What Is The Correct Male Microfit Connector For The Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit?

According to the AGX thor developer kit spec sheet (link to the PDF) in Chapter 3 section 4, it states:

The carrier board includes a Microfit3.0 Power Connector (J83) as an alternative to using
the included USB Type-C power supply. The jack used on the carrier board is a Lotes Co.
Ltd 2 x 2 RA Female 3.0mm pitch APOWA210-P001A06CC part.

What is the proper male connector we need to connect to the Female microfit connector?

I tried emailing contacts for distributors of Lotes and have not got a response back. I just want to make sure i am using the specific connector that is made for the respective female part so that the latches, etc are perfect to ensure a proper connection.

Someone from NVIDIA might be able to add information, and I found this a difficult search. However, this is something a lot of people will want to know. This general search has some information, although not an answer:
Google search microfit3.0 power connector

It turns out DigiKey has a document about the connector family (it has different pin counts and layout details within that family):
https://www.digikey.com/htmldatasheets/production/1626160/0/0/1/0430300007.html

This one has 4 pins in a 2x2 rectangular layout. Molex has some of the same thing, although this particular connector is described as:

Lotes Co. Ltd 2 x 2 RA Female 3.0mm pitch

Maybe Molex works with this as it seems to be a standard? Don’t know. The document does make it clear though that housings are sold separately from pins, and pins may require a crimp tool specific to manufacturer.

Looking for “Microfit3.0” at DigiKey I did not find the 2x2 version. On the other hand, if clicking on the 2x2 link in that Molex document on the Microfit3.0, this turned up for the male housing:
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/molex/0430250400/252497
(it didn’t look like they were in stock though)

Mouser seemed like it was useful and had a lot of variants:
https://www.mouser.com/c/connectors/headers-wire-housings/?m=Molex&number%20of%20positions=4%20Position&number%20of%20rows=2%20Row&tradename=Micro-Fit%203.0
(this filters for 4-position using 2 rows; many were in stock)

Sadly, I’m not certain of which pin would be used. We know it is a 3mm pitch, but this is not the same as “Termination Post Length” (see the Mouser URL; one filter column is on post length). I’m guessing if you dig into the details of the male housing it will suggest which pins are compatible, but this is a Molex product and I don’t know if these exactly match the same thing in the Lotes Co. version of this.

Costs are low enough you might want to order some housings and compatible pins to test with.

Can someone from NVIDIA check on the intended male part availability and pin length, or suggestions on finding the Lotes Co. version instead of Molex? Or maybe if Molex is equally compatible?

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You could use

https://www.molex.com/en-us/products/part-detail/2147561041

Expect to be updated in next release of the Jetson Thor Supported Components List

Okay thank you!

so just to clarify, the connector ON the board is actually a Male microfit, correct? Because I was confused by your answer when you provided a female connector because the quote from the documentation I referenced in my question (at the time of writing this) states the jack ON the board is Female. And then the diagrams refer to it as J83 (Figure 1-3) and calls it a Female connector.

However I went to look at my actual board, and it is a Male connector that is on the board and we need a Female connector to power it.

So just to clarify for everyone looking at this topic, it is a Male connector that is on the carrier board and we need a female connector to power it correct? I just want to make sure that this is clear for anyone reading this later on! Thank you again!

If you go to Octopart it’ll show you a number of vendors for that model of connector:
https://octopart.com/search?q=molex+2147561041&currency=USD&specs=0 show a picture. It looks like that is the external connector which fits the developer kit.

Then, if you go to a vendor, e.g., DigiKey, it’ll show a picture.

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Microfit3.0 Male connector is used on the carrier board. Documentation will be updated in next release.