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* [https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/pinecone Quick Peek of PineCone BL602 RISC-V Evaluation Board by Lup Yeun]
* [https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/pinecone Quick Peek of PineCone BL602 RISC-V Evaluation Board by Lup Yeun]
* [https://maero.dk/bl602-firmware-image-format/ Documenting the BouffaloLab BL602 firmware image format by MK]
* [https://maero.dk/bl602-firmware-image-format/ Documenting the BouffaloLab BL602 firmware image format by MK]
* [https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/openocd Connect PineCone BL602 to OpenOCD by Lup Yeun]


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Revision as of 19:52, 8 December 2020

Page under construction, information subject to change.
  • PineCone BL-602 EVB (Evaluation Board):

Pine64 BL602 EVB photo-3-small.jpg

BL602 Specifications

  • CPU: 32-bit RV32IMAFC RISC-V “SiFive E24 Core”
  • Memory:
    • 128KB ROM
    • 276KB SRAM
    • 1Kb eFuse
    • 2MB Embedded Flash
  • Security:
    • Secure boot
    • Secure debug
    • AES 128/192/256
    • SHA-1/224/256
    • TRNG (True Random Number Generator)
    • PKA (Public Key Accelerator)
  • Wireless:
    • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
    • Bluetooth® Low Energy 5.0
    • Wi-Fi Fast connection with BLE assistance
    • Wi-Fi and BLE coexistence
    • Wi-Fi Security WPS/WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPA3
    • STA, SoftAP and sniffer modes
    • Multi-Cloud connectivity
    • 2.4 GHz RF transceiver
    • Integrated RF balun, PA/LNA
  • Package Type:
    • 32 pin QFN 4mm x 4mm
  • JTAG support (See below for BL602 impact)
    • BL602 multiplexes four GPIO pins to provide the familiar JTAG lines
GPIO multiplexing of JTAG pins
GPIO Pin JTAG Pin
GPIO17 TDI
GPIO11 TDO
GPIO12 TMS
GPIO14 TCK

The chip boots with these lines in JTAG mode.

BL602 Block Diagram.jpg


PineCone BL602 EVB information and schematics

  • Approximate dimensions: 26mm x 43mm
  • Board layout:

PADI-II EVB.png

  • PineCone BL602 EVB schematic ver 1.1
    • Note: Current schematic, cc1 and cc2 share one 5.1KOhm resistor. Next schematic design will separate out the cc1 and cc2 has it own 5.1KOhm resistors
  • The board uses a CH340 Serial/USB adapter. This chip is commonly used in Arduino-class development boards. It is a full speed (12Mbps) USB interface and has vendor ID 0x1a86 with product ID 0x7523.
  • The GPIO pins (11, 12, 14, 17) plus the nearby RESET, POWER, and GND pins are all located on one side of the board, on J1 to provide JTAG connection.

Datasheets for components and peripherals


Misc notes

Planned to be available in at least three form factors:

  • NUT-01S -> ESP-01S
  • NUT-12S -> ESP-12S
  • NUT-15 -> RTL8723/AMPAK


Loading code

To load code, you must move the jumper to the edge closest to the board, press reset, load the code, move the jumper back toward the center of the board, and press reset again.

There are currently a number of loaders in progress, each with differing degrees of completeness and success on various operating systems.

  • In the build tree, there is BLFlashCube for Windows and a flash_build for Linux, neither with source.
  • bl60x-flash is in Python and has been reported successful on MacOS catalina (10.15.6) by Punnerud and madushan1000.
  • BLOpenFlasher is a WIP, written in go, by Bouffalo Labs to provide source for a flash utility.
  • bl602tool is a Python utility in development.
  • Bouffalo's Python Flash Loader is a new (Dec 02) flash loader by the makers of the chip.
  • Bouffalo's image build smooshes code and adds headers for downloads.

Development efforts


Articles and Blogs