In order to boot Armbian from VIM3 with pre-flashed OS on eMMC you need to: Download Khadas Rescue tool for VIM3 and flash it to a spare SD card Insert SD card, attach USB keyboard + monitor or a serial console and boot into Khadas Rescue Tool Choose: Advanced -> eMMC -> Fast erase. Go …
In case of troubles booting, read this topic.
Legacy kernel based images are using improved and updated stock kernel. If you care that things works (wireless, Bluetooth, CPU frequency scaling, power off, reboot, …) but it uses proprietary boot loader and it comes without our support, use it. Mainline kernel has experimental support only
If you have variant with LCD display – here you can download driver. Important: To be able to boot clean Armbian mainline based u-boot / kernel experiences, you need to remove incompatible Petitboot loader that is shipped with the board. From the Petitboot, go for “Exit to shell” and these commands to remove the Petitboot: …
Check main forum thread for general questions related to Helios64 setup and usage.
USB-C power Input Only
Serial console: Blue color line: Tool Pin TXD, orange color: Tool Pin RXD, black: Tool Pin GND
To be able to boot Armbian SD card image and install Armbian to eMMC, use one of the methods to boot into upgrade mode. If you have most recent board revision (1.4 ->) then you only need to quickly press the function key (middle) 3 times in 2 seconds. Release and boot will proceed from …
