Evercade - Flashing Firmware on Linux

This article describes how to flash a new Evercade firmware using Linux.

Download Rockchip upgrad_tool

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rockchip-linux/tools/master/linux/Linux_Upgrade_Tool/Linux_Upgrade_Tool/upgrade_tool
chmod 755 upgrade_tool

Download Evercade Firmware

wget http://evercade-support.co.uk/support/EVERCADE_FW_UPDATE.zip
unzip EVERCADE_FW_UPDATE.zip

Flash Evercade Firmware

In this example we will firmware 1.1a.
Connect the Evercade to USB, hold down the MENU button and turn on the console.
Now run the following command:

./upgrade_tool UF "EVERCADE_FW_UPDATE/EVERCADE FW FILE/EVERCADE FW 1.1a.img"

The output should look something like this:

Not found config.ini

Program Data in /tmp
Loading firmware...
Support Type:RK312A FW Ver:8.1.276 FW Time:2020-05-13 18:02:21
Loader ver:2.52 Loader Time:2020-05-13 18:01:00
Upgrade firmware ok.

After flashing, the Evercade will restart.