Copyright Notice This document is copyrighted, 2024. All rights are reserved. The original manufacturer reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the original manufacturer.
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Acknowledgements All other products’ name 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 Arm Limited. ⚫ Linux®...
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Packing List Before setting up your product, please make sure the following items have been shipped: Item Quantity BOXER-8654AI-KIT ⚫ Screw Package ⚫ Power Connector ⚫ If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your distributor or sales representative immediately.
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About this Document This User’s Manual contains all the essential information, such as detailed descriptions and explanations on the product’s hardware and software features (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.
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Safety Precautions Please read the following safety instructions carefully. It is advised that you keep this manual for future references 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.
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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) Poisonous or Hazardous Substances or Elements in Products AAEON Main Board/ Daughter Board/ Backplane Poisonous or Hazardous Substances or Elements Hexavalent Polybrominated Polybrominated Component Lead Mercury Cadmium Chromium Biphenyls Diphenyl Ethers (Pb) (Hg) (Cd) (Cr(VI)) (PBB) (PBDE) PCB &...
Specifications System AI Accelerator NVIDIA® Jetson Orin™ NX Orin NX 16GB: 8-core Arm® Cortex®-A78AE v8.2 64-bit CPU Orin NX 8GB: 6-core Arm® Cortex®-A78AE v8.2 64-bit CPU System Memory 16GB LPDDR5 8GB LPDDR5 Storage Device M.2 2280 M-Key x 1 (NVMe) SATA Connector x 1 Display Interface HDMI 1.4 (Type-A) x 1...
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System I/O Cont. SATA Connector x 1 SATA Power Connector x 1 Expansion M.2 2230 E-Key x 1 M.2 2242/3042/3052 B-Key x 1 (SIM onboard) M.2 2280 M-Key x 1 for extending module Indicator Power LED x 1 OS Support Linux (NVIDIA Jetpack™...
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 40-Pin SPI & TPM Select 40-Pin UART &...
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 Orin NX Connector RTC Battery Connector Micro USB 2.0 for Flash Connector HDMI Connector RS-232/422/485 Connector...
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Label Function Recovery Button Reset Button Power Button Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
2.4.2 RTC Battery Connector (CN2) Signal Signal Positive Negative 2.4.3 Micro USB 2.0 for Flash OS (CN3) Signal Signal USB1- Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
2.4.5 M.2 2280 M-Key (CN9) Signal Signal 3.3 V 3.3 V 3.3 V SUSCLK PEDET Key M Key M Key M Key M Key M Key M Key M Key M REFCLKp PEWAKE# REFCLKn CLKREQ# PERST# PETp0 PETn0 ALERT# PERp0 SMB_DATA PERn0 SMB_CLK...
Signal Signal PERp1 PERn1 PETp2 PETn2 PERp2 3.3 V PERn2 3.3 V 3.3 V PETp3 3.3 V PETn3 DAS/DSS PERp3 PERn3 3.3 V 3.3 V 2.4.6 M.2 2242/3042/3052 B-Key (CN11) Signal Signal 3.3 V CONFIG_2 3.3 V 3.3 V SUSCLK(32kHz) CONFIG_1 Chapter 2 –...
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Signal Signal SIM DETECT RESET# COEX_RXD ANTCTL3 COEX_TXD ANTCTL2 COEX3 ANTCTL1 ANTCTL0 PEWAKE# CLKREQ# PERST# UIM2-PWR UIM2-RESET UIM2-CLK UIM2-DATA GPIO_0/SMB_CLK DEVSLP UIM1-PWR USB3.1-Tx+ UIM1-DATA USB3.1-Tx- UIM1-CLK UIM1-RESET USB3.1-Rx+ GPIO_8 USB3.1-Rx- GPIO_10 GPIO_7 GPIO_6 GPIO_11 GPIO_5 CONFIG_0 Key B Key B Key B Key B GPIO_9/DAS/DSS/LED_1#...
Signal Signal Key E Key E Key E Key E UART WAKE# I2S SD_OUT I2S SD_IN I2S WS I2S SCK USB_D- 3.3V USB_D+ 3.3V 2.4.8 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Port (CN20/CN21/CN22) Signal Signal VBUS_1 VBUS_2 (A)D- (B)D- (A)D+ (B)D+ Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
Signal Signal (A)SSRX- (B)SSRX- (A)SSRX+ (B)SSRX+ (A)SSTX- (B)SSTX- (A)SSTX+ (B)SSTX+ 2.4.9 PoE Power Connector for use with PER-P32D (CN30) CN30 Pin Function Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
2.4.11 DC in Connector (5.0mm) (CN29) Signal Signal DC Positive DC Negative 2.4.12 COM Port (CN5/SW1) RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
2.5.3 Active Cooler Installation Ensure the SoM module is installed prior to cooler installation. Please also ensure a thermal pad is placed in-between the SoM module and the cooler module when installing. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
2.5.4 Heatspreader Installation Ensure the SoM module is installed prior to heatspreader installation. Please also ensure a thermal pad is placed in-between the SoM module and the heatspreader when installing. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
2.5.5 Heatsink Installation Ensure the SoM module is installed prior to heatsink installation. Please also ensure a thermal pad, followed by the heat plate, is placed in-between the SoM module and the top heatsink. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
Before Installation Before starting the process, make sure your BOXER-8654AI-KIT system is turned off and the power is disconnected. You will need a Host PC running Ubuntu 20.04, and to ensure the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX module is installed on the BOXER-8654AI-KIT carrier board system.
Connecting to PC/Force Recovery Mode Step 1: On the Host computer, open the Linux terminal and enter the following command to extract the compressed BSP image files (BSP file name may vary): $ sudo tar -zxvf BOXER_8654AI-KIT_J6.0_A00_1.0.1_20241008.tar.gz Note: Do not decompress the file (i.e. Internal.tar.gz) using a Windows OS, BSP should only be decompressed in a Linux EXT3/4 file system.
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Note: Recovery mode cannot be initiated if the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX module is disassembled. Ensure the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX module is installed and refer to the image below to perform the force recovery mode steps: Chapter 3 – BSP Flash Guide...
Flash Image to Board Use the following steps to flash the OS to the BOXER-8654AI-KIT. Open terminal on the Ubuntu Host PC, then access the folder you extracted in the previous section. Enter the following command in terminal to flash the image: $ ./flashboxer.sh -s 62517420 nvme Wait as the image is installed.
Check BSP Version Once the flash image is successfully installed, the BOXER-8653AI will reboot automatically, then check the BSP version to see if the system is flashing the correct version of BSP . Open a Terminal, and type command “cat /proc/product”...
Update Note Running $ sudo apt upgrade command in terminal will overwrite the Aaeon kernel device tree(.dtb)/kernel image(Image)/bootloader in OS, which can lead to unexpected results including losing I/O ports. So Aaeon default disable Nvidia apt Repo for updating Nvidia apt package.
Power Mode for BOXER-8654AI-KIT NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX power mode can be selected and monitored by GUI, please refer to the following image: Note: Power mode is dependent on DRAM size. For more detailed information please visit: https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/jetson-modules Chapter 4 – OS User Guide...
DIO/GPIO Setting Command for BOXER-8654AI-KIT GPIO test command: Please refer HW DIO/GPIO section for PIN Number and GPIO ID mapping. Take “PIN 2 <-> GPIO ID:PY.02” as an example on JP6 : Set GPIO to 0 $ sudo gpioset -m time -u 300000 -b $(sudo gpiofind "PY.02")=0 Read the input value of GPIO $ sudo gpioget $(sudo gpiofind "PY.02") Note: Jp6 no need to export and set direction of the gpio, when using gpioget, the...
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