WSAL24056 – Jetson Orin NX/en

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Summary

The Waveshare JETSON-ORIN-NX-16G-DEV-KIT is built around the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX module (8 GB/16 GB) and the JETSON-IO-BASE-B carrier board. It delivers up to 100 TOPS of AI performance, features a 1024-core Ampere GPU with 32 tensor cores and an 8-core Arm Cortex-A78AE CPU. The kit optionally includes a 256 GB NVMe drive, a camera (Kit A), or a touch screen (Kit B).

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Technical overview

Module: NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX system-on-module in NANO size; 8 GB or 16 GB variants available.
GPU: 1024-core NVIDIA Ampere architecture with 32 tensor cores; up to 100 TOPS of AI performance.
CPU: 8-core Arm Cortex-A78AE v8.2 64-bit CPU with 2 MB L2 and 4 MB L3 cache.
Memory: 16 GB 128-bit LPDDR5 at 102.4 GB/s bandwidth.
Carrier board JETSON-IO-BASE-B provides M.2, HDMI, USB and other peripheral interfaces.
Kit variant A adds an 8 MP camera (3280×2464) for face recognition, road-sign and license-plate recognition.
Kit variant B adds a 13.3-inch capacitive touch display (1920×1080, 10-point touch, built-in speaker).
Default login: username 'jetson', password 'jetson' if pre-configured. Without a display, log in via serial port using PuTTY.
Firmware upgrade to Super: For the core module and Waveshare kits, wait for the official NVIDIA firmware after January; SDK Manager is not suitable—script-based flashing of Jetpack 6.2 is required.
Flashing requires Ubuntu 20.04/22.04 as host; recovery mode is entered by shorting FC REC and GND under the module.

Commands and examples – verify before use:

sudo dpkg -i sdkmanager_1.6.1-8175_amd64.deb
sudo apt --fix-broken install
sudo mkdir orin_nano && cd orin_nano
wget https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/embedded/l4t/r36_release_v4.3/release/Jetson_Linux_r36.4.3_aarch64.tbz2
wget https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/embedded/l4t/r36_release_v4.3/release/Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-Filesystem_r36.4.3_aarch64.tbz2
sudo tar xf Jetson_Linux_r36.4.3_aarch64.tbz2
sudo tar xpf Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-Filesystem_r36.4.3_aarch64.tbz2 -C Linux_for_Tegra/rootfs/
cd Linux_for_Tegra/
sudo ./tools/l4t_flash_prerequisites.sh
sudo ./apply_binaries.sh
sudo ./tools/l4t_create_default_user.sh -u jetson -p jetson1 -a
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device nvme0n1p1 -p "-c ./bootloader/generic/cfg/flash_t234_qspi.xml" -c ./tools/kernel_flash/flash_l4t_t234_nvme.xml --showlogs --network usb0 jetson-orin-nano-devkit-super external
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nvidia-jetpack
sudo apt install python3-pip
sudo pip3 install jetson-stats
sudo reboot

Notes and version constraints

The firmware update to Jetson Orin NX Super depends on an official NVIDIA release after January; it is currently unclear whether it is already available.
Script-based flashing requires the exact matching Jetpack version (here 6.2); newer versions may require different commands.
Recovery mode requires a physical short under the module—incorrect execution could damage the module.
The provided wget URLs are version-specific (r36.4.3); for other Jetpack versions the paths must be adjusted.
SDK Manager works only for the official kit; for Waveshare kits only the script method is valid.
No information on power supply values, certifications, or warranty in the source text—inventing such values is not permitted.

Source and revision record

JETSON-ORIN-NX-16G-DEV-KIT - Waveshare Wiki
Source revision: 110873
Captured: 2026-09-04T03:52:15+00:00
SHA-256: efe9429281fc3450ed3c8f070021ffbe1167aff4fd04c207b19c86b40754a076