Discussing development on the NVIDIA Jetson TK1 embedded development kit. The Jetson is based around an ARM-15 Tegra SoC and is billed as the first supercomputer on a chip.
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Setup your Jetson reliably and repeatably with a setup script. Here's mine, modify it to make it yours with the help of a LLM!
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Here's the JetsonHacks article discussing the device tree and overlays. Let's setup GPIO to actually output, shall we?
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JetsonHacks article about installing the Linux native RealSense SDK on Jetson Orins running JetPack 6.
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Article: Build the kernel and modules on board the Jetson Orin!
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Here's the JetsonHacks article for installing a Raspberry Pi camera on the Jetson Orin Nano Super.
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Docker Setup on JetPack 6 - Jetson Orin
Here's the article that supplements the Docker Setup Video.
One of the changes from the previous version of JetPack versus JetPack 6 is that installing from a host x86 machine not install Docker by default. The SD card install for a Jetson Orin Nano incudes Docker, but host installs do not. Looky here: Background When you install Jetson Linux from an x86 host machine, the process flashes the operating system onto the Jetson device. If you’re using the…
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JetsonHacks Newsletter - January 2025
This is a sample newsletter. Sign up to get email delivery! Hello there! The holidays are over, and it’s time to get to work. Or at least so I thought. I’ll discuss that a little further along. I hope your New Year is going great so far! News The New Year starts with the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang delivered the keynote which brought several announcements that…
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Black Friday - Cyber Monday 2024
Everyone is inundated with Black Friday to Cyber Monday deals. Here's some more!
Everyone is inundated with Black Friday to Cyber Monday deals. Here’s some more! They’re oriented towards Jetson use, of course. These are Amazon links. There are literally millions of things on sale, one of which may actually interest you! SmallRig Mini-V Mount Batteries If you want to use your Jetson with a battery, SmallRig makes some good solutions with their mini-V Mount Batteries. If you…
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JetsonHacks Newsletter - Fall 2024
This is a sample newsletter. Sign up to get email delivery! A Season of Study and Discovery In the last newsletter, I told you that August had been a study month. Apparently, my brain told me that I wasn’t done studying. A couple of months later … I tend to try to reconcile previously held beliefs and see if they match what I currently know. When I get a trigger, down the rabbit hole I go.…
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Install Anaconda - All the Pythons for AI & ML!
Here's the article! Anaconda is a virtual environment for Python. You can install it on NVIDIA Jetsons. This gives you easy access to a wide range of Python versions (upto 3.12) even on Jetson Nano! Python packages with supporting C/C++ libraries too.
Anaconda is a virtual Python environment that is well suited towards NVIDIA Jetson development. Installation is straightforward, and enables versions of Python up to 3.12 currently to run on your Jetson, even including the Jetson Nano! Looky here: Background Python virtual environments are self-contained isolated Python environments. These virtual environments allow you to install packages and…
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Visual Studio Code (Update 2024)
Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code is the most popular integrated development environment on the planet. You will see Visual Studio Code referred to as VS Code or simply Code. VS Code supports ARM processors, including the Jetsons! Installation is straightforward, but there are two paths you can go by. One for the Jetson Nano Developer Kit, and the other for later versions of Jetsons including the…
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JetPack 6.1 Production Release
JetPack 6.1 for the Jetson Orin series is out in the world! Lots of goodness to be had.
JetPack 6.1 is now out and about in the world! This version of JetPack is for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin series, and will not work on earlier Jetsons. I’m especially interested in faster Argus library performance. Here’s the info lifted from the NVIDIA Jetson Developers Forum. Note that on the NVIDIA site there’s additional information and quick start install info: We are pleased to announce the…
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Exploring Web Programming using AI
Working with a web server is a modern necessity. Can AI help?
For the last several weeks, I have been exploring web programming using AI. There are a couple of web page sketches I wanted to write. Looky here: Background There’s been a lot of noise about using AI in programming work flows. I spent much of August studying, trying to get a feel for what’s going to be important over the next few years. There’s the general overview, and then more specifically,…
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How BIG Things Get Done - Bent Flyvbjerg & Dan Gardner
“How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between” by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner is a book which I highly recommend. This is a very recent addition to my bookshelf, unusual for books that have only been out a short while. Most of the books are, let’s say, classic, having stood the…
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Containers for Docker Intuitively Explained
Containers are an operating system feature that have a very intuitive explanation. Looky here: Background Let’s dust off the old computer science degree and go back to Operating Systems 101. We think about the computer as two different parts. First is the hardware, which is the physical part. We’re more interested in the internals. This consists of the CPU, main memory, secondary memory like SD…
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THEIA-CAM MIPI/CSI Camera
NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano and NX Users Now Have a Ready to Use 13MP PDAF Camera Solution
THEIA-CAM™ (P/N THSCJ101) is a 13 Mega-Pixel MIPI/CSI camera with Phase Detection Auto Focus from THine Solutions. The THEIA-CAM works with the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano and Orin NX. Looky here: Introduction Vision processing is one of the most popular applications on NVIDIA Jetson. There are a wide variety of cameras to choose from, certainly good fits for almost any need. There are two main…
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Remote Management of Jetsons using Allxon
Remote Management of NVIDIA Jetsons? Check out the Allxon solution!
When you professionally deploy a fleet of Jetsons out into the wilds, managing them is quite the task. Fortunately, there are some great tools out there to help. One set of solutions is offered by Allxon, a Preferred NVIDIA Partner. Looky here: Background Most developers are familiar with the usual ways of doing remote management of computers. It is more complicated with embedded devices like…
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