with the  power adapter, and
then the system will start booting and HDMI will display the desktop.

tip

Recommended official 30W adapter Radxa PD 30W adapter.

8. Logging in to the system

After the system has started, log in using the radxa account with the password radxa.

Boot up the system

After successfully burning the EMMC Module according to the above steps, insert the EMMC Module into the EMMC Module slot (as shown in the following figure), and then power on the system, the system will start booting and HDMI will display the desktop.

Log in to the System

After the system boots, log in using the radxa account with the password radxa.

tip

The entire process lasts about 40 seconds from powering up the system to booting it to the system desktop.