Auvidea X242 is an industrial carrier board for NVIDIA’s Jetson Thor T5000 module, targeting edge AI, robotics, vision, and high-bandwidth embedded systems, mainly in industrial and high-performance commercial applications.
The board supports dual 10GbE, PCIe x16 expansion, NVMe storage, 4G LTE/5G M.2, up to four displays through HDMI and DisplayPort Alt Mode over USB-C (rev 3), and multiple cameras through a 16-lane CSI-2 camera connector. The carrier board supports a wide 24–48 V power input with power modes up to 120 W. Industrial features include hot-swap control, reverse and over-voltage protection, and backward compatibility with earlier Auvidea Jetson platforms.
Auvidea X242 Specifications:
- Supported system-on-module – NVIDIA Jetson Thor T5000
- Storage – M.2 Key M 2280 socket (PCIe x2 Gen 5) for NVMe SSD
- Video Output
- HDMI port
- Up to 3x USB-C with DisplayPort Alt Mode
- Up to 4x displays supported simultaneously
- Camera – 16-lane CSI-2 camera connector, compatible with NVIDIA P3762 camera sensor module
- Networking
- 2x 10GbE RJ45 ports via Realtek RTL8127 controllers
- 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 module (LM843)
- Optional 4G/5G via M.2 modules (USB 3.2 Gen 2×1)
- USB
- USB 3.2 Gen 2×1 Type-A port
- 4x USB 3.2 Gen 2×1 Type-C ports
- Expansion
- PCIe x16 slot (supports up to PCIe Gen5 x8, rev 3 only, up to 32 Gbit/s per lane)
- M.2 Key M slot for NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen5 x2 )
- M.2 Key B slot for 4G LTE/5G modem card (USB 3.2 Gen 2)
- Connectors with
- 1x CAN Bus (with transceiver)
- 1x CAN RX/TX (external transceiver)
- UART debug interface
- 2x I²C headers
- Debug – On-board debug port
- Misc
- On-board MCU
- Hardware security (ATSH204A crypto chip)
- Autoflashing support
- 12V PWM fan connector
- GPIO-controlled RGB LED
- RTC
- Power
- Input – 24V to 48V wide-range DC
- Consumption – Up to 120 W operating modes (power supply designed for up to 300 W)
- Protection – Overvoltage, reverse voltage, hot-swap controller, hot-plug protection
- Connector – 3.81mm pluggable locking terminal
- Dimensions – 125 x 104.6 mm (Compatible with X23x carrier boards)
- Temperature Range – -40°C to +85°C
The company mentions that the X242 is form-factor compatible with Auvidea’s earlier X23x carrier boards, which makes it easy to migrate existing Jetson AGX Xavier and Orin designs to Jetson T5000. It also supports linking of multiple Jetson T5000 systems over PCIe x8 or 10GbE for scaling performance. Some display features require Device Tree changes, and there is also support for single-cable touchscreen DP Alt Mode, but that is limited to the rev-3 board.
There is not much information about software, but the X242 should work with the latest JetPack 7.0 (Ubuntu 24.04), but it’s not going be plug and play, and you need to have specific BSP patches to enable the 10GbE PHY and the PCIe switch negotiating correctly, which at the time of writing the company does nor provides. As a side note, Auvidea was also one of the first companies to have introduced an RTL8127-based M.2 10GbE module.
This is not the first industrial carrier board based on the Jetson Thor T5000. One other options include Connect Tech’s Gauntlet (AGX301-09T) carrier board, and fanless embedded AI PCs like the Firefly EC-ThorT5000 and the ASUS IoT PE3000N have been introduced previously.
Auvidea says the X242 is designed and built in Germany, with options for custom configurations available on request. The board is offered in different revisions, including a rev-2 beta and a rev-3 version that adds additional PCIe and display features. Depending on the variant, the carrier board is priced between €599 and €799 (~$650 to $870) excluding VAT and shipping. More information is available on the product page.
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