irradium LicheePi 3A Test Report

Test Environment

Operating System Information

OS Version: irradium 3.8
Official Download Links:
Faster Download links:
- irradium-core: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/irradium/images/lichee_pi_3a/irradium-3.8-riscv64-core-lichee_pi_3a-6.15.2-build-20250611.img.zst
- irradium-xfce: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/irradium/images/lichee_pi_3a/irradium-3.8-riscv64-xfce-lichee_pi_3a-6.15.2-build-20250611.img.zst
Installation Reference: https://dl.irradium.org/irradium/images/lichee_pi_3a/README.TXT

Hardware Information

Lichee Pi 3A
Power adapter
USB to UART debugger
Three DuPont wires
microSD card

Installation Steps

Download and Extract Image

Download the desired image and u-boot from the official download server. Extract files:

zstd -d irradium-3.8-riscv64-core-lichee_pi_3a-6.15.2-build-20250611.img.zst
zstd -d irradium-3.8-riscv64-xfce-lichee_pi_3a-6.15.2-build-20250611.img.zst

Result:

❯ tree .
.
├── irradium-3.8-riscv64-core-lichee_pi_3a-6.15.2-build-20250510.img
├── irradium-3.8-riscv64-core-lichee_pi_3a-6.15.2-build-20250510.img.zst
├── irradium-3.8-riscv64-xfce-lichee_pi_3a-6.15.2-build-20250510.img
└── irradium-3.8-riscv64-xfce-lichee_pi_3a-6.15.2-build-20250510.img.zst

Writing System Image to MicroSD Card

You can use the dd command:

sudo dd if=irradium-3.8-riscv64-core-lichee_pi_3a-6.15.2-build-20250510.img of=/dev/mmcblkX bs=1M

Logging into the System

Insert the MicroSD card into LPi3A and reboot. Use a serial connection to log in; e.g. minicom.

minicom -D /dev/ttyACM0 -c on

Default username: root Password needs to be set after boot.

Expected Results

System boots normally and allows login via onboard serial port. If network is connected, SSH login should also work.

Actual Results

System booted successfully and allowed login via serial.

# uname -a
Linux lichee-pi-3a 6.15.2 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 10 20:02:24 UTC 2025 riscv64 GNU/Linux
# cat /etc/os-release 
NAME=irradium
VERSION="3.8"
ID=irradium
PRETTY_NAME="irradium"
HOME_URL="https://irradium.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://irradium.org/bugs/"

Desktop Environment

The official release includes an Xfce desktop image. Simply write it to the microSD card to use it.

sudo dd if=irradium-3.8-riscv64-xfce-lichee_pi_3a-6.15.2-build-20250510.img of=/dev/mmcblkX bs=1M

Screenshots of XFCE desktop:

Test Criteria

Successful: The actual result matches the expected result.

Failed: The actual result does not match the expected result.

Test Conclusion

Test successful.

System Version

Status

Last Update