WSAL23605 – JETSON-NANO-LITE-DEV-KIT/en

Documentation notice: This technical documentation was independently rewritten from an archived supplier source. Check technical details and commands against the product version and manufacturer documentation before use.

Summary

The JETSON-NANO-LITE-DEV-KIT is a Waveshare development and expansion board for the NVIDIA Jetson Nano core module. It simplifies the interfaces compared with the standard dev kit while retaining a TF card slot, eMMC storage, and various peripheral connections.

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Technical overview

• Base module: Jetson Nano with 4 GB LPDDR4 (1600 MHz), 128 CUDA cores (Maxwell architecture), and 0.5 TFLOPS compute performance.
• Storage: 16 GB eMMC 5.1 flash on the carrier board; plus a TF card slot for expansion.
• Lite carrier board interfaces: 2× USB 2.0, 1× USB 3.2 Gen1, HDMI, USB Type-C (5 V/3 A), Gigabit Ethernet, MIPI CSI camera connector, M.2 Key E (wireless network adapter only, no SSD support).
• Added controls: PWR BTN (power on/off) and SYS RST (system reset) directly on the Lite board.
• Compatibility: The Lite carrier board is appearance- and function-compatible with the official Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit, but uses the 4 GB core module.
• Video processing: encoding up to 250 MP/s (e.g., 1× 4K@30 HEVC), decoding up to 500 MP/s (e.g., 4× 1080p@60 HEVC).
• Camera connection: 12-channel MIPI CSI-2 D-PHY 1.1 (18 Gbps), reduced to one connector on the Lite board.
• Operating temperature range of the kit: 0–70 °C.

Commands and examples – verify before use: 

sudo
ls
chmod
touch
mkdir
cd
cp
mv
rm
reboot
shutdown
pwd
head
tail
df
tar
apt
ifconfig
hostname
i2cdetect

Notes and version constraints

• The source file contains placeholders such as {{{name4}}} and {{{userDefinedInfo}}}; these were ignored.
• To use SPI and PWM, the system must be reprogrammed (device-tree modification required).
• The M.2 Key E connector supports NGFF wireless adapters only, not SSDs.
• The JETSON-IO-BASE-A board is not fully compatible with the A02 core module version, only with the official B01 variant.
• When using a TF card image, the eMMC image version must match the Jetpack version on the TF card; versions below Jetpack 4.6 require reinstallation.
• More detailed compatibility information for other core modules or add-on cards is not provided in the source and should be confirmed with support before purchase.

Source and revision record

• JETSON-NANO-DEV-KIT - Waveshare Wiki
• Source revision: 104363
• Captured: 2026-09-04T03:11:36+00:00
• SHA-256: 07b588560c8ed8cb8c2310fc8213285f17598ff9129da7dd6d0a9fb477fd61b4