Star LabTop Mk III

Specs

  • CPU (full processor specs available at https://ark.intel.com)

    • Intel i7-8550u (Kaby Lake Refresh)

  • EC

    • ITE IT8987E

    • Backlit Keyboard, with standard PS/2 keycodes and SCI hotkeys

    • Battery

    • Charger, using AC adapter or USB-C PD

    • Suspend / resume

  • GPU

    • Intel UHD Graphics 620

    • GOP driver is recommended, VBT is provided

    • eDP 13-inch 1920x1080 LCD

    • HDMI video

    • USB-C DisplayPort video

  • Memory

    • 8GB on-board

  • Networking

    • 8265 PCIe WiFi / Bluetooth soldered to PCBA

  • Sound

    • Realtek ALC256

    • Internal speakers

    • Internal microphone

    • Combined headphone / microphone 3.5-mm jack

    • HDMI audio

    • USB-C DisplayPort audio

  • Storage

    • M.2 PCIe SSD

    • RTS5129 MicroSD card reader

  • USB

    • 1280x720 CCD camera

    • USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C (left)

    • USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A (left)

    • USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A (right)

Building coreboot

Preliminaries

Prior to building coreboot the following files are required:

  • Intel Flash Descriptor file (descriptor.bin)

  • Intel Management Engine firmware (me.bin)

The below are optional:

  • Splash screen image in Windows 3.1 BMP format (Logo.bmp)

These files exist in the correct location in the StarLabsLtd/blobs repo on GitHub which is used in place of the standard 3rdparty/blobs repo.

Build

The following commands will build a working image:

make distclean
make defconfig KBUILD_DEFCONFIG=configs/config.starlabs_labtop_kbl
make

Flashing coreboot

Type

Value

Socketed flash

no

Vendor

Gigadevice

Model

25Q128JVSQ

Size

8 MiB

Package

SOIC-8

Internal flashing

yes

External flashing

yes

Please see [here](../common/flashing.md) for instructions on how to flash with fwupd.