Jetson TX1

NVIDIA's Jetson TX1 is an embedded system-on-module (SoM) with quad-core ARM Cortex-A57, 4GB LPDDR4 and integrated 256-core Maxwell GPU.

Useful for deploying computer vision and deep learning, Jetson TX1 runs Linux and provides 1TFLOPS of FP16 compute performance in 10 watts of power.



= Jetson TX1 Module = The Jetson TX1 module contains all the active processing components. The ports are broken out through a carrier board.

Below is a partial list of the module's features. Please see the Module Datasheet for the complete specifications.



Processing Components

 * quad-core ARM Cortex-A57
 * 256-core Maxwell GPU
 * 4GB LPDDR4
 * 16GB eMMC
 * H.264/H.265 encoder & decoder

Ports & Peripherals

 * HDMI 2.0
 * 802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0
 * USB3, USB2
 * Gigabit Ethernet
 * 12 lanes MIPI CSI 2.0
 * 4 lanes PCIe gen 2.0
 * SATA, 2x SDcard
 * 3x UART, 3x SPI, 4x I2C

Form-Factor

 * 400-pin Samtec board-to-board connector
 * dimensions: 50x87mm     (1.96" x 3.42")
 * mass: 45 grams
 * Thermal Transfer Plate (TTP), -25C to 85C operating temperature
 * 5.5-19.6VDC input power (consuming 10-15W, under typical load)

Software Support

 * JetPack 2.2
 * Linux4Tegra R24.1 (L4T) for ARM (Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit and 64-bit)
 * CUDA Toolkit 7
 * cuDNN v5
 * VisionWorks 1.4
 * OpenCV4Tegra 2.4.13
 * OpenGL 4.4
 * OpenGL ES 3.1
 * Vulkan
 * V4L2 media controller support
 * gstreamer / OpenMAX
 * Tegra System Profiler (TSP)
 * Tegra Graphics Debugger
 * PerfKit 4.5.1

= Jetson TX1 Developer Kit =

The Jetson TX1 Developer Kit bundles together all the parts to get started, including:



What's Included

 * mini-ITX Reference carrier board
 * Jetson TX1 Module
 * fan and heatsink (pre-assembled)
 * 5MP CSI camera module (with Omnivision OV5693)
 * WiFi/BT antennas
 * USB OTG adapter
 * 19VDC Power brick
 * AC Power cable

The design files for the reference carrier board and camera module included in the devkit are freely available for download.

Getting Started

 * The devkit comes pre-flashed with L4T and is used like a normal desktop.


 * Plug in an HDMI display, attach the antennas and USB keyboard & mouse, and apply power to boot it up.     (see User Guide)


 * Visit the Embedded Developer Zone and Developer Forum to access the latest documentation & downloads.

Availability

 * Use the Region Selector to find distributors of the devkit in your region.


 * There's also an Academic Discount available for those belonging to an educational organization.

= Platform Documentation =

NVIDIA has released comprehensive documentation and reference designs for the Jetson TX1 module and devkit.


 * Module Datasheet     the official module features, ports, signal pin-out, and package specifications.
 * Design Guide     detailed technical design and layout information for creating OEM products.
 * DevKit User Guide     guide to unpacking, setting up, and flashing the Jetson TX1 Developer Kit.
 * DevKit Carrier Spec     design info about the reference carrier board from the devkit.
 * DevKit Design Files     schematics, layout, and design files for the devkit reference carrier board.
 * Camera Design Files     schematics, layout, and design files for the devkit MIPI CSI-2 camera module.
 * Thermal Design Guide     mechanical specifications for designing active and passive cooling solutions.
 * Module PinMux     excel spreadsheet macro for generating ARM device tree source (DTS) files.
 * Multimedia Guide     example gstreamer pipelines for accessing H.264/H.265 hardware video codec.
 * L4T Kernel Docs     documentation for L4T kernel developers (including V4L2/camera drivers).
 * Tegra X1 TRM     Technical Reference Manual for the TX1 system-on-chip and register data.

Above is a partial list of documents. Please visit the Downloads Center at Embedded Developer Zone for the full list that's currently available.

= Guides and Tutorials =

This section contains recipes for following along on Jetson.

System Concepts

 * Cloning & Backup
 * Flashing Tools and Protocols
 * Boot Configuration Table (BCT) Overview
 * Tegra Boot Flow      (nvtboot for TX1)
 * Using the Upstream Kernel
 * Controlling Core Performance
 * Intro to Tegra System Profiler
 * Wiring the Serial Console
 * GPIO Interfacing (JetsonHacks)
 * Using I2C and LIDAR-Lite (JetsonHacks)
 * Connecting the Pixhawk and TX1 (ArduPilot)
 * Running WiFi Access Point with hostapd

Computer Vision

 * OpenCV 101 - screencast tutorials
 * Installing OpenCV
 * VisionWorks Training
 * Camera Testing in L4T on TX1
 * gstreamer Pipelines for TX1

Deep Learning

 * NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute
 * Caffe Installation on TX1 (JetsonHacks)
 * Caffe Hands-on Lab     Github repo
 * GPU-based Inference whitepaper     p4all Post      Performance Validation
 * Cat Detector with Caffe and TX1 (Robert Bond)     Github repo

= Ecosystem Products =

The following are 3rd-party carriers, enclosures, and accessories available for Jetson TX1:


 * Auvidea J100
 * Auvidea J120
 * Auvidea J200
 * ConnectTech Orbitty
 * ConnectTech Rosie
 * ConnectTech Elroy
 * ConnectTech Astro
 * Colorado Engineering TX1-SOM
 * Puget Systems Acrylic Enclosure
 * Viooa Solo

= Getting Help = If you have a technical question or bug report, please visit the DevTalk Developer Forums and search or start a topic.

See the official Support page on Embedded Developer Zone for warranty and RMA information: https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/support