Powering Xavier via type-c (Solved)

Autonomous Machines Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson AGX Xavier
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I have the dev kit and have Jetpack installed.

Is it possible to power the developer kit via Type-C. I would have to power this on a mobile robot and I plan to use a Energizer pack or something similar (I used it on the Tx2). What can I use here (size of the DC barrel) or type-c battery pack ?

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Hello, sunil.somarajan

Yes, you can power the Dev Kit via USB Type-C.
You can also use a 5.5mm x 2.5mm barrel male plug to give 9-20V DC power on the DC barrel jack.

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I wish there were some connectors with better positive retention. When driving on bumpy ground, the TX2 devkit barrel connector would vibrate and lose power. USB-C doesn’t seem mechanically much better to me.
Screw connectors, or at least 100mil pin headers, would be preferable.

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Hi snarky, you may see aftermarket carriers from the ecosystem being announced soon that offer secure locking connectors for power delivery.

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That may of course be the case, although I had a pretty bad experience with third party carriers and drivers for the TX2.
The new carrier board is pretty much perfect for many ad-hoc mobility solutions (perhaps apart from the heavy heatsink!) so it’s sad we didn’t get that one power supply glitch fixed, too. Maybe some hand soldering could fix that…

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Hi snarky - as dusty_nv alluded to, Connect Tech just released a new carrier board supporting the Jetson Xavier. Check out our new Rogue Carrier. For any questions, please contact us!

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That does look interesting! Will you be posting pricing on your web site, or do I need to actually contact sales?
(You’d save yourself some time just posting the price, you know …)

Also, the promo images seem to show the stand-offs for the NVMe M.2 slots being mounted on the wrong side. Will this be fixed on release boards, or am I looking at the images wrong?

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snarky: We sell through distributors and resellers, so please contact our sales team for a quote. Please reiterate your question to the sales team and they’ll be able to answer. Thank you!

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Do I need a usb 3.1 Typc-C cable from a host PC(with usb 3.1 port) for powering? Since usb 3.0 only provide 5V/0.9A and not enough power. Usb 3.1 provide 20V/5A

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I tried USB-C host [USB 3.1 Gen 2 type C] to USB-C Xavier.
Though not sure if the Host’s USB-C provides power-on-delivery.
That did not work for me , but I will try other ways out.

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Hello, I want to know if I can use my power plug of my MacBook Pro usb-c for using as power on my jets on Xavier?

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Is it possible to have both USB-C 9V-20V and Jack 9-20V attached in a way the system will use USB-C power , and if it exhausts it will switch to using Jack power input?
Thanks

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Andrey, did you find an answer to this? Can the AGX be dual powered (barrel jack + USB C)