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Debug on Rockchip platform-based Boards via ADB

1. Introduction​

  1. The device must be able to boot up to Debian
  2. Only update images from the same OS (e.g., Debian upgrade to Debian)
  3. Using update.img to upgrade

2. Preparatory Tools​

  • Host computer
  • USB Cable

3. Debug on Windows via ADB​

New released images already included RKDevTool and USB Driver（DriverAssitant_vxxx.zip).
Adb tool will be found in RKDevTool_Release\bin folder.

adb.exe
AdbWinApi.dll
AdbWinUsbApi.dll

3.1 Install USB Driver​

Extract USB Driver DriverAssitant_vxxx.zip, and then run DriverInstall.exe inside.
In order for all devices to use the updated driver, first select Driver uninstall(驱动卸载) and then select Driver install(驱动安装).

Image

3.2 Install ADB Tool​

  • Create folder C:\adb
  • Copy adb.exe AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll to C:\adb

3.3 Debug via ADB​

  • Configure the OTG port of the board to device mode.
  • Connect the board to host computer via USB cable.
  • Power up the device.
  • Press the Win+R, input cmd and press Enter to open the command prompt window on host computer.
  • Run the following command to debug
cd C:\adb
adb shell
root@linaro-alip:/#