NVIDIA Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit available now

Hi,

This looks fantastic, NVIDIA, thanks!

I’m wondering about the camera. So this device has TWO mipi lanes exposed, right?

Does the underlying Nano SOM still have 12 mipi lanes, of which only 2 are connected to the carrier board?

Hi nono, it is HDMI 2.0.

Hi @lthbk2959, from my notes, there is ~1967MB available for userspace OS. If you have display attached and are using LXDE, the memory usage after boot is around 500MB.

Hi @360cities, yes the MIPI CSI connector is 2 lanes.

The Nano 2GB module is for devkit use only and not intended for production, so that is unspecified.

May I ask:

  1. is there power solder/header pins available on the board in case I want to power using battery?
  2. Are there other Linux distros available other than Ubuntu? I used to use Puppy or Damn Small Linux back in the day and i’m thinking about similar directions after flashing the life from my TK1. I would be happy to install my own packages.
  3. Audio options other than HDMI - are there composite out pins? or recommended USB audio devices?
    thanks for keeping us all sane in 2020

Hi, does the Jetson Nano 2GB fit into cases/enclosures which have been designed for the 4GB model? If not, are there already any 2GB model compatible cases available?
Thx in advance!

Hi i6mods, similar to the 40-pin header on the Nano 4GB, the Nano 2GB has two 5V pins on it’s 40-pin header that can accept up to 2.5A each to power the devkit.

They have been some ports done by the community to other Linux distributions, for example Yocto and Arch Linux - for more info see this thread:

https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/alternative-os/75649/2?u=dusty_nv

Note that these were done for Nano 4GB, but should be similar for Nano 2GB.

Like the Nano 4GB, there is also I2S on the Nano 2GB’s 40-pin header. Regarding USB audio devices, if it is a standard audio device with driver support in Linux kernel 4.9, it should work. For example I use my Logitech headset on it and various USB mics that don’t require special driver support.

The mechanical size of the kit is the same, and the mounting holes are in the same locations. The footprint of the fan header is in the same location. The differences would mainly be in the ports - Nano 2GB has USB-C power instead of DC barrel jack, 3 USB ports, and HDMI (no DisplayPort). So you might check if the cut-out of the enclosure can still match the ports. I believe many of the enclosure/case designers are checking against this and will update their designs as needed.

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Hello,

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Currently, the development and mass production process is being organized with jetson nano.

  1. Can you provide a table of the difference in performance and price between jetson nano(b01) and jetson nano 2GB?

  2. And I am curious if the jetson nano 2G module (for production) will be released at the same time as the jetson nano 2G devkit module.

Thank you.

Hi @forumuser, in my experience the runtime performance of Nano 2GB vs Nano 4GB is the same once the application is loaded into memory. It has the same processor, GPU cores, ect, just with less memory capacity.

The Nano 2GB is being offered as the devkit only, there aren’t plans to have the production module for deployment. For production, please use the Nano 4GB module (which the price was reduced to $99 in volume).

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Thank you.

hi there
I have question about USB-C power adapter?
Last week I was pre order Jetson Nano 2GB and UGREEN brand (is recommended on Getting started page) 18W USB-C power adapter.
Today USB-C Power adapter was arrive.
On the label of power adapter, Output 5V 3A, 9V 2A, 12V 1.5A was write.
In USB-C PD standard power adapter talk to the device about wtich voltage need.
My Question is; Jetson Nano is talk to power adaptor about voltage or USB-C port on the Jetson Nano no PD function? Or my adapter is wrong.

Is my adapter : https://www.amazon.com.tr/gp/product/B08GM9N5B7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hi @scpecialist, since you picked a power adapter from the Supported Components List, it has been tested with Jetson Nano 2GB and should work just fine.

What will be the desktop for the official JP release for Nano 2GB? LXDE or L4T? If it is LXDE, will the regular Nano and other Jetson boards still be using L4T?

Hi @caruofc, LXDE is a (lightweight) desktop environment, not an OS. The OS is still Ubuntu and JetPack-L4T. The default desktop for Nano 2GB is LXDE, to reduce memory. The default desktop for the other Jetsons will remain Unity/GNOME.

Thanks for confirming, yes, I meant the desktop, wrote OS instead. So, the official JP image (SD card image) for Nano 2GB will be with LXDE desktop I am assuming

Hi all - the Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit is now shipping. Orders can be placed through this page:

https://developer.nvidia.com/buy-jetson

Additional distributors will be transitioning from pre-order in the next couple days.

I would like to point out a flaw in the " Getting Started with Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit"…

  • " Write Image to the microSD Card"
  • " Instructions for Windows"
    The instructions state to “Click “Select image” and choose the zipped image file downloaded earlier.” and show a screen shot of the Etcher program with “sd-blob-a02.zip” as the file to use. I followed the instructions only to get what I thought was a dead device.
    I believe the instructions should have the folder unzipped and “sd-blob.img” file chosen instead. This path worked for me.

Does Jetson Nano 2G Support Realsense D435?

Hi @mark.pumphrey, Etcher supports flashing from the .zip file without needing to extract the image first. My guess is that there was some internal SD card error or something the first time you flashed, and it was unrelated to the image being extracted first.

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Hi @yuuta.inoue, community members have used it on the original Jetson Nano, I don’t believe there should be a difference in the support for D435 between Jetson Nano 4GB and 2GB. For reference you can see this JetsonHacks video:

https://www.jetsonhacks.com/2019/12/22/install-realsense-camera-in-5-minutes-jetson-nano/

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