Astro Carrier for NVIDIA® Jetson™ TX2/TX2i
Users Guide
Document: CTIM-00456
Revision: 0.24
Page 35 of 47
Date: 2021-10-04
NVIDIA Linux For Tegra (L4T)
The Astro Carrier Board is designed to be used with the stock
NVIDIA Linux For Tegra (L4T) Builds
.
However, the Connect Tech Board Support Package is required for full functionality.
NVIDIA’s L4T can be downloaded directly from NVIDIA here:
https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/
NVIDIA Jetpack for L4T
The JetPack for L4T is an on-demand all-in-one package that bundles and installs all software tools
required to develop for the NVIDIA’s TX2/TX2i Platform with Connect Tech’s Jetson Carrier Boards.
JetPack includes host and target development tools, APIs and packages (OS images, tools, APIs,
middleware, samples, documentation including compiling samples) to enable developers to jump start
their development environment for developing with the Jetson Embedded Platform. The latest release
of JetPack runs on an Ubuntu 14.04 Linux 64-bit host system and supports both the latest Jetson
TX2/TX2i Development Kit and Jetson TK1 Development Kit.
NVIDIA’s Jetpack can be downloaded directly from NVIDIA here:
https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/jetpack
THERMAL DETAILS
The Astro Carrier Board has an Operating Temperature Range of -40
°
C to +85
°
C.
However, it is important to note that the NVIDIA Jetson TX2 Modules have its own properties separate
to that of the Astro Carrier Board. The NVIDIA Jetson TX2i matches the Astro Operating Temperature
Range of -40°C to +85°C.
Customer responsibility requires proper implementation of a thermal solution that maintains the
TX2/TX2i SoC and Thermal Transfer Plate (TTP) temperatures below the specified temperatures (shown
in the tables below) under the maximum thermal load and system conditions for their use case.
Jetson TX2i Thermal Specifications
Parameter
Value
Units
Maximum TTP operating temperature
85
°C
Recommended Tegra X2 operating temperature limit
T.cpu = 95.5
°C
T.gpu = 95.5
°C
Tegra X2 maximum operating temperature limit
T.cpu = 101
°C
T.gpu = 101
°C
T.diode = 110
°C
