Core3566 mounted on Waveshare IO-base-b. Its GPIO header pins 8 and 10(tx and rx) are connected to rx0 and tx0 of ESP-WROOM-32D by mistake instead of connecting it to rx2 and tx2. From then on i can read no output on core3566 pin 8; i regularly use picocom at 1500000 baud rate to login. Is there anyway to revive UART2? Or can i modify rkbin firmware at https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkbin.git to use another UART? I can switch to another UART once OS is booted but i want to switch the rkbin maskrom mode to another UART.
Seems I burnt my UART2; any alternative?
All interfaces are directly output from the chip, so any damage cannot be repaired. I will compile an image for you using UART7 (GPIO3_C4, GPIO3_C5) as the debug serial port.
Thank U! Is this UART7 used by maskrom mode as well or only by the Linux kernel?
Please download the image again. The image uploaded yesterday did not include the updated U-Boot, so it could only output kernel logs.
The new image has been updated and should work correctly.
Thank you. But what about the rockchip loader that loads u-boot? The loader that helps to flash u-boot. I think its part of rkbin. When I try to flash new u-boot, with uart2 gone, I'm blind.
Forget it, my Core3566 is booting no more! https://ferryfair.com/md.html?files/notes/Core3566.md is the work I've done on it so far. I'm on verge of getting IMX219 and OV5647 cameras working on Linux-7. I'm gonna stop here. The Waveshare-IO-base-B is working fine with BPi CM4. Goodbye to Luckfox and Rockchip; U r very fragile! My RPi3B is still kicking without a hiccup past 13 years!!
The cloud drive provides a complete firmware package, including U-Boot, kernel, and RootFS. If you only need the updated uboot.img, we can provide it separately.
We are truly sorry that the core board can no longer be used. The debug pins are directly connected to the chip, so there is an inherent risk of damaging the hardware when connecting external devices. We really wanted to help and have done our best, but unfortunately, it’s beyond our control.
We wish your project every success!

