Using 4GB Jetson Nano with 2GB Carrier Board

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Hi,

We attempted to connect a 4GB Jetson Nano to a 2GB carrier board which should work according to this post [1]. The 4GB Jetson Nano is using the latest version of the firmware “jetson-nano-jp45-sd-card-image.zip” which I downloaded from [2].

The problem we found that once the OS boots, none of the USB ports seem to work. This means we cannot use any USB devices such as a mouse or keyboard. Observationally the laser beneath the optical mouse does not turn on so it appears like there is no power going to the USB.

I can confirm that the 2GB carrier board itself is working properly because if we use a 2GB Nano on the same carrier board, everything works just fine.

Similarly the 4GB nano is also fine if tested with a 4GB carrier board.

The issue only arises if the 4GB nano is connected to the 2GB carrier board.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

[1] Is 2gb Devkit carrier board is compatible with 4gb Production Module? - #2 by kayccc

[2] https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/learn/get-started-jetson-nano-devkit#write

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Hi benky58un,

What’s the purpose to use 2GB carrier board?
Do you have other carrier board to try with?
You Jetson Nano 4GB module is production module? or?

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Hi @kayccc,

What’s the purpose to use 2GB carrier board?

We are trying with the 2GB carrier board as a contingency if nvidia stops making available the 4GB development kit.

Do you have other carrier board to try with?

We have tried this with 2 different 2GB carrier boards. Same result.

You Jetson Nano 4GB module is production module? or?

The 4GB module came from a 4GB Jetson Nano Development Kit.

Regards

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Hi benky58un,

If you are using below combination:
Nano-4GB devkit + Nano-2GB module + JP-4.5 nano sd image.
Please use Nano-2GB JP-4.5 SD image and try usb function again.
Thanks!

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Hi @carolyuu,

I will try your suggestion tomorrow.

It looks like the SD Image that I should use should match the carrier board instead of the Nano Module. This seems counter-intuitive to me. What image should I use if I used a third-party carrier board?

Regards

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Hi benky58un,

The image is what module you used.
The Nano-2GB module, please use Nano-2GB image.
The same, Nano-4GB module, please use Nano-4GB image.
If you used the third-party carrier board, please connect vender. Thanks!

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Hi @carolyuu,

In that case this is what we did.

2GB Carrier Board + 4GB Nano Module + 4GB SD Image = No USB

Regards

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Hi benky58un,

OK, we will try that and let you know result.
The no usb issue only reproduce on JP-4.5? could you also try JP-4.4.1?
Thanks!

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Hi @carolyuu,

Thank you for your help.

We have tried JP-4.5 as linked above and also an older SD card running

$ cat /etc/nv_tegra_release
# R32 (release), REVISION: 4.3, GCID: 21589087, BOARD: t210ref, EABI: aarch64, DATE: Fri Jun 26 04:38:25 UTC 2020

I can try JP-4.4.1 tomorrow.

Regards

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It looks like similar to my case.
I tried Jetson Nano module(emmc) to 2gb dev kit’s carrier board. But after flashing os by SDK manager, I found USB does not work.
I tried 3 OSs(Nano module, Dev kit, 2Gb dev kit) and still can’t use USB.

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Hello,

Is this an issue specific to jetpack4.5 or even jetpack4.4.1 has this issue?
Could you try it on your device too?

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Hi @WayneWWW and @carolyuu,

We tried with Jetpack 4.4.1 today. Same issue I am afraid. No USB.

2GB Carrier Board + 4GB Nano Module + 4GB SD Imag JP 4.5 = No USB
2GB Carrier Board + 4GB Nano Module + 4GB SD Image JP 4.4.1 = No USB

Regards
Ben

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Hi benky58un,

We will investigate this issue and update to you.

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Hello,
This usecase (nano 4gb on 2gb board) is not supported. USB is not working because of the incompatible device tree.