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Seeed Studio Carrier Boards for NVIDIA Jetson Modules
Seeed Studio is now shipping the J101 and J202 carrier boards for the Jetson NX form factor modules. This includes the Jetson Nano, Nano 2GB, Xavier NX and TX2 NX. The Seeed carrier boards are the same physical dimensions as the NVIDIA developer kits. The J101 is priced at $69 Read more …

Jetson 32GB AGX Orin Module Now Shipping
NVIDIA announced that the first AGX Orin modules are now available for $999 USD. These new Orin modules can deliver up to 200 Sparse TOPs! Here’s the official blurb from the Jetson Developer forums: NVIDIA is pleased to announce that the Jetson AGX Orin 32GB production module is available for purchase starting Read more …

Jetson Orin Developer Kit – What is it?
The Jetson Orin Developer Kit. In our first article and video in the series, we went over some of its features. We did not go over the what of the Jetson Orin much, or why you might use one. Here’s a hint, looky here: Introduction If you’re new to the Read more …
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NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit
The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit is now available! The new Jetson flagship has up to 8X the raw AI compute performance and up to 2X the energy efficiency of Jetson AGX Xavier. Looky here: Introduction The Jetson AGX Orin is the next evolution of the the Jetson product Read more …

$59 Jetson Nano 2GB
At GTC today, NVIDIA announces the new Jetson Nano 2GB priced at only $59! Looky here: Background Back in March 2019, NVIDIA introduced the the Jetson Nano. Today, NVIDIA announces it’s little brother, the Jetson Nano 2GB. The Jetson Nano 2GB is available for pre-order. In addition to the Nano Read more …

NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX Developer Kit
The $399 NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX Developer Kit is the new Jetson powerhouse on the block. Looky here: Introduction The Jetson Xavier NX dev kit brings Jetson Xavier performance to help solve AI and robotics where you need some serious machine learning horsepower. The entry level Jetson Nano is a Read more …
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RACECAR/J – Programming the Electronic Speed Controller
RACECAR/J is now using VESC 6 electronic speed controllers. Newer versions of the VESC now require the new VESC Tool to program them. Looky here: Background For RACECAR/J, we replace the stock TRAXXAS ESC with the VESC 6 Plus from Trampa Boards. This is the official VESC from the creator Read more …

Install VESC 6 Plus on RACECAR/J
Installing the VESC 6 Plus on the platform consists of several steps. First, remove the protective wrap on the platform. The VESC 6 Plus will be mounted to the bottom of the platform. Using the 4 supplied M5 screws, attach the VESC to the left side of the car. The Read more …

RACECAR/J FlatNose Platform Part 2
In RACECAR/J FlatNose Platfrom Part I we built up the lower FlatNose platform. In an earlier article, we built a chassis. Now we attach them together. Looky here: Introduction Building even a simple robot like RACECAR/J usually means several assembly steps. Now that we’ve built the chassis and the platform Read more …

RACECAR/J FlatNose Platform Part I
Note: Everything in the RACECAR/J store is 10% off from Black Friday to Cyber Monday. In earlier articles, we built a RACECAR/J using the MIT platform specification. The MIT platform accepts a Jetson TX Development Kit, a Hokuyo UST-10LX Lidar, and a Stereolabs ZED camera for the computing and sensing Read more …

Record and Playback Actions under ROS – RACECAR/J
One of the first things people like to do with their RACECAR is gather data. Using ROS we can record and playback actions. It’s easy! Looky here: Background The usual note here: You should definitely have the book “Programming Robots with ROS, a practical introduction to the Robot Operating System” Read more …

Exploring ROS – RACECAR/J
Exploring ROS is easy using the both the built-in tools and additional GUI based tools. Looky here: This is a little different than most the content on JetsonHacks. Basically we bring up a running ROS system using the MIT RACECAR stack and take a look around. This gives some background Read more …