Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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As part of the Orin series, NVIDIA's Jetson Orin Nano developer kit vastly outperforms the previous Jetson Nano dev kit, while the Jetson Orin AGX dev kit is even more powerful. Paired with the Generative AI Playground – a trove of in-depth tutorials with readymade Docker containers – the Orin series is more approachable than ever. We unbox the Jetson Orin Nano dev kit and walk through its capabilities, while making sense of the new tech as compared to the rest of the field.

Thanks to NVIDIA for sending over this exciting kit! For inspiration and links to more informational resources, check out the recent AI Innovation Challenge with SparkFun: hackster.io/contests/SparkFun-NVIDIA-AI-Innovation-Challenge

Links:
// Official NVIDIA Jetson Orin series page: nvidia.com/en-us/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems/jetson-orin
// Buy NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit on SparkFun Electronics: sparkfun.com/products/22098
// Getting-started guide: developer.nvidia.com/embedded/learn/get-started-jetson-orin-nano-devkit
// User guide: developer.nvidia.com/embedded/learn/jetson-agx-orin-devkit-user-guide/index.html
// Deep dive and benchmarks, on Hackster News: hackster.io/news/jetson-gets-a-rocket-boost-hands-on-with-the-nvidia-jetson-orin-nano-developer-kit-4ef82eac71dd
// Pit droid powered by NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano – by Goran Vuksic, on Hackster.io: hackster.io/gvuksic/nvidia-jetson-orin-nano-powered-pit-droid-7da0e8
// More on Jetson: developer.nvidia.com/embedded-computing
// Compare Raspberry Pi pinouts: https://pinout.xyz