JETSON TX2 DEVELOPER 
KIT   
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User Guide 
 
 
DOCUMENT CHANGE HISTORY 
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jsachs, plawrence 
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jsachs, plawrence 
January 7, 2020 
ssheshadri 
Description of Change 
Revision for Jetson Linux Driver 
Package r32.1. 
Revision for SDK Manager and Jetson 
Linux Driver Package r32.2. 
Revision for Jetson Linux Driver 
Package r32.3.1. 
 
 
NOTE 
Welcome to the NVIDIA Jetson platform!  There two key things you should do right 
away: 
1.  Sign up for the NVIDIA Developer Program – this enables you to ask 
questions and contribute on the NVIDIA Jetson Forums, gives access to all 
documentation and collateral on the Jetson Download Center, and more. 
2.  Read this User Guide! After that, check out these important links: 
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•  Support Resources – This web page links to important resources, including the 
Jetson FAQ – Please read the FAQ. 
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Jetson Forum and the Jetson Ecosystem page. 
Jetson Linux Driver Package Release Notes – Jetson Linux Driver Package 
(L4T) is a key component of the Jetson platform, and provides the sample 
filesystem for your developer kit. Please read the latest release notes. 
•  Thanks, 
The NVIDIA Jetson team 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Note ........................................................................................... ii 
Jetson TX2 Developer Kit ................................................................. 1 
Included in the box ............................................................................. 1 
Developer Kit Interfaces ....................................................................... 2 
Note about carrier board revisions ........................................................ 3 
Interface Details ............................................................................. 3 
JetPack ....................................................................................... 7 
Summary of JetPack Components ............................................................ 7 
How to Install JetPack ......................................................................... 9 
Download SDK Manager on the Linux Host Computer ................................... 9 
Connect Developer Kit to the Linux Host Computer .................................... 9 
Put Developer Kit into Force Recovery Mode ........................................... 10 
Run SDK Manager ............................................................................ 10 
Working with Jetson Linux Driver Package ......................................... 11 
Compliance ................................................................................ 12 
United States ................................................................................ 12 
Canada ........................................................................................ 13 
European Union .............................................................................. 14 
Australia and New Zealand ................................................................ 15 
Japan ......................................................................................... 16 
South Korea .................................................................................. 16 
Taiwan ........................................................................................ 17 
China .......................................................................................... 18 
Singapore ..................................................................................... 18 
Environmental Disclosures ................................................................. 18 
China/Taiwan RoHS Material Content Declaration ..................................... 19 
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JETSON TX2 DEVELOPER KIT 
The NVIDIA® Jetson™ TX2 Developer Kit gives you a fast, easy way to develop software 
and hardware for the Jetson TX2 AI supercomputer on a module. Jetson TX2 is ideal for 
applications requiring high computational performance in a low power envelope.  
NVIDIA JetPack™ SDK supports both your developer kit and host development 
platform. It includes: 
•  Sample Linux filesystem with NVIDIA drivers 
•  AI and Computer Vision libraries and APIs 
•  Developer tools 
•  Documentation and sample code 
Before using your developer kit, you must install JetPack. A Linux host computer is 
required; for details, see How to Install JetPack, below.  
Minimum system requirements for the host computer are: 
•  Ubuntu Linux x64 v16.04 or v18.04 
•  A valid Internet connection 
•  At least 23GB of disk space 
INCLUDED IN THE BOX 
The Jetson TX2 Developer Kit includes: 
Jetson TX2 module (P3310) with thermal solution 
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•  Reference carrier board (P2597) 
•  Power supply with AC cord 
•  USB Micro-B to USB A cable 
•  USB Micro-B to Female USB A cable 
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(2x) WLAN/Bluetooth antenna 
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DEVELOPER KIT INTERFACES 
Top view of developer kit carrier board (revisions B02 and B04) 
Top view of developer kit carrier board (revision C02) 
 
 
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Note about carrier board revisions 
The B02 and B04 revision carrier boards are extremely similar. B04 added the CR5 and 
CR6 LEDs and some minor circuit changes.  The C02 revision included changes in 
support of Jetson TX2i and Jetson TX2 4GB modules, consolidation of button header pins 
into a single pin header, and changing the SATA connector to a right angle type to avoid 
possible conflict with a PCIe card. 
See the Jetson TX2 Developer Kit Carrier Board Specification for comprehensive information. 
Interface Details 
This list highlights some of the Jetson TX2 Developer Kit carrier board interfaces.   
 
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[CR1] Green LED indicates when SoC is enabled. 
[CR2] Green LED indicates when carrier board is powered. 
[CR3] Green LED indicates when [J18] M.2 Key E connector pin 6 is active. 
[CR4] Green LED indicates when [J18] M.2 Key E connector pin 16 is active. 
[CR5] Red LED indicates when main power supply is connected and active. 
[CR6] Red LED Indicates when the 12V supply for PCIe/SATA is active. 
[J1] SATA connector includes both data and power. 
[J2] PCIe x4 connector routes to a x4 PCIe 2.0 controller. 
[J4] The Power LED header can connect to a remote power LED. 
[J5] 10/100/1000 BASE-T Ethernet. 
[J12] Full-size SD Card interface supports up to SDR104 card mode (UHS-1). 
[J13] 400-pin (8 x 50) connector for the Jetson module.  The Jetson TX2 Developer 
Kit carrier board supports these Jetson modules: Jetson TX2, Jetson TX2i, Jetson 
TX2 4GB, and Jetson TX1.  See the NVIDIA Jetson Linux Driver Package 
Developer Guide for details about software support for those modules. 
[J15] 4-pin fan header for 5V PWM fan.  The Jetson TX2 module included with 
the developer kit already has thermal solution attached including Delta 
Electronics AFB0405MA-AFGE) 
[J16] HDMI 2.0. 
[J18] M.2 Key E connector can be used for wireless networking cards, and 
includes interfaces for PCIe (x1), USB 2.0, UART, I2S & I2C. 
[J19] USB 3.0 Type A. 
[J20 B02/B04 or J28 C02] USB 2.0 Micro-AB connector. 
This connector can be used to flash the developer kit, and provides access to USB 
Device Mode features when the developer kit is running. 
[J21] 40-pin expansion header includes: 
o  Power pins. 
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Two 3.3V power pins and two 5V power pins. These are not switchable; 
power is always available when the developer kit is connected to power. 
Interface signal pins. 
By default, all interface signal pins are 3.3V, but some can be configured for 
1.8V.  See [J24] information below. 
Jetson Linux Driver Package (L4T) provides a Python library, Jetson.GPIO, 
for controlling GPIOs. The library has the same API as RPi.GPIO. See 
/opt/nvidia/jetson-gpio/doc/README.txt on your Jetson system for 
details. 
By default, all interface signal pins are configured as GPIOs, except pins 3 
and 5 and pins 27 and 28, which are I2C SDA and SCL, and pins 8 and 10, 
which are UART TX and RX. 
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Optional 
Default  Signal 
voltage  Pin  Signal 
Optional 
3.3V Supply 
 
  I2C1 SDA 
  I2C1 SCL 
MCLK  GPIO 
Audio I2S 
1  2 
3  4 
3.3V 
5  6 
3.3V 
3.3V 
or 1.8V  7  8 
voltage  Default 
5.0V Supply 
5.0V Supply 
Ground 
3.3V  UART TXD  GPIO 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ground 
UART RTS  GPIO 
3.3V 
9  10  3.3V  UART RXD  GPIO 
11  12  3.3V 
or 1.8V 
Audio I2S 
CLK 
GPIO 
Ground 
  GPIO 
  GPIO 
3.3V 
or 1.8V  13  14 
3.3V 
 
3.3V Supply 
15  16  3.3V 
or 1.8V 
17  18  3.3V 
or 1.8V 
SPI1 MOSI  GPIO 
SPI1 MISO  GPIO 
SPI1 SCLK  GPIO 
Ground 
3.3V 
or 1.8V  19  20 
3.3V 
or 1.8V  21  22  3.3V 
3.3V 
or 1.8V  23  24  3.3V 
or 1.8V 
 
Digital Mic 
Input 
 
 
 
GPIO 
GPIO 
GPIO 
GPIO 
SPI1 CS0 
Ground 
 
  I2C0 SDA 
  GPIO 
  GPIO 
3.3V 
3.3V 
or 1.8V  29  30 
3.3V 
Not Used 
25  26 
27  28  3.3V 
I2C0 SCL 
Ground 
31  32  3.3V 
or 1.8V 
GPIO 
Digital Mic 
Clock 
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voltage  Pin  Signal 
Default  Signal 
3.3V 
  GPIO 
or 1.8V  33  34 
3.3V 
or 1.8V  35  36  3.3V 
37  38  3.3V 
3.3V 
or 1.8V 
39  40  3.3V 
or 1.8V 
Ground 
 
Audio I2S 
LRCK  GPIO 
  GPIO 
voltage  Default 
Ground 
Optional 
 
GPIO 
UART CTS 
GPIO 
GPIO 
Audio I2S 
DIN 
Audio I2S 
DOUT 
[J22] The camera connector supports up to six directly connected cameras via 
CSI-2, or up to 12 cameras via the virtual channel feature of CSI-2. The connector 
also includes some interface options for audio (I2S & DMIC). 
[J24] The voltage select header enables either 3.3V or 1.8V for these [J21] 40-pin 
expansion header pins: 
Pins 7, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 29, 32, 33, 35, 38, and 40 
The 3.3V level is selected when a jumper is on [J24] pins 1-2.  The 1.8V level is 
selected when a jumper is on [J24] pins 2-3. 
[J25] Use the included developer kit power supply with this DC power jack. 
[J26] 30-pin expansion header includes: 
o  Power pins. 
One 1.8V power pin, one 3.3V power pin, and one 5V power pin. These are 
not switchable; power is always available when the developer kit is 
connected to power. 
Interface signal pins. 
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Optional 
Signal 
voltage  Default  Optional 
Not Used 
Default 
  GPIO 
 
  CAN0 RX 
  CAN0 TX 
  GPIO 
 
Signal 
voltage  Pin 
1  2 
3.3V 
3 
5  6 
7  8 
9  10 
11  12 
3.3V 
3.3V 
3.3V 
Ground 
1.8V 
  GPIO 
3.3V 
13  14 
1.8V 
  CAN1 RX 
3.3V 
15  16 
 
  CAN1 TX 
3.3V 
17  18 
1.8V 
1.8V 
Supply 
GPIO 
3.3V Supply 
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5.0V Supply 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ground 
I2C2 
CLK  GPIO 
I2C2 
SDA  GPIO 
WDT 
RESET 
OUT 
I2C3 
CLK 
GPIO 
 
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