Bianbu Lichee Pi 3A Test Report

Test Environment

System Information

• System version: v3.0.1 Desktop
• Download Links: https://archive.spacemit.com/image/k1/version/bianbu/v3.0.1/
• Reference Installation Document: https://wiki.sipeed.com/hardware/en/lichee/K1/lpi3a/1_intro.html

Hardware Information

• Lichee Pi 3A
• Power adapter
• A USB to UART Debugger
• A microSD Card (if flash to microSD)
• A Type-C cable for fastboot flash

Installation Steps

Flashing the Image (SD Card)

Please make sure to choose the file ending with .img.zip After downloading and extracting the image, use dd to flash the image to the microSD card.

unzip bianbu-25.04-desktop-k1-v3.0.1-release-20250815185656.img.zip
sudo dd if=/path/to/bianbu-25.04-desktop-k1-v3.0.1-release-20250815185656.img.zip of=/dev/your-device bs=1M status=progress

Flashing the Image (eMMC)

Please make sure to choose the file ending without img After downloading and extracting the image, use fastboot to flash the image to the eMMC.

unzip bianbu-25.04-desktop-k1-v3.0.1-release-20250815185656.zip

Hold the BOOT button while powering on/RST, to enter the fastboot mode. You shall see the dfu-device in your system.

Note: for the steps below, sudo might be needed. Otherwise fastboot might not pick up the board since it’s default USB VID/PID is not in the default udev rules.

❯ sudo fastboot devices
dfu-device       DFU download

fastboot stage factory/FSBL.bin
fastboot continue
# Wait for 1 sec
fastboot stage u-boot.itb
fastboot continue
# Wait for 1 sec
fastboot flash gpt partition_universal.json
fastboot flash bootinfo factory/bootinfo_emmc.bin
fastboot flash fsbl factory/FSBL.bin
fastboot flash env env.bin
fastboot flash opensbi fw_dynamic.itb
fastboot flash uboot u-boot.itb
fastboot flash bootfs bootfs.ext4
fastboot flash rootfs rootfs.ext4

Logging into the System

Logging into the system via the serial port or desktop environment. No non-root user by default. First boot desktop environment includes a setup wizard that requires setting a username and password. SSH is not enabled by default.

Default Username: root Default Password: bianbu

Actual Results

Boot Log

Screen recording:

Desktop Environment

Test Conclusion

The system booted successfully and login through the onboard serial port as well as the GUI was successful.