Is 2gb Devkit carrier board is compatible with 4gb Production Module?

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Nano
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Hey, we were looking for a carrier board for the production Module for Jetson Nano (4Gb one) and have the following doubts:-

  1. Can we use the devkit board (2Gb one) for running the production module?
  2. If not, what are some boards that are recommended by Nvidia to be used?
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Yes, it should work. But the Nano 2GB carrier board if for developing purpose, can’t be used as end product.

You can find partner carrier boards from https://developer.nvidia.com/EMBEDDED/COMMUNITY/jetson-partner-products?t1_hardware-solution=Carrier+board&t1_supported-jetson=Nano

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Can you please explain how it can’t work as an end product? What is the reason for it?

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Jetson developer kits are not for production use. The developer kit is used to develop and test software in a pre-production environment.

Jetson modules are designed for deployment in a production environment throughout their operating lifetime.
See https://developer.nvidia.com/EMBEDDED/faq%20#jetson-devkit-not-for-production

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Hey,
We successfully ran a Jetson 4 GB (production module) on a Jetson 2GB dev kit (carrier board).

Reviving this thread, on understanding, why this is not officially recommended by Nvidia? Since a carrier board has no active components as such?

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Cool, yeah I too feel that there should not be any issue if one can manage within the 16GB Storage on the Nano Production Module .

Any specific reason why the Admins or the community think its a bad idea? The heat making components are on the Production module(i.e. SOC) then why is it not advisable to use the jetson devkit as a carrier board for production module if it has sufficient IO’s for one’s usecase?