I’m using the Jetson Orin Nano Dev Kit 8Gb RAM bought from Amazon US. Standard Nvidia board, not custom made. It has a WIFI board on the underside. Details as below:
nano@nano:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
nano@nano:~$ head -n 1 /etc/nv_tegra_release
R36 (release), REVISION: 4.4, GCID: 41062509, BOARD: generic, EABI: aarch64, DATE: Mon Jun 16 16:07:13 UTC 2025
nano@nano:~$ cat /etc/nv_tegra_release
R36 (release), REVISION: 4.4, GCID: 41062509, BOARD: generic, EABI: aarch64, DATE: Mon Jun 16 16:07:13 UTC 2025
KERNEL_VARIANT: oot
TARGET_USERSPACE_LIB_DIR=nvidia
TARGET_USERSPACE_LIB_DIR_PATH=usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/nvidia
nano@nano:~$ sudo apt-cache show nvidia-jetpack
Package: nvidia-jetpack
Source: nvidia-jetpack (6.2.1)
Version: 6.2.1+b38
Architecture: arm64
Maintainer: NVIDIA Corporation
Installed-Size: 194
Depends: nvidia-jetpack-runtime (= 6.2.1+b38), nvidia-jetpack-dev (= 6.2.1+b38)
Homepage: Jetson - Embedded AI Computing Platform | NVIDIA Developer
Priority: standard
Section: metapackages
Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-jetpack/nvidia-jetpack_6.2.1+b38_arm64.deb
Size: 29300
SHA256: dd9cb893fbe7f80d2c2348b268f17c8140b18b9dbb674fa8d79facfaa2050c53
SHA1: dc630f213f9afcb6f67c65234df7ad5c019edb9c
MD5sum: 9c8dc61bdab2b816dcc7cd253bcf6482
Description: NVIDIA Jetpack Meta Package
Description-md5: ad1462289bdbc54909ae109d1d32c0a8
Package: nvidia-jetpack
Source: nvidia-jetpack (6.2)
Version: 6.2+b77
Architecture: arm64
Maintainer: NVIDIA Corporation
Installed-Size: 194
Depends: nvidia-jetpack-runtime (= 6.2+b77), nvidia-jetpack-dev (= 6.2+b77)
Homepage: Jetson - Embedded AI Computing Platform | NVIDIA Developer
Priority: standard
Section: metapackages
Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-jetpack/nvidia-jetpack_6.2+b77_arm64.deb
Size: 29298
SHA256: 70553d4b5a802057f9436677ef8ce255db386fd3b5d24ff2c0a8ec0e485c59cd
SHA1: 9deab64d12eef0e788471e05856c84bf2a0cf6e6
MD5sum: 4db65dc36434fe1f84176843384aee23
Description: NVIDIA Jetpack Meta Package
Description-md5: ad1462289bdbc54909ae109d1d32c0a8
Package: nvidia-jetpack
Source: nvidia-jetpack (6.1)
Version: 6.1+b123
Architecture: arm64
Maintainer: NVIDIA Corporation
Installed-Size: 194
Depends: nvidia-jetpack-runtime (= 6.1+b123), nvidia-jetpack-dev (= 6.1+b123)
Homepage: Jetson - Embedded AI Computing Platform | NVIDIA Developer
Priority: standard
Section: metapackages
Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-jetpack/nvidia-jetpack_6.1+b123_arm64.deb
Size: 29312
SHA256: b6475a6108aeabc5b16af7c102162b7c46c36361239fef6293535d05ee2c2929
SHA1: f0984a6272c8f3a70ae14cb2ca6716b8c1a09543
MD5sum: a167745e1d88a8d7597454c8003fa9a4
Description: NVIDIA Jetpack Meta Package
Description-md5: ad1462289bdbc54909ae109d1d32c0a8
nano@nano:~$ dpkg-query --show nvidia-l4t-core
nvidia-l4t-core 36.4.4-20250616085344
nano@nano:~$ ls -l /dev/tty*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 0 Sep 7 17:35 /dev/tty
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 0 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty0
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 1 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/tty1
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 10 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty10
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 11 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty11
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 12 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty12
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 13 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty13
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 14 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty14
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 15 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty15
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 16 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty16
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 17 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty17
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 18 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty18
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 19 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty19
crw–w---- 1 nano tty 4, 2 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/tty2
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 20 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty20
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 21 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty21
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 22 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty22
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 23 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty23
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 24 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty24
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 25 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty25
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 26 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty26
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 27 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty27
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 28 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty28
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 29 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty29
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 3 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/tty3
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 30 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty30
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 31 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty31
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 32 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty32
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 33 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty33
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 34 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty34
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 35 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty35
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 36 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty36
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 37 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty37
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 38 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty38
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 39 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty39
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 4 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/tty4
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 40 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty40
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 41 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty41
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 42 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty42
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 43 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty43
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 44 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty44
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 45 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty45
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 46 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty46
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 47 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty47
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 48 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty48
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 49 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty49
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 5 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/tty5
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 50 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty50
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 51 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty51
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 52 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty52
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 53 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty53
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 54 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty54
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 55 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty55
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 56 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty56
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 57 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty57
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 58 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty58
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 59 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty59
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 6 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/tty6
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 60 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty60
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 61 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty61
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 62 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty62
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 63 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty63
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 7 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty7
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 8 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty8
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 9 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty9
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 204, 64 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyAMA0
crw–w---- 1 root tty 491, 0 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/ttyGS0
crw------- 1 root root 3, 0 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp0
crw------- 1 root root 3, 1 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp1
crw------- 1 root root 3, 2 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp2
crw------- 1 root root 3, 3 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp3
crw------- 1 root root 3, 4 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp4
crw------- 1 root root 3, 5 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp5
crw------- 1 root root 3, 6 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp6
crw------- 1 root root 3, 7 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp7
crw------- 1 root root 3, 8 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp8
crw------- 1 root root 3, 9 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp9
crw------- 1 root root 3, 10 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttypa
crw------- 1 root root 3, 11 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttypb
crw------- 1 root root 3, 12 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttypc
crw------- 1 root root 3, 13 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttypd
crw------- 1 root root 3, 14 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttype
crw------- 1 root root 3, 15 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttypf
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 65 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyS1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 66 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyS2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 67 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyS3
crw–w---- 1 root tty 239, 0 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/ttyTCU0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 240, 1 Sep 7 17:44 /dev/ttyTHS1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 240, 2 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyTHS2
nano@nano:~$ systemctl status nvgetty
○ nvgetty.service - UART on ttyTHS0
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/nvgetty.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Sun 2025-09-07 14:38:14 BST; 3h 35min ago
Process: 1140 ExecStart=/etc/systemd/nvgetty.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 1140 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CPU: 7ms
Sep 07 14:38:14 nano systemd[1]: Started UART on ttyTHS0.
Sep 07 14:38:14 nano systemd[1]: nvgetty.service: Deactivated successfully.
nano@nano:~$ sudo systemctl stop nvgetty
nano@nano:~$ ls -l /dev/tty*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 0 Sep 7 17:35 /dev/tty
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 0 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty0
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 1 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/tty1
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 10 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty10
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 11 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty11
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 12 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty12
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 13 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty13
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 14 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty14
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 15 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty15
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 16 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty16
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 17 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty17
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 18 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty18
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 19 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty19
crw–w---- 1 nano tty 4, 2 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/tty2
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 20 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty20
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 21 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty21
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 22 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty22
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 23 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty23
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 24 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty24
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 25 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty25
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 26 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty26
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 27 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty27
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 28 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty28
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 29 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty29
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 3 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/tty3
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 30 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty30
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 31 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty31
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 32 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty32
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 33 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty33
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 34 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty34
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 35 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty35
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 36 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty36
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 37 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty37
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 38 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty38
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 39 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty39
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 4 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/tty4
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 40 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty40
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 41 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty41
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 42 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty42
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 43 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty43
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 44 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty44
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 45 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty45
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 46 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty46
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 47 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty47
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 48 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty48
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 49 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty49
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 5 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/tty5
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 50 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty50
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 51 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty51
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 52 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty52
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 53 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty53
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 54 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty54
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 55 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty55
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 56 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty56
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 57 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty57
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 58 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty58
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 59 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty59
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 6 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/tty6
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 60 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty60
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 61 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty61
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 62 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty62
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 63 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty63
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 7 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty7
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 8 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty8
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 9 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/tty9
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 204, 64 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyAMA0
crw–w---- 1 root tty 491, 0 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/ttyGS0
crw------- 1 root root 3, 0 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp0
crw------- 1 root root 3, 1 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp1
crw------- 1 root root 3, 2 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp2
crw------- 1 root root 3, 3 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp3
crw------- 1 root root 3, 4 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp4
crw------- 1 root root 3, 5 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp5
crw------- 1 root root 3, 6 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp6
crw------- 1 root root 3, 7 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp7
crw------- 1 root root 3, 8 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp8
crw------- 1 root root 3, 9 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyp9
crw------- 1 root root 3, 10 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttypa
crw------- 1 root root 3, 11 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttypb
crw------- 1 root root 3, 12 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttypc
crw------- 1 root root 3, 13 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttypd
crw------- 1 root root 3, 14 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttype
crw------- 1 root root 3, 15 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttypf
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 65 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyS1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 66 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyS2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 67 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyS3
crw–w---- 1 root tty 239, 0 Sep 7 14:38 /dev/ttyTCU0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 240, 1 Sep 7 18:12 /dev/ttyTHS1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 240, 2 Jun 4 15:17 /dev/ttyTHS2
nano@nano:~$
nano@nano:~$ cat /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
TIMEOUT 30
DEFAULT primary
MENU TITLE L4T boot options
LABEL primary
MENU LABEL primary kernel
LINUX /boot/Image
INITRD /boot/initrd
APPEND ${cbootargs} root=PARTUUID=fd4119de-dc08-47ac-8f63-61996b75cfe2 rw rootwait rootfstype=ext4 mminit_loglevel=4 console=ttyTCU0,115200 firmware_class.path=/etc/firmware fbcon=map:0 video=efifb:off console=tty0
When testing a custom kernel, it is recommended that you create a backup of
the original kernel and add a new entry to this file so that the device can
fallback to the original kernel. To do this:
1, Make a backup of the original kernel
sudo cp /boot/Image /boot/Image.backup
2, Copy your custom kernel into /boot/Image
3, Uncomment below menu setting lines for the original kernel
4, Reboot
LABEL backup
MENU LABEL backup kernel
LINUX /boot/Image.backup
INITRD /boot/initrd
APPEND ${cbootargs}
nano@nano:~$
I’ve just upgraded from the Jetson Nano dev kit to the Orin and previously had serial comms working with an external 3.3V MCU on ttyTHS1 without too many issues. But with the new Orin THS1 no longer gives me any comms at all. I ditched the MCU and made a loop back connection between Pins 8 and 10 on the 40 pin header and tested a generic python script using ttyTHS1, ttyTHS2 and ttyTCU0, none of which worked. I then tried to simplify the diagnosis using a couple of bash terminals but the first terminal using all the above tty permutations of ttyTHS1, ttyTHS2 and ttyTCU0:
nano@nano:~$ cat < /dev/ttyTHS1
caused the terminal prompt to exit rather than hang ie:
nano@nano:~$ cat < /dev/ttyTHS1
nano@nano:~$
which in my mind indicates that none of the ports are working as desired.
I was expecting to see ttyTHS0 in the above list, but it’s not there. Maybe it’s used for the WIFI? I dont really need WIFI so could take the WIFI board off.
Please could you advise me of the best next step to take? Please do not respond with an LLM as I have already used one, to no avail.
@KevinFFF I’ve seen the post at:Orin Nano UART0, but cant seem to follow it, so maybe you could tell me what the exact steps are to enable a serial port please?
Many thanks … Patrick.