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Hardware Description
Eval Kit Manual
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Hardware Description
The hardware contains as embedded computing platform an NVIDIA Jetson TX2 or NVIDIA Jetson
Nano. Based on these two options, the hardware will vary slightly. This chapter describes the process
of setting up the hardware.
3.1
Hardware Architecture
The difference between the two options is shown in the figure below. The NVIDIA Jetson TX2 requires
an interposer board to connect to the sensor board, which contains the sensor. When the EVK consist
of the NVIDIA Jetson Nano, it does not need the interposer board any longer and only a flex cable
connects the sensor board is directly to the NVIDIA system.
Figure 2:
Possible Variations of the EVK
3.2
Sensor Board and Tripod Mounting
The sensor board contains the image sensor itself, as well as a power management integrated circuit
(PMIC). This PMIC generates the required voltages for the image sensor. The sensor board also
consists of a VCSEL flood illuminator to demonstrate the performance in NIR lighting. The software
controls the illuminator and PMIC via commands. In addition, the board features various test pads for
measurements. For the description of the test pads, refer to Chapter 6.1.
Sensor board
50 pin
Interposer board
CSI
50 pin
J22
NVIDIA
Jetson TX2
Developer Kit
Sensor board
15 pin
J13
NVIDIA
Jetson Nano
Developer Kit