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Waveshare Jetson Orin NX Dev Kit

AI Edge Computing Development Kit
This is not the N-VIDIA official Developer Kit
Based on Jetson Orin NX Module, with JETSON-ORIN-IO-BASE base board, providing rich peripheral interfaces such as M.2, DP, USB, etc., which is more convenient for users to realize the product performance.

This kit includes the Orin NX Module with options for 8GB/16GB memory, no built-in storage module, provides up to 70 TOPS / 100 TOPS AI Performance. Up to 117 TOPS / 157 TOPS after upgrading to the SUPER version. Comes with a Free 128 GB NVMe Solid State Drive, high-speed reading/writing, meet the needs of large AI project development.


* for reference only, the actual appearance of the Solid State Drive may be different
This kit also comes with a pre-installed AW-CB375NF wireless network card that supports Bluetooth 5.0 and dual-band WIFI, with two additional PCB antennas, for providing high-speed and reliable wireless network connection and Bluetooth communication.

Kit | A | B |
JETSON-ORIN-NX-DEV-KIT (Orin NX Module: options for 8GB/16GB) |
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IMX219-77 Camera | √ | √ |
13.3inch HDMI LCD (H) (with case) V2 (USB cable, DP to HDMI cable, Power Supply) |
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JETSON-ORIN-NX-DEV-KIT
Includes Jetson Orin NX Module (options for 8GB/16GB), JETSON-ORIN-IO-BASE base board, Cooling Fan, 128GB NVMe Solid State Drive, AW-CB375NF dual-band wireless network card, USB cable, Ethernet cable, Power supply, etc.

JETSON-ORIN-NX-DEV-KIT-A: Camera kit
On the basis of the JETSON-ORIN-NX-DEV-KIT, it is equipped with an 8MP (3280 x 2464) high-definition camera, suitable for the AI intelligent applications such as face recognition, road sign recognition and license plate recognition.

JETSON-ORIN-NX-DEV-KIT-B: Camera + Touch display kit
On the basis of the Kit A, it is equipped 13.3inch Capacitive Touch Screen LCD (with case), 1920×1080 resolution, up to 10-point touch, built-in ferrite Hi-Fi speaker. It can display the images taken by the camera in real time, to achieve more human-computer interaction of artificial intelligence operations.
Version | 8GB*** SUPER |
16GB*** SUPER |
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AI performance | 117 TOPS | 157 TOPS |
GPU | 1024-core N-VIDIA Ampere architecture GPU with 32 Tensor Cores | |
GPU Frequency | 1173MHz (Max) | |
CPU | 6-core Arm® Cortex®-A78AE v8.2 64-bit CPU, 2MB L2 + 4MB L3 | 8-core Arm® Cortex®-A78AE v8.2 64-bit CPU, 2MB L2 + 4MB L3 |
CPU Frequency | 2GHz (Max) | |
DL accelerator | 1x N-VDLA v2 | 2x N-VDLA v2 |
DLA Frequency | 1230MHz (Max) | |
Vision Accelerator | 1x PVA v2 | |
Memory | 8GB 128-bit LPDDR5, 102.4GB/s | 16GB 128-bit LPDDR5, 102.4GB/s |
Storage | Supports external NVMe | |
Power | 10W | 15W | 25W | 40W | |
PCIe* | 1 x4 + 3 x1 (PCIe Gen4, Root Port, & Endpoint) | |
USB* | 3x USB 3.2 2.0 (10 Gbps) 3x USB 2.0 |
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CSI Camera | Up to 4 cameras (8 via virtual channels**) 8 lanes MIPI CSI-2 D-PHY 1.2 (up to 20 Gbps) |
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Video encode | 1x 4K60 (H.265) | 3x 4K30 (H.265) 6x 1080p60 (H.265) | 12x 1080p30 (H.265) |
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Video decode | 1x 8K30 (H.265) | 2x 4K60 (H.265) | 4x 4K30 (H.265) 9x 1080p60 (H.265) | 18x 1080p30 (H.265) |
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Display | 1x 8K30 multi-mode DP 1.4a (+MST)/eDP 1.4a/HDMI 2.1 | |
Other | 3x UART, 2x SPI, 2x I2S, 4x I2C, 1x CAN, DMIC & DSPK, PWM, GPIO | |
Networking | 1x GbE | |
Dimensions | 69.6 mm x 45 mm 260-pin SO-DIMM connector |
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* USB 3.2, MGBE, and PCIe share UPHY Lanes. See the Product Design Guide for supported UPHY configurations. ** Virtual Channels for Jetson Orin NX are subject to change Refer to the Software Features section of the latest NVIDIA Jetson Linux Developer Guide for a list of supported features. *** Orin NX Module and Waveshare kit: supports upgrading to SUPER image, provides SUPER upgrade tutorial in the wiki (jetpack 6.2 can support upgrading SUPER version); |


N-VIDIA Software
All N-VIDIA Jetson modules and developer kits are supported by the same N-VIDIA Jetson software stack, so you can develop once and deploy everywhere. Jetson software is designed to provide end-to-end acceleration for AI applications and accelerate the time to market. This brings the powerful N-VIDIA technologies that power data centers and cloud deployments to the edge.

Pretrained Models
Many AI applications have common needs: classification, object detection, language translation, text-to-speech, recommender engines, sentiment analysis, and more. Pretrained models from the NGC™ catalog are performance-optimized and ready to be fine-tuned with the N-VIDIA TAO Toolkit and customer datasets, reducing time and cost for production AI software development.
N-VIDIA software platforms including Isaac for robotics, Riva for AI speech, and Metropolis for video analytics, are available to speed vertical-specific applications

N-VIDIA Isaac
Robots improve efficiency and quality of life in industries such as manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and service. N-VIDIA Isaac™ accelerates the process with enhanced robotics development, simulation, and deployment.

N-VIDIA Riva
N-VIDIA Riva is a fully accelerated SDK for building multimodal conversational AI applications using an end-to-end deep-learning pipeline, suitable for optimized skills in speech, vision, and natural language processing (NLP) tasks.

N-VIDIA Metropolis
N-VIDIA Metropolis includes an application framework, s set of developer tools, and the partner ecosystem. It brings visual data and AI together to improve operational efficiency and safety across a broad range of industries.



Model | Module | Developer Kit |
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Jetson Nano N-VIDIA Maxwell architecture 128 N-VIDIA CUDA cores |
![]() 69.6×45mm 260-pin edge connector |
![]() 100×80×29mm Official Kit: 4GB / 2GB |
![]() 100×80×29mm Waveshare Kit |
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Jetson TX2 N-VIDIA Pascal architecture 256 N-VIDIA CUDA cores |
![]() 87×50mm 400-pin connector with Thermal Transfer Plate |
![]() 170×170×15.6mm Official Kit |
Jetson TX2 NX N-VIDIA Pascal architecture 256 N-VIDIA CUDA cores |
![]() 69.6×45mm 260-pin edge connector |
![]() 103×90.5×34mm Waveshare Kit |
Jetson Xavier NX N-VIDIA Volta architecture 384 N-VIDIA CUDA cores 48 Tensor cores |
![]() 69.5×45mm 260-pin edge connector |
![]() 103×90.5×31mm Official Kit |
![]() 103×90.5×34mm Waveshare Kit: 8GB / 16GB |
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Jetson AGX Xavier N-VIDIA Volta architecture 512 N-VIDIA CUDA cores 64 Tensor cores |
![]() 100×87mm 699-pin connector Integrated Thermal Transfer Plate |
![]() 105×105×65mm |
Jetson Orin Nano N-VIDIA Ampere architecture 512/1024 N-VIDIA CUDA cores 16/32 Tensor cores |
![]() Memory: 4GB / 8GB 69.6×45mm 260-pin SO-DIMM connector |
![]() 100×79×21mm Official Kit |
![]() 100×79×21mm Official Super Kit |
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![]() 103×90.5×34mm Waveshare Kit: 4GB / 8GB |
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Jetson Orin NX N-VIDIA Ampere architecture 1024 N-VIDIA CUDA cores 32 Tensor cores |
![]() Memory: 8GB / 16GB 69.6×45mm 260-pin SO-DIMM connector |
![]() 103×90.5×34mm Waveshare Kit: 8GB / 16GB |
Note: some models haven't been released yet, please contact the Waveshare service team if you need them. |
Quick Overview
JETSON-ORIN-NX-DEV-KIT
- Waveshare Orin NX development kit:
OPTIONS Jetson Orin NX Module x1
JETSON-ORIN-IO-BASE x1
Cooling Fan x1
128GB NVMe Solid State Drive (assembled) x1
Wireless network card (assembled) x1 - USB Type A to Type-C cable (~1m) x1
- Ethernet cable (~1.5m) x1
- Jumper x1
- OPTIONS Power adapter x1

JETSON-ORIN-NX-DEV-KIT-A
- Waveshare Orin NX development kit:
OPTIONS Jetson Orin NX Module x1
JETSON-ORIN-IO-BASE x1
Cooling Fan x1
128GB NVMe Solid State Drive (assembled) x1
Wireless network card (assembled) x1 - USB Type A to Type-C cable (~1m) x1
- Ethernet cable (~1.5m) x1
- Jumper x1
- OPTIONS Power adapter x1
- IMX219-77 Camera (with FFC cable) x1
- Camera FPC cable ~15cm (2PCS) x1

JETSON-ORIN-NX-DEV-KIT-B
- Waveshare Orin NX development kit:
OPTIONS Jetson Orin NX Module x1
JETSON-ORIN-IO-BASE x1
Cooling Fan x1
128GB NVMe Solid State Drive (assembled) x1
Wireless network card (assembled) x1 - USB Type A to Type-C cable (~1m) x1
- Ethernet cable (~1.5m) x1
- Jumper x1
- OPTIONS Base board power adapter x1
- Camera FPC cable ~15cm (2PCS) x1
- IMX219-77 Camera (with FFC cable) x1
- 13.3inch HDMI LCD (H) (with case) V2 x1
- Display power supply x1
- USB Type A to Micro B cable (~35cm) x1
- DP to HDMI cable ~1m x1
