R-Car/Boards/H3SK

Introduction
This is the Wiki for the Renesas R-Car Starter Kit Premier board. Refer to the R-Car page for information about Renesas' R-Car SoC family.

H3SK has several kinds of boards
 H3 WS1.1 silicon mounted board Type name: RTP0RC7795SKBX0010SA00  H3 WS2.0 silicon mounted board Type name: RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA00[S/N 2001~3000] (LPDDR4: DDR 4GiB(Samsung 1GB x4), eMMC 8GB(Samsung)) Type name: RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA00[S/N 3001~3300] (LPDDR4: DDR 4GiB(Samsung 1GB x4), eMMC 64GB(SanDisk)) Type name: RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA01[S/N 4001-4500] (LPDDR4: DDR 4GiB(Micron 1GB x4), eMMC 8GB(Micron)) Type name: RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03[S/N 20001-20200] (LPDDR4: DDR 8GiB(Samsung 2GB x4) Dual Rank, eMMC 32GB(Samsung)) Type name: RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03[S/N 20201-20400] (LPDDR4: DDR 8GiB(Samsung 2GB x4) Dual Rank, eMMC 32GB(SanDisk))

 H3 WS3.0 silicon mounted board Type name: RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03[S/N 25051-25668, 25769-25838 ] (LPDDR4: DDR 8GiB(Samsung 2GB x4) Dual Rank, eMMC 128GB(Samsung)) Type name: RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03[S/N 25669-25768, 25839-25999 ] (LPDDR4: DDR 8GiB(Samsung 2GB x4) Single Rank, eMMC 128GB(Samsung))

 [NEW]]H3e-2G(WS3.0) silicon mounted board Type name: RTP8J779M1ASKB0SK0SA003[S/N 27000- ] (LPDDR4: DDR 8GiB(Samsung 2GB x4) Single Rank, eMMC 128GB(Samsung))  What is "R-Car H3e-2G" ? - R-Car Gen3e press release: Click here - Renesas Blog : Click here - R-Car SoC page : Click here

(*) Note: See R-Car/Boards/H3SK



Hardware Features

 * R-CAR H3e-2G
 * ARM CA57 (ARMv8) 2.0 GHz quad core, with NEON/VFPv4, L1$ I/D 48K/32K, L2$ 2MB
 * R-CAR H3
 * ARM CA57 (ARMv8) 1.5 GHz quad core, with NEON/VFPv4, L1$ I/D 48K/32K, L2$ 2MB
 * R-CAR H3e-2G/H3
 * ARM CA53 (ARMv8) 1.2 GHz quad core, with NEON/VFPv4, L1$ I/D 32K/32K, L2$ 512K
 * Memory controller for LPDDR4-3200 4GB in 2 channels, each 64-bit wide
 * Two- and three-dimensional graphics engines,
 * Video processing units,
 * 3 channels Display Output,
 * 6 channels Video Input,
 * SD card host interface,
 * USB3.0 and USB2.0 interfaces,
 * CAN interfaces
 * Ethernet AVB
 * PCI Express Interfaces
 * Memories
 * INTERNAL 384KB SYSTEM RAM
 * DDR 4/8 GB LPDDR4
 * HYPERFLASH 64 MB HYPER FLASH (512 MBITS, 160 MHZ, 320 MBYTES/S)
 * QSPI FLASH 16MB QSPI (128 MBITS,80 MHZ,80 MBYTES/S)1 HEADER QSPI MODULE
 * EMMC 8/32/64/128 GB EMMC (HS400 240 MBYTES/S)
 * MICROSD-CARD SLOT (SDR104 100 MBYTES/S)
 * Connectors
 * CN1 COM Express type connector 440pin
 * CN2 QSPI Flash module
 * CN3 DEBUG JTAG
 * CN4 HDMI
 * CN5 USB 2.0
 * CN6 Push-Pull microSD Card Socket
 * CN7 Ethernet, Connector, RJ45
 * CN8 LINE Out
 * CN9 MIC Input
 * CN10 DEBUG SERIAL (not populated)
 * CN11 CPLD Programming JTAG
 * CN12 DEBUG SERIAL (serial)
 * CN13 Main Power Supply input (5VDC)
 * CN14 CPU Fan
 * Switches
 * SW1 Hyper Flash
 * SW2 Software Readable DIPSWITCHES (4x)
 * SW3 Software Readable Push button
 * SW4 Software Readable Push button
 * SW5 Software Readable Push button
 * SW6 Mode Settings
 * SW7 CPLD Reset
 * SW8 Power
 * SW9 Reset
 * Board specifications
 * Dimensions: 95mm × 95mm
 * Board thickness: 1.6mm
 * External power supply 5V / 6A max, Ripple & Noise (Vp-p) Full load 200mV
 * Topr Operating ambient temperature: Free Air room temperature 25deg ave.
 * Vcc 5V system power supply voltage (range 5V +- 5%)
 * I board Maximum current consumption 8A, 40W

H3SK with protection circuit threshold

 * RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA00[S/N 3001-3300]
 * 1. Displayout Connector(CN4) moved to the upper side of the board.
 * 2. Added protection circuit (threshold: 5.15v).
 * If you incorrectly input 12V to H3SK, it doesn't break.
 * On the other hand, H3SK doesn't accept power supply of 5.15v or more by the protection circuit.
 * Recommended AC Adapter:
 * [PSAA20R-050L6] https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/phihong-usa/PSAA20R-050L6/993-1365-ND/5418517 picture_PSAA20R-050L6_20190213.jpg
 * [GST25U05-P1J ] https://www.mouser.jp/ProductDetail/MEAN-WELL/GST25U05-P1J?qs=sGAEpiMZZMt5w6YCUaBPUV4PLgOVZYgh46QsGbYViHyA1ECl3vWg8A== picture_GST25U05-P1J _20190213.jpg
 * [[File:Procedure_for_disabling_protection_circuit_0308.pdf]]
 * RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03[S/N 20201-20400, 25051-25550]
 * 1. Displayout Connector(CN4) moved to the upper side of the board.
 * 2. Added protection circuit (threshold: 6.0v).
 * If you incorrectly input 12V to H3SK, it doesn't break.

H3SK with SINGLE RANKED DDR
The following R-Car Starter Kit Premier boards are equipped with single ranked DDR memory.

Type Name : RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03 Serial No : 25669 - 25768, 25839 - Type Name : RTP8J779M1ASKB0SK0SA003 Serial No : 27000 -

Yocto
Yocto v3.x series(Ex v3.21.0) does not support it. Please apply the following diff file manually and flash firmware to hyperflash. (2021/07/27 updated)

Apply the "H3SK-SingleRankedDDR_v3.diff”after "Step 3. Switch to proper branches/commits" [Yocto v3.21.0] https://elinux.org/R-Car/Boards/Yocto-Gen3/v3.21.0#Build_using_manual_steps 1. $ cd $WORK/meta-renesas 2. $ patch -p1 < ${YOUR_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/H3SK-SingleRankedDDR_v3.diff Return to "Step 4.Download proprietary driver modules to $WORK/proprietary folder" (If you want to build only arm-trusted-firmware, please refer to FAQ)

How to flash firmware : See R-Car/Boards/H3SK

[Note] Yocto v4.7.0 or later fixed the single ranked DDR memory. [ Note ] Yocto v3.x and v4.x series doesn't support H3e-2G Starter kit Premier(RTP8J779M1ASKB0SK0SA003). Pleae use Yocto v5.5.0 or later.

Android
Android P BSP does not support R-Car Starter Kit Premier with Single-ranked DDR. Please apply the patch below.

(2021/06/04 Updated)

After the step "Unpacking_Android_sources", please execute following commands to apply the patch. Then, please return to the step " Building the BSP for R-Car Starter Kit Premier(H3)"

Where to buy
R-Car Starter Kit Premier(H3 v3.0) board(RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03) can be ordered from following distributors:

Click to buy R-Car Starter Kit Premier board from SHIMAFUJI ELECTRIC INCORPORATED - World wide - < Available > Click to buy R-Car Starter Kit Premier board) from Marutsuelec Co.,Ltd. - Japan Only < Available >

R-Car H3 SoC Documentation

 * R-Car H3/M3 Device Manual

Official board documentation

 * Hardware Manual
 * Schematic(H3 ver1.1 & M3 ver1.0)
 * Schematic RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA00(H3 ver2.0)(S/N 2001-3000)
 * Schematic RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA00(H3 ver2.0)(S/N 3001-3300)
 * Schematic RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03(DDR8GB)


 * BOM list(H3 ver1.1 & M3 ver1.0)
 * BOM list(H3 ver2.0)


 * Assembly drawing
 * CoM Express Interfaces

Kingfisher (R-Car Starter Kit extension board)
Instruction of using H3SK with the Kingfisher board located here http://elinux.org/R-Car/Boards/Kingfisher

Quick Start How To
This sections describes steps that are necessary to run a "Hello, World!" application using Yocto build. Both X11 and Wayland are supported.

Build Yocto image
Refer to Yocto for steps necessary for making a Yocto image.

Connect 5 V power supply to the board
Use 5 V power supply with a 5.5 mm barrel plug. The power supply should be able to provide 4(Min) ~ 8(Max)Amps.

Note
 * The recommended value is 8 Amps. But, user can use 4 Amps. and 6 Amps. (depends on the use case).

Connect to serial console
Use a microUSB cable to connect the PC to R-Car Starter Kit Premier (H3ULCB) board. CN12 ("CPLD/DEBUG") must be used on Starter Kit side. It is routed to SCIF2 in the R-Car H3 via a FT232 interface converter chip.

On Linux, FT232 driver is included with kernel versions >=2.6.12. Windows driver and sources can be found on FTDI Chip website.

Serial settings are 115200 8N1. Any standard terminal emulator program can be used.

On Linux:

picocom

sudo picocom -b 115200 DEVICE replace DEVICE with the proper tty device name, for example /dev/ttyUSB0. Running dmesg | tail can help locating proper device. After the successful connection, picocom should display:

picocom v1.7 port is       : /dev/ttyUSB0 flowcontrol   : none baudrate is   : 115200 parity is     : none databits are  : 8 escape is     : C-a local echo is : no noinit is      : no noreset is     : no nolock is      : no send_cmd is    : sz -vv receive_cmd is : rz -vv imap is       : omap is       : emap is       : crcrlf,delbs, Terminal ready

Use Ctrl+A, Ctrl+Q to exit picocom.

minicom

sudo minicom -b 115200 -D DEVICE replace DEVICE with the proper tty device name, for example /dev/ttyUSB0. Running dmesg | tail can help locating proper device. After the successful connection, minicom should display:

Welcome to minicom 2.6.2 OPTIONS: I18n Compiled on Aug 7 2013, 13:32:48. Port /dev/ttyUSB0 Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys Use Ctrl+A, Q to exit minicom.

Power on the board and go to U-Boot prompt
Short-press SW8 "Power" to switch the board on. Then you should see the following output in the terminal: Welcome to minicom 2.7 OPTIONS: I18n Compiled on Jan 1 2014, 17:13:19. Port /dev/ttyUSB0, 18:31:48 Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys NOTICE: BL2: R-Car Gen3 Initial Program Loader(CA57) Rev.1.0.9 NOTICE: BL2: PRR is R-Car H3 ES1.1 NOTICE: BL2: Boot device is HyperFlash(80MHz) NOTICE: BL2: LCM state is CM NOTICE:  BL2: AVS setting succeeded. DVFS_SetVID=0x52 NOTICE: BL2: DDR1600(rev.0.10) NOTICE: BL2: DRAM Split is 4ch NOTICE: BL2: QoS is default setting(rev.0.32) NOTICE: BL2: Lossy Decomp areas NOTICE:      Entry 0: DCMPAREACRAx:0x80000540 DCMPAREACRBx:0x570 NOTICE:      Entry 1: DCMPAREACRAx:0x40000000 DCMPAREACRBx:0x0 NOTICE:      Entry 2: DCMPAREACRAx:0x20000000 DCMPAREACRBx:0x0 NOTICE: BL2: v1.1(release):3ad02ac NOTICE: BL2: Built : 13:03:52, Sep 20 2016 NOTICE: BL2: Normal boot NOTICE: BL2: dst=0xe631a208 src=0x8180000 len=512(0x200) NOTICE: BL2: dst=0x43f00000 src=0x8180400 len=6144(0x1800) NOTICE: BL2: dst=0x44000000 src=0x81c0000 len=65536(0x10000) NOTICE: BL2: dst=0x44100000 src=0x8200000 len=524288(0x80000) NOTICE: BL2: dst=0x50000000 src=0x8640000 len=1048576(0x100000) U-Boot 2015.04 (Sep 23 2016 - 18:54:42) CPU: Renesas Electronics R8A7795 rev 1.1 Board: H3ULCB I2C:  ready DRAM: 3.9 GiB MMC:  sh-sdhi: 0, sh-sdhi: 1 In:   serial Out:  serial Err:  serial Net:  ravb Hit any key to stop autoboot: 3

Quickly hit any key to get into U-boot command prompt. Use SW9 ("Reset") to reboot the board when necessary. You should see the following:

Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 =>

Change/update MAC address for Ethernet interface
In U-boot command line type: => setenv ethact ravb => setenv ethaddr aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff => saveenv

The original (board default) MAC address can be found on the label on top of RJ45 connector.

A user who purchased H3SK board must set the above by himself.

Configure U-Boot to boot over TFTP + NFS or from a micro SD card
Refer to Yocto page for steps necessary for running Yocto.

Serial Console
Use a micro-USB cable to connect to "Debug Serial-0" (CN10 for ws1.0, CN12 for ws1.1/ws2.0). Serial settings are 115200 8N1.

Booting Linux
* Kernel config: defconfig * Kernel image: arch/arm64/boot/Image * DTB (ws2.0): arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r8a77951-ulcb.dtb * DTB (ws1.0/ws1.1): arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r8a77950-ulcb.dtb

U-Boot boot command:

tftpboot 0x48080000 Image tftpboot 0x48000000 r8a77951-ulcb.dtb or r8a77950-ulcb.dtb booti 0x48080000 - 0x48000000

NOTE: ws2.0 silicon is supported Yocto v2.19 or later. NOTE: RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03(DDR 8GiB) is supported Yocto v3.13.0 or later.

Kernel v5.5 and older used different DTB names: * DTB (ws2.0): arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r8a7795-h3ulcb.dtb * DTB (ws1.0/ws1.1): arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r8a7795-es1-h3ulcb.dtb * DTB (RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03(DDR 8GiB)): arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r8a7795-h3ulcb-4x2g.dtb

In case of DDR 4GiB board
RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA00 RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA01

In case of DDR 8GiB board
RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03 RTP8J779M1ASKB0SK0SA003 [NEW] 

 Power off the board  Press SW8  Set SW and JP as follows:  SW1=OFF ws1.0: SW6[all]=OFF ws1.1/ws2.0/ws3.0: SW6[1]=ON, SW6[2]=ON, SW6[3]=OFF, SW6[4]=ON JP1 -> 1-2 short  Power on the board  Press SW8 Minimonitor starts and provides prompts on console   Change SW as follows:  SW1=ON ws1.0: SW6[3]=ON ws1.1: SW6[1]=OFF, SW6[3]=ON ws2.0/ws3.0: SW6[3]=ON  Flash bootparam_sa0.srec. In console execute xls2 command (load program to hyper flash) and provide the following inputs: </li> 3 y e6320000 0 type "ctrl+A S" and select upload method "ascii", then choose file for uploading "bootparam_sa0.srec", after upload finished press any key y

 Flash bl2-h3ulcb.srec. In console execute xls2 command (load program to hyper flash) and provide the following inputs: </li> 3 y e6304000 (e6302000 if using Yocto BSP versions v2.12 and v2.16) 40000 type "ctrl+A S" and select upload method "ascii", then choose file for uploading "bl2-h3ulcb.srec", after upload finished press any key y

 Flash cert_header_sa6.srec. In console execute xls2 command (load program to hyper flash) and provide the following inputs: </li> 3 y e6320000 180000 type "ctrl+A S" and select upload method "ascii", then choose file for uploading "cert_header_sa6.srec", after upload finished press any key y

 Flash bl31-h3ulcb.srec. In console execute xls2 command (load program to hyper flash) and provide the following inputs: </li> 3 y 44000000 1C0000 type "ctrl+A S" and select upload method "ascii", then choose file for uploading "bl31-h3ulcb.srec", after upload finished press any key y

 Flash tee-h3ulcb.srec. In console execute xls2 command (load program to hyper flash) and provide the following inputs: </li> 3 y 44100000 200000 type "ctrl+A S" and select upload method "ascii", then choose file for uploading "tee-h3ulcb.srec", after upload finished press any key y

 Flash u-boot-elf.srec. In console execute xls2 command (load program to hyper flash) and provide the following inputs: </li> 3 y 50000000 (49000000 if using Yocto BSP version v2.12) 640000 type "ctrl+A S" and select upload method "ascii", then choose file for uploading "u-boot-elf.srec", after upload finished press any key y

 Reset the board </li> Press SW9

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Known Issues
Some H3 v2.0 SK(RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA00) have been confirmed to freeze the system (Ex. Yocto v2.23.1, v3.4.0, v3.6.0 and v3.7.0). If it stops please update to Yocto v3.9.0 or later. </li>  The following H3 Starter Kit boards have PCIe 1ch disabled. Serial Number: 3001-3300 Serial Number: 20201-20400 [Note] Please check the Serial Number carefully on your board. How to enable:   Connect WinPC and H3 Starter Kit board(CN12) with a USB cable <li/>  [H3 SK] Power on <li/>  [WinPC] Run the exe(*) file <li/>  [WinPC] Select "OK" <li/>  [WinPC] If you succeed, you can confirm the "CPLD configured successfully (New version:2019/04/08)".<li/> (*)  <TIPS> If you fail, try another winPC or try USB HUB(WinPC -- USB HUB -- USB Cable -- H3 SK(CN12)). </li> </ol>
 * If you don't use PCIe 1ch, ignore this "Known Issue".
 * PCIe 1ch is connected to ComEx(CN1) of H3 Starter Kit.

Limitation
 Yocto v3.4 or later don't support H3 v1.1 Starter Kit (RTP0RC7795SKBX0010SA00). Please use the H3 v2.0 or later. See also </ol>

Appendix
<ol> <li> RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03 board with 8GB DDR support is available in Yocto v3.9.0. <How to build> https://elinux.org/R-Car/Boards/Yocto-Gen3#Building_the_BSP_for_Renesas_H3_Starter_Kit.2C_M3_Starter_Kit 1-1. after "step 10" Edit local.conf and select the board type Add the following lines to local.conf to enable 8GB support: H3_OPTION_forcevariable = "1" 1-2. after "step 11(12, 13)" You can find new dtb files in the images directory: ls -1 tmp/deploy/images/h3ulcb/Image-r8a7795-h3ulcb-4x2g*.dtb tmp/deploy/images/h3ulcb/Image-r8a7795-h3ulcb-4x2g-kf.dtb tmp/deploy/images/h3ulcb/Image-r8a7795-h3ulcb-4x2g-vb2.1.dtb tmp/deploy/images/h3ulcb/Image-r8a7795-h3ulcb-4x2g-vb2.dtb tmp/deploy/images/h3ulcb/Image-r8a7795-h3ulcb-4x2g-vb.dtb ARM Trusted Firmware and U-Boot images will now have 8GB DDR support: tmp/deploy/images/h3ulcb/bl2-h3ulcb.srec tmp/deploy/images/h3ulcb/bl31-h3ulcb.srec tmp/deploy/images/h3ulcb/cert_header_sa6.srec tmp/deploy/images/h3ulcb/u-boot-elf-h3ulcb.srec Note: If you change "H3_OPTION", please clean before building. </li> <li> The H3e-2G Starter kit Premier(RTP8J779M1ASKB0SK0SA003) board has been supported since the Yv5.1.0. Please use the latest BSP. </ol>
 * 1) For H3 SiP DDR 8GiB (2GiB x 4ch)
 * 1) vi ./conf/local.conf
 * 2) bitbake -c cleanall arm-trusted-firmware u-boot
 * 3) bitbake arm-trusted-firmware u-boot