USB 3.0 or SCI as camera communication

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson TX2
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There are two options:

  1. Use a USB 3.0 hub. As long as the camera doesn’t need more than 2 Gb/s of throughput each, this could work. You should get one with external power, to make sure there’s enough juice for the devices you plug in.
    Something like http://amzn.to/2s5T0nX might work.

  2. Buy a second USB 3.0 adapter card, and plug it into the PCI-Express slot on the devkit motherboard.
    Something like http://amzn.to/2sqBWJ3 might work. USB adapters are generally generic enough that the kernel supports them without special drivers through the XHCI interface, but there’s some small chance you’d need to build a driver. Also note the SATA power input port; you need this to be able to power all the USB3 ports sufficiently. Luckily there is SATA power out on the devkit motherboard.