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Version 1, March 2023

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  • Page 1 Uranus User's Manual Version 1, March 2023...

  • Page 2: Copyright And Legal Statement

    It is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by SmartCow. SmartCow acts in good faith and attempts to ensure that content is accurate, complete or reliable, but it does not represent it to be error-free. SmartCow, its subsidiaries, the directors, employees, and agents assume no responsibility or liability for any inaccuracies, omissions, or errors that may appear in the content of this document.

  • Page 3: Acknowledgements

    Acknowledgements All other products’ names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. ® ™ ™ ™ • NVIDIA , the NVIDIA logo, Jetson , Jetson Orin , and JetPack are trademarks of the NVIDIA Corporation. ® ® • Arm and Arm v8-M architecture are registered trademarks of Limited.

  • Page 4: Declaration Of Conformity

    Declaration of conformity This equipment has been tested and verified to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

  • Page 5: Safety Precautions

    • All cables and adapters supplied by SmartCow 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 SmartCow to prevent system malfunction or fires.

  • Page 6: Warranty And Rma

    Additionally, the needed repairing time depends on component acquisition. • Any products returned by SmartCow to other locations besides the customers’ site will bear an extra charge and will be billed to the customer.

  • Page 7: Rohs Compliance

    In order to meet the RoHS compliant directives, SmartCow has established an engineering and manufacturing task force to implement the introduction of green products. The task force will ensure that we follow the standard SmartCow development procedure and that all the new RoHS components and new manufacturing processes maintain the highest industry quality levels for which SmartCow is renowned.

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    4.2 Flashing firmware for Nano eMMC......................... 19 4.3 Flashing firmware for TX2 NX eMMC......................19 4.4 Flashing firmware for Xavier NX eMMC......................20 Appendix A: (Optional) Installing the Uranus fan kit................. 21 Appendix B: (Optional) Installing an mPCIe card into Uranus............23 viii...

  • Page 9: Chapter 1: About Uranus

    • It has a GPU-accelerated platform that is compatible with a range of modules (Xavier NX, TX2 NX, and Nano). • As a lightweight all-in-one solution, Uranus is easy to deploy with minimal labor costs and fully-integrated hardware and software.

  • Page 10: Block Diagram

    150 × 110 × 60mm (L x W x H) Weight 0.9kg Installation Wall mount 1.3 Block diagram The following figure show the main components of Uranus. 1.4 Layout The following figure shows the layout of Uranus from the top, front, and side views. About Uranus...

  • Page 11: I/O Ports, Pins, And Switches

    1.5 I/O ports, pins, and switches The following photographs show where you can find the I/O ports, pins, and switches on Uranus. Figure 1: Front of Uranus About Uranus...
  • Page 12 Figure 2: Back of Uranus Figure 3: Side of Uranus About Uranus...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2: Ordering Information

    Mini PCIe standoff Wall mount Uranus comes with a wall mount bracket. To use the wall mount bracket, you need four M3 size screws that are at least 6mm in length. There is no installation height limit. Accessories list (optional)
  • Page 14 Xavier NX 16GB TX2 NX Nano 6-core NVIDIA Carmel Dual-Core NVIDIA Denver 2 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A57 ® v8.2 64-bit CPU 6MB 64- Bit CPU MPCore processor L2 + 4MB L3 processor ® ® Quad-Core Arm Cortex A57 MPCore processor NVIDIA VoltaTM NVIDIA PascalTM NVIDIA Maxwell architecture with 384...

  • Page 15: Chapter 3: Testing The Oled Of Uranus

    Testing the OLED of TX2 NX eMMC-based devices • Testing the OLED of Xavier NX eMMC-based devices About this task 3.1 Downloading the OLED demo files for Uranus About this task Before you begin OLED testing, download the OLED demo files. Procedure 1.

  • Page 16: Testing The Oled Of Tx2 Nx Emmc-Based Devices

    1. Download the luma example using the following commands. cd oled_test git clone https://github.com/rm-hull/luma.examples.git git clone --depth 1 --branch 3.8.1 https://github.com/rm-hull/luma.oled.git git clone --depth 1 --branch 2.3.1 https://github.com/rm-hull/luma.core.git sudo cp -r luma.oled/luma/ luma.examples/examples/ sudo cp -r luma.core/luma/core/ luma.examples/examples/luma/ sudo rm -r luma.oled/ luma.core/ Testing the OLED of Uranus...

  • Page 17: Testing The Oled Of Xavier Nx Emmc-Based Devices

    1. Download the luma example using the following commands. cd oled_test git clone https://github.com/rm-hull/luma.examples.git git clone --depth 1 --branch 3.8.1 https://github.com/rm-hull/luma.oled.git git clone --depth 1 --branch 2.3.1 https://github.com/rm-hull/luma.core.git sudo cp -r luma.oled/luma/ luma.examples/examples/ sudo cp -r luma.core/luma/core/ luma.examples/examples/luma/ sudo rm -r luma.oled/ luma.core/ Testing the OLED of Uranus...
  • Page 18 --spi-port 2 --spi-device 0 --interface spi --gpio Jetson.GPIO --gpio-mode Jetson.GPIO.BOARD --gpio-data-command 32 --gpio-reset 31 --gpio-reset- hold-time 0.1 --width 128 --height 40 Note: To run scripts from the examples folder, you may need to manually install their dependencies. Testing the OLED of Uranus...

  • Page 19: Chapter 4: Flashing Your Firmware

    Flashing firmware for Xavier NX eMMC 4.1 Putting your device into recovery mode There are two ways to set Uranus to recovery mode. Before you begin • Prepare one available PC that can meet the basic Ubuntu 18.04 hardware requirements.

  • Page 20: Flashing Firmware For Xavier Nx Emmc

    Procedure 1. Extract the SmartCow Board Support Package (BSP) image. tar xvjf <SmartCow_BSP_image_file_name> 2. Change the current working directory to the directory named mfi_jetson-xavier-nx-devkit-tx2-nx cd mfi_jetson-xavier-nx-devkit-tx2-nx 3. Connect the Jetson board to a host computer and enter the RCM mode on that board.

  • Page 21: Appendix A: (Optional) Installing The Uranus Fan Kit

    (Optional) Installing the Uranus fan kit Procedure 1. Remove the screws on the device as shown in the following figure. 2. Lock the cable clip on the front panel. 3. Move the wire to the left. Slide the kit from bottom to top into cover.
  • Page 22 5. Put the front panel back. 6. Lock the screws, plug the wire into the fan connector, and buckle the cable clip. (Optional) Installing the Uranus fan kit...

  • Page 23: Appendix B: (Optional) Installing An Mpcie Card Into Uranus

    (Optional) Installing an mPCIe card into Uranus Procedure 1. Remove the six screws to open the bottom plate, as shown in the following figures. (Optional) Installing an mPCIe card into Uranus...
  • Page 24 You can see the mPCIe slot. 2. Install a Wi-Fi module, LTE module, or mSATA. (Optional) Installing an mPCIe card into Uranus...
  • Page 25 (Optional) Installing an mPCIe card into Uranus...
  • Page 26 (Optional) Installing an mPCIe card into Uranus...
  • Page 27 Document control Document Version Product Version Release Date 2023-03-30 Document control...

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