khadas-vim3-l
By Ricardo Pardini / General purposeDesktop / 0 Comments

Khadas VIM3L

Installation:

  • Download Khadas Rescue system (flash to SD card, insert, power on, hold FUNCTION and short press RESET button)
  • Download Armbian image and place it to the USB drive (copy .xz or .img file, do not flash with Etcher)
  • Boot into Khadas OOWOW and install to eMMC by selecting image from USB drive
khadas-vim3
By Nico Andy Dekerf / General purpose / 0 Comments

Khadas VIM3

In order to boot Armbian from VIM3 with pre-flashed OS on eMMC you need to:

  1. Download Khadas Rescue tool for VIM3 and flash it to a spare SD card
  2. Insert SD card, attach USB keyboard + monitor or a serial console and boot into Khadas Rescue Tool
  3. Choose: Advanced -> eMMC -> Fast erase and Advanced -> Erase SPI Flash (Yes). Go back and select "power off"

Now you can boot Armbian from SD card and install to eMMC the standard way.

By Igor Pečovnik / General purpose / 0 Comments

Khadas VIM2

Serial console:

Blue color line: Tool Pin TXD, orange color: Tool Pin RXD, black: Tool Pin GND

How to boot from SD card? After power on, quickly press the Function key 3 times in 2 seconds, then release the key. More at official manual.

khadas-vim1
By Igor Pečovnik / General purpose / 0 Comments

Khadas VIM1

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 SD card. Then use nand-sata-install utility to flash to eMMC.

Serial console:

Blue color line: Tool Pin TXD, orange color: Tool Pin RXD, black: Tool Pin GND