Powering a USB wifi router from the Jetson USB ports?

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson AGX Orin
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Hello,

I have a system that includes both a Jetson AGX Orin and a Wi-Fi router that can be powered via a USB-C cable. According to the router’s documentation, its power consumption is “<8.75W.”

To reduce the complexity of the power supply setup, I plan to connect the router directly to one of the Jetson’s USB ports. Will the Jetson’s USB ports be able to provide 5V at approximately 2A for an extended period without causing overheating or damaging the hardware? Should I use one of the USB-C ports, or can I also use the USB-A ports?

Thanks in advance!

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Hi,

If you are designing a custom base board, then it means some adaptation configurations are needed.
Otherwise, your board may not work fine.

For Orin AGX series, you could refer to below document
https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r36.3/DeveloperGuide/HR/JetsonModuleAdaptationAndBringUp/JetsonAgxOrinSeries.html?highlight=universal%20serial%20bus#jetson-agx-orin-platform-adaptation-and-bring-up
(please be aware that above link is for rel-36.3/jetpack6.0)

This document includes below configuration

  1. pinmux change & GPIO configuration
  2. EEPROM change as most custom boards do not have an EEPROM on it.
  3. Kernel porting
  4. PCIe configuration
  5. USB configuration
  6. MGBE configuration
  7. RGMII configuration

Thanks!

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Hi,
Sorry I was not clear, I’m not developping a carrier board but use the Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit 64 GB.

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The USB-C port supports up to 5A output. The USB-A port supports up to 2A output.

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