Astro Carrier for NVIDIA® Jetson™ TX2/TX2i
Users Guide
Document: CTIM-00456
Revision: 0.24
Page 8 of 47
Date: 2021-10-04
INTRODUCTION
Astro is specifically designed to work with the NVIDIA
®
Jetson™ TX2/TX2i supercomputer-on-module.
The Astro Carrier provides access to features found on the Jetson™ TX2 or TX2i module in an extremely
small footprint (87mm x 57mm / 3.43
"
x 2.24
"
).
The Astro Carrier for Jetson™
TX2/TX2i
provides a high-density board to board connector for use with
either off-the-shelf or custom breakout boards, dramatically reducing the need for cabling.
With all of the complex circuitry already on the Astro carrier, such as Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, Serial,
and Display, the design of a unique breakout board can be done with minimal effort using Connect
Tech’s design services or by the user. Connect Tech already offers the XBG201 breakout board, as well as
a single board carrier solution called the Astro Carrier for Jetson™
TX2/TX2i
. For more information on
these two products please contact [email protected].
The Astro Carrier provides expansion via Mini PCI Express and mSATA, in addition to a micro-SD Card
slot.
Product Features and Specifications
Specifications
PCB Size /
Overall Size
87mm x 57mm (3.43” x 2.24”)
3D STEP Model:
Display
1x HDMI Interface (Supports up to HDMI 2.0 UHD 4K [2160p] at 60Hz)
Ethernet
2x Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Links
USB
1x USB 3.0 Links
2x USB 2.0 Links
SATA
1x SATA Link
Audio
HD Audio Link: 1x Output
Serial
2x RS-232/RS-485 Links
Mini-
PCIe/mSATA
1x Mini-PCIe Half or Full Sized (Use of Full Size Removes mSATA Slot)
1x mSATA Half Size
SD Card
1x microSD Card Slot
GPIO
4x GPIO
CAN BUS
1x CAN bus
Video Input
1x MIPI CSI-2 (2-lane)
2x GMSL*
•
Note: GMSL video inputs only supported on
PN: ASG012
with RidgeRun
Drivers/Software Support. GMSL Software Info Link:
https://developer.ridgerun.com/wiki/index.php?title=MAX96705_MAX9286_G
