IEI Technology HYPER-RK39 User manual

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User Manual
HYPER-RK39
MODEL:
Pico-ITX SBC with Rockchip RK3399 Processor,
2 GB LPDDR3, 16 GB eMMC Flash, HDMI, eDP, GbE LAN,
PCIe Mini, USB 3.1, USB 2.0, COM and RoHS
Rev. 1.00 - September 14, 2018
HYPER-RK39 CPU Card

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Revision
Date Version Changes
September 14, 2018 1.00 Initial release

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Copyright
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to
improve reliability, design and function and does not represent a commitment on the part
of the manufacturer.
In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or
consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product or
documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright. All rights are
reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical, electronic, or
other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer.
TRADEMARKS
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purposes only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective
owners.

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Manual Conventions
WARNING
Warnings appear where overlooked details may cause damage to the
equipment or result in personal injury. Warnings should be taken
seriously.
CAUTION
Cautionary messages should be heeded to help reduce the chance of
losing data or damaging the product.
NOTE
These messages inform the reader of essential but non-critical
information. These messages should be read carefully as any directions
or instructions contained therein can help avoid making mistakes.

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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................... 2
1.2 FEATURES................................................................................................................... 3
1.3 CONNECTORS ............................................................................................................. 4
1.4 DIMENSIONS............................................................................................................... 5
1.5 DATA FLOW................................................................................................................ 6
1.6 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................... 7
2 UNPACKING................................................................................................................. 9
2.1ANTI-STATIC PRECAUTIONS...................................................................................... 10
2.2 UNPACKING PRECAUTIONS....................................................................................... 10
2.3 PACKING LIST............................................................................................................11
2.4 OPTIONAL ITEMS...................................................................................................... 12
3 CONNECTORS ........................................................................................................... 14
3.1 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS..................................................................... 15
3.1.1 HYPER-RK39 Layout....................................................................................... 15
3.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors ..................................................................... 16
3.1.3 External Interface Panel Connectors............................................................... 17
3.2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS...................................................................... 17
3.2.1 Antenna Connectors......................................................................................... 17
3.2.2 Battery Connector............................................................................................ 18
3.2.1 Camera Connector........................................................................................... 19
3.2.1 Debug Port....................................................................................................... 20
3.2.1 Earphone Connector........................................................................................ 21
3.2.1 eDP Connector................................................................................................. 22
3.2.2 General Purpose I/O Connector...................................................................... 23
3.2.1 microSD Slot .................................................................................................... 24
3.2.1 PCIe Mini Card Slot ........................................................................................ 24
3.2.2 Power Connector............................................................................................. 26
3.2.1 Power Button Connector.................................................................................. 27

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3.2.2 Power Key Connector...................................................................................... 28
3.2.1 Reset Button ..................................................................................................... 28
3.2.1 Speaker Connector........................................................................................... 29
3.3 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTOR PANEL ......................................... 30
3.3.1 HDMI Connector............................................................................................. 30
3.3.2 LAN Connector ................................................................................................ 31
3.3.1 RS-232/422/485 Serial Port Connector (COM1) ............................................ 32
3.3.2 USB Connectors............................................................................................... 33
4 INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................... 35
4.1ANTI-STATIC PRECAUTIONS...................................................................................... 36
4.2 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS.............................................................................. 36
4.3 FULL-SIZE PCIE MINI CARD INSTALLATION............................................................. 38
4.4 CHASSIS INSTALLATION............................................................................................ 40
4.4.1 Airflow.............................................................................................................. 40
4.4.2 Heat Sink Installation ...................................................................................... 40
4.4.3 Motherboard Installation................................................................................. 41
4.5AVAILABLE DRIVERS ................................................................................................ 42
4.5.1 Driver Download............................................................................................. 42
5 ANDROID OS .............................................................................................................. 44
5.1 HOME SCREEN ......................................................................................................... 45
5.1.1 Adding a Home Screen..................................................................................... 45
5.1.2 Switching between Home Screens.................................................................... 46
5.1.3 Favorites Tray.................................................................................................. 46
5.1.4 Adding Shortcuts.............................................................................................. 47
5.1.5 Arranging the Home Screen............................................................................. 49
5.2 NAVIGATION BUTTONS............................................................................................. 50
5.3 STATUS BAR ............................................................................................................. 51
6 UBUNTU OS ................................................................................................................ 53
6.1 DESKTOP.................................................................................................................. 54
6.2 MENU....................................................................................................................... 55
6.3 NETWORK CONNECTION .......................................................................................... 56
6.4 MANAGING APPLICATIONS ....................................................................................... 57

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A REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.............................................................................. 59
B PRODUCT DISPOSAL.............................................................................................. 61
C HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DISCLOSURE......................................................... 63

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List of Figures
Figure 1-1: HYPER-RK39 ...............................................................................................................2
Figure 1-2: Connectors (Front Side).............................................................................................4
Figure 1-3: Connectors (Solder Side)...........................................................................................4
Figure 1-4: Dimensions (mm)........................................................................................................5
Figure 1-5: Data Flow Diagram......................................................................................................6
Figure 3-1: Connector and Jumper Locations (Front Side) .....................................................15
Figure 3-2: Connector and Jumper Locations (Solder Side) ...................................................15
Figure 3-3: Antenna Connector Location...................................................................................17
Figure 3-4: Battery Connector Location.....................................................................................18
Figure 3-5: Camera Connector Location....................................................................................19
Figure 3-6: Debug Port Location.................................................................................................20
Figure 3-7: Earphone Connector Location ................................................................................21
Figure 3-8: eDP Connector Location..........................................................................................22
Figure 3-9: General Purpose Connector Locations..................................................................23
Figure 3-10: microSD Slot Location............................................................................................24
Figure 3-11: PCIe Mini Card Slot Location.................................................................................24
Figure 3-12: Power Connector Location ....................................................................................26
Figure 3-13: Power Button Connector Location........................................................................27
Figure 3-14: Power Key Connector Location.............................................................................28
Figure 3-15: Reset Button Location............................................................................................29
Figure 3-16: Speaker Connector Pinouts...................................................................................29
Figure 3-17: External Peripheral Interface Connector..............................................................30
Figure 3-18: HDMI Connector......................................................................................................31
Figure 3-19: LAN Connector........................................................................................................32
Figure 3-20: Serial Port Pinouts..................................................................................................33
Figure 3-21: External USB Type-A Ports....................................................................................33
Figure 3-22: External USB 3.1 Type-C Port................................................................................34
Figure 4-1: Removing the Retention Screw...............................................................................38
Figure 4-2: Inserting the Full-size PCIe Mini Card into the Slot at an Angle..........................39
Figure 4-3: Securing the Full-size PCIe Mini Card ....................................................................39
Figure 4-4: Heat Sink Installation................................................................................................41

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Figure 4-5: IEI Resource Download Center................................................................................42
Figure 4-1: Adding a Home Screen.............................................................................................45
Figure 4-2: Multiple Home Screens.............................................................................................46
Figure 4-3: Favorites Tray............................................................................................................46
Figure 4-4: All Apps/WIDGETS Page..........................................................................................48
Figure 4-5: Trash an Item on Home Screen...............................................................................49
Figure 4-6: Navigation Buttons...................................................................................................50
Figure 4-7: Status Bar ..................................................................................................................51
Figure 4-8: Notification List and System Status........................................................................52
Figure 4-1: Ubuntu Desktop ........................................................................................................54
Figure 4-2: Ubuntu Menu .............................................................................................................55
Figure 4-3: Ubuntu NetworkManager..........................................................................................56
Figure 4-4: Ubuntu Software .......................................................................................................57
Figure 4-5: Removing Software...................................................................................................58

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List of Tables
Table 1-1: Technical Specifications..............................................................................................8
Table 3-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors...............................................................................16
Table 3-2: Rear Panel Connectors..............................................................................................17
Table 3-3: Battery Connector Pinouts........................................................................................19
Table 3-4: Camera Connector Pinouts .......................................................................................20
Table 3-5: Debug Port Pinouts....................................................................................................20
Table 3-6: Earphone Connector Pinouts....................................................................................21
Table 3-7: eDP Connector Pinouts..............................................................................................22
Table 3-8: General Purpose Connector (CN11) Pinouts...........................................................23
Table 3-9: General Purpose Connector (CN16) Pinouts...........................................................23
Table 3-10: PCIe Mini Card Slot Pinouts ....................................................................................25
Table 3-11: Power Connector Pinouts........................................................................................26
Table 3-12: Power Button Connector Pinouts...........................................................................27
Table 3-13: Power Key Connector Pinouts................................................................................28
Table 3-14: Speaker Connector Pinouts ....................................................................................29
Table 3-15: HDMI Connector Pinouts .........................................................................................31
Table 3-16: LAN Pinouts..............................................................................................................31
Table 3-17: COM1 Pinouts ...........................................................................................................32
Table 4-1: Navigation Buttons.....................................................................................................50

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Chapter
1
1 Introduction

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1.1 Introduction
Figure 1-1: HYPER-RK39
The HYPER-RK39 series is a single bard computer in Pico-ITX form factor with an
on-board Rockchip RK3399 SoC and 1866 MHz 2 GB LPDDR3 memory. It is a platform
that supports Android 7.1 and Ubuntu 16.04 OS.
The HYPER-RK39 series includes one HDMI connector and one eDP connector for
display. One RJ-45 GbE connector provides the system with smooth connections to an
external LAN.
Expansion and I/O include one full-size PCIe Mini slot, one USB 3.1 Type-C port, one
USB 3.1 port, one USB 2.0 port and digital I/O pin headers. Serial device connectivity is
provided by the external RS-232/422/485 connector.

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1.2 Features
Some of the HYPER-RK39 motherboard features are listed below:
Pico-ITX motherboard supports Rockchip RK3399 on-board SoC
HDMI and eDP support dual display
On-board 1866 MHz 2 GB LPDDR3 memory
16 GB eMMC NAND flash and one microSD slot
802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth v4.1
GbE LAN supported by Realtek RTL8211E controller
Optional WWAN by the full-size PCIe Mini slot
Equipped MIPI CSI interface for camera
One external RS-232/422/485 connector
Two USB 3.1 ports (Type-A + Type-C) and one USB 2.0 port
Support Android 7.1 and Ubuntu 16.04 OS

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1.3 Connectors
The connectors on the HYPER-RK39 are shown in the figure below.
Figure 1-2: Connectors (Front Side)
Figure 1-3: Connectors (Solder Side)

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1.4 Dimensions
The dimensions of the HYPER-RK39 series are listed in Figure 1-4.
Figure 1-4: Dimensions (mm)

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1.5 Data Flow
Figure 1-5 shows the data flow between the system chipset, the CPU and other
components installed on the motherboard.
Figure 1-5: Data Flow Diagram

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1.6 Technical Specifications
HYPER-RK39 technical specifications are listed below.
Specification HYPER-RK39
Form Factor Pico-ITX
SoC Rockchip RK3399 on-board SoC
(dual-core Cortex-A72 + quad-core Cortex-A53, 64-bit)
Memory 2 GB 1866 MHz LPDDR3L on-board memory
Storage 1 x microSD card slot
16 GB eMMC NAND flash
Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth Bluetooth v4.1
Ethernet Realtek RTL8211E GbE transceiver
WWAN Optional by PCIe Mini LTE module
Display Output 1 x HDMI output port
1 x eDP port
Digital I/O 8-bit digital I/O (4 in and 4 out)
Supported OS Android 7.1 or Linux Ubuntu 16.04
Watchdog Timer Yes
I/O Interface
Serial Port 1 x RS-232/422/485 by DB-9
Ethernet 1 x RJ-45 GbE port
USB Ports 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A
1 x USB 3.1 Type-C (for OS update)
1 x USB 2.0 Type-A
Audio Connector 1 x Speaker connector by 2-pin header
1 x Earphone (Line-in/line-out) connector by 10-pin wafer
Camera 1 x Camera connector (MIPI CSI)
I2C 1 x I2C

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Specification HYPER-RK39
Environmental and Power Specifications
Power Supply 12 V DC input power (2-pin wafer)
Power Consumption +12 V @ 3.0 A (Rockchip RK3399 SoC with 2 GB 1866 MHz
LPDDR3 memory)
Operating Temperature -10°C ~ 50°C with air flow
Storage Temperature -20°C ~ 60°C
Humidity 10% ~ 95%, non-condensing
Safety CE, FCC
Physical Specifications
Dimensions 100 mm x 72 mm
Weight GW/NW 600 g / 250 g
Table 1-1: Technical Specifications

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Chapter
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2 Unpacking

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2.1 Anti-static Precautions
WARNING!
Static electricity can destroy certain electronics. Make sure to follow the
ESD precautions to prevent damage to the product, and injury to the
user.
Make sure to adhere to the following guidelines:
Wear an anti-static wristband: Wearing an anti-static wristband can prevent
electrostatic discharge.
Self-grounding: Touch a grounded conductor every few minutes to discharge
any excess static buildup.
Use an anti-static pad: When configuring any circuit board, place it on an
anti-static mat.
Only handle the edges of the PCB: Don't touch the surface of the
motherboard. Hold the motherboard by the edges when handling.
2.2 Unpacking Precautions
When the HYPER-RK39 is unpacked, please do the following:
Follow the antistatic guidelines above.
Make sure the packing box is facing upwards when opening.
Make sure all the packing list items are present.