Windows Host

File Download

• Loader: RK3588_SPL_Loader_v1.15.113.bin

• ROCk 5 ITX (Kernel 5.10): Radxa ROCK 5 ITX Debian11 b6

• ROCK 5 ITX (Kernel 6.1): Radxa ROCK 5 ITX Debian12 b3

• SPI Image: spi_image.img

• Android: MiniLoader.bin

• Android（Boot from SD）: Android12_ROCK5_ITX_hdmi0_dp0_dp1_dsi0_gpt

• Android（Boot from EMMC）: Android12_ROCK5_ITX_hdmi0_dp0_dp1_dsi0_update

• Android（Boor from SSD）: Android12_ROCK5_ITX_hdmi0_dp0_dp1_dsi0_spi_nvme

Install RKDevTool

RKDevTool is Rockchip's software for USB burning on Windows platform. If RKDevTool is not installed on your Windows host, please follow the steps below to install it.

Please download and extract the following files to install RKDevTool:

• RKDevTool v2.96 (Includes Chinese documentation)
• DriverAssistant v5.0

Installation of drivers

Download and unzip DriverAssistant, then execute DriverInstall.exe and click the Install Driver button to install the driver. If you have already installed another version of driver, please click Uninstall Driver to uninstall the driver first, and then reinstall it again.

Install RKDevTool

Unzip RKDevTool_Release_v2.96_zh.zip，Click RKDevTool.exe to Open.

Enter Maskrom mode

1. Remove the microSD card and power cable
2. Press and hold the Maskrom button
3. Connect the USB of the PC host via USB-A to USB-C cable, and if a device is detected on the PC side, it will enter into Maskrom mode (the OTG interface of Radxa ROCK 5 ITX is TYPE-C, so you can connect the host to the motherboard that enters into Maskrom through the USB-C to USB-A cable for communication).

If the operation is normal, RKDevTool will prompt A MASKROM device was found.

Flash images into storage media.

eMMC

• Select Loader (see File Download section above).
• Right click, select Add item, select eMMC as the storage media.
• Select the system image (see above section on file download, you need to unzip it into .img format after downloading).
• Click Execute to start burning

If there is a prompt Download complete, it means the burning is complete, the system will be restarted automatically after burning, and you can log in to the system via HDMI or serial port.

tip

Account and password are both radxa