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BOXER-8222AI Compact Fanless Embedded AI@Edge Box PC with NVIDIA® Jetson Nano™ User’s Manual 3 Last Updated: September 23, 2020...
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AAEON assumes no liabilities resulting from errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. AAEON reserves the right to make changes in the product design without notice to its users.
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Acknowledgements All other products’ name or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, and Jetson are trademarks of the NVIDIA Corporation ⚫ ITE is a trademark of Integrated Technology Express, Inc. ⚫ IBM and VGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. ⚫...
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Packing List Before setting up your product, please make sure the following items have been shipped: Item Quantity BOXER-8222AI ⚫ Power Connector ⚫ If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your distributor or sales representative immediately.
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(if any), its specifications, dimensions, jumper/connector settings/definitions, and driver installation instructions (if any), to facilitate users in setting up their product. Users may refer to the product page at AAEON.com for the latest version of this document. Preface...
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All cautions and warnings on the device should be noted. All cables and adapters supplied by AAEON are certified and in accordance with the material safety laws and regulations of the country of sale. Do not use any cables or adapters not supplied by AAEON to prevent system malfunction or fires.
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As most electronic components are sensitive to static electrical charge, be sure to ground yourself to prevent static charge when installing the internal components. Use a grounding wrist strap and contain all electronic components in any static-shielded containers. If any of the following situations arises, please the contact our service personnel: Damaged power cord or plug Liquid intrusion to the device iii.
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FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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China RoHS Requirement (EN) Hazardous and Toxic Materials List AAEON System QO4-381 Rev.A0 Hazardous or Toxic Materials or Elements Component Name PCB and Components Wires & Connectors for Ext.Connections Chassis CPU & RAM HDD Drive LCD Module Optical Drive Touch Control...
Specifications System Quad Core ARM® Cortex®-A57 MPCore Processor System Memory 4GB LPDDR4 AI Solution NVidia® Jetson Nano™ Display Interface HDMI 2.0 x 1 Storage Device 32 GB MicroSD Card (Jetson Nano version B) Mini-Card (Full Size) x 1 (PCIE+SATA+USB) Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-TX x 2 USB3.2 Gen 1 x 4 (USB Type A) GbE LAN x 2 (GbE PD x 1 + GbE LAN x 1)
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Power Supply Power Requirement DC 12V~24V 2-pin terminal Mechanical Mounting Wall-mount Dimensions (W x D x H) 6.92" x 3.94" x 1.54" (175.8mm x 100.0mm x 39.0mm) Gross Weight 2.31 lbs. (1.05 kg) Net Weight 1.28 lbs. (0.58 kg) Environmental Operating Temperature -10°C ~ 70°C with 0.5m/s airflow Storage Temperature...
Product Notice Micro-USB: Micro-USB port is ideally for flashing image only. USB ports: USB ports are not support USB DVD ROM because of file system. LAN Indicator Behavior Chapter 1 – Product Specifications...
List of Jumpers The board has a number of jumpers that allow you to configure your system to suit your application. The table below shows the function of each of the board's jumpers Label Function CN4 (Pin 7-8) AT/ATX Mode Select RS-232 PCIe/SATA Mode Select 2.3.1...
2.3.2 AT/ATX Mode Select (CN4 Pins 7-8) The AT/ATX Mode Select functions by connecting pins 7 and 8 of CN4. To prevent damage to the system, do not connect pins 7 and 8 to any other pin. Open – AT Mode Closed –...
List of Connectors The board has a number of connectors that allow you to configure your system to suit your application. The table below shows the function of each of the board's connectors Label Function Jetson Nano CPU module Connector RTC Battery Connector Front Panel Connector Micro USB for Image Flash...
2.4.2 RTC Battery Connector (CN3) Signal Signal 2.4.3 Front Panel Connector (CN4) Signal Signal Button power Recovery Reset Latch set Latch set PWR LED Note: Pin 7 and 8 are used for setting AT/ATX Power Mode. See Chapter 2.3.2 for information.
2.4.11 COM Port Connector (CN22) Signal Signal 485_RX1B 485_TX1B 2.4.12 UART Debug Port Connector (CN18) Signal Signal 3.3V UART0 TXD UART0 RXD I2C SCL I2C SDA Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
{BN} being the build number ACLinux_4.9_ACLNX49D.NV03.BOXER-8222AI.{BN}.tar.gz For example, build number 4 will be named as: ACLinux_4.9_ACLNX49D.NV03.BOXER-8222AI.4.tar.gz If you have any questions or need help installing an older build, please contact AAEON support or your AAEON representative for assistance. Chapter 3 – OS Flash guide...
Micro-SD Card USB adapter/reader (if host PC does not have a Micro-SD Slot) Jetson Nano Development Kit B01 module (no onboard eMMC storage); see image below for reference AAEON recommends downloading balenaEtcher for the image flash process. You can download the program the balena website: https://www.balena.io/etcher/...
3.1.3 Flash Image to Micro SD Card Step 1: Insert the Micro-SD card you want to flash into the host PC. Step 2: Run the Etcher flash tool. Chapter 3 – OS Flash guide...
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Step 3: Click “Select image” and choose the image file you extracted. File name should look like: ACLinux_4.9_ACLNX49D.NV03.BOXER-8222AI.{BN}.sd.img Chapter 3 – OS Flash guide...
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Step 4: Etcher will automatically choose a USB device to write to. Click “Change” or “Select Target” to select the correct device if Etcher has not defaulted to the SD Card. Chapter 3 – OS Flash guide...
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Step 5: Click “Flash!” to flash image to your SD Card. Ubuntu may ask for a password to continue the operation. Enter your password to continue. Chapter 3 – OS Flash guide...
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Step 7: After Etcher successfully finishes, remove the SD Card from the host PC, and insert the Micro-SD card into the NVIDIA Jetson Nano SOC. Then, insert the Jetson Nano SOC into the BOXER-8222AI board if you have not already done so. Chapter 3 – OS Flash guide...
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Follow assembly instructions in Chapter 2.5 to assemble the BOXER-8222AI system. Chapter 3 – OS Flash guide...
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