CSC Armbian for RK3328 Heltec HT-M2808 Helium Miner

[sicxnull]

Hello Everyone

I have added Armbian for the Heltec HT-M2808 Helium Miner 

https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6989#event-13647037453
https://heltec.org/project/ht-m2808/

To Compile 
 

./compile.sh build BOARD=rk3328-heltec BRANCH=current BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=yes KERNEL_GIT=shallow RELEASE=bookworm 

You can obviously decide to go with a desktop environment (board has no HDMI) or use a different release.

How to Flash

1) Install Rockchip Flash Tools 
2) Download bootloader (rk3328_loader_ddr333_v1.16.250.bin) attached here. 
3) Boot device into LOADER mode. 

1. Plug USB Cable in to back of the unit, powered off. 
2. On the back of the device. Use a small pin and hold the reset button (unit powered off) THEN insert the power cable while the reset button is pressed

4) Follow the flash procedure found here. 

Maskrom Pin

If you get stuck and need to reflash, there's a good chance holding the reset button will not work to get back into LOADER mode. To boot directly to MASKROM, you can short this pin




Needed

1) Wifi/BT does not work currently 
2) SPI not recognized

3) LEDs not working
4) Likely other things, but the OS is 90% functional. 


 

rk3328_loader_ddr333_v1.16.250.bin

Edited July 25 by sicxnull

[mci]

Hi @sicxnull

 

thank you very much for your efforts!

Since it's been a while, have you had any success in getting the SPI up and running in the meantime?

I've already tried various approaches but haven't really got any further.

[sicxnull]

Yes it works by enabling the spi overlay in armbian-config

Totally missed that at first.