Forecr DSBOARD-ORNX-AA NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano Industrial Carrier Board, Supplied Without Module

Teams that hold their own Orin modules, or need to prove a design before fixing the memory tier, want the carrier on its own. The DSBOARD-ORNX-AA is the board-only option in the Forecr DSBOARD-ORNX series, an industrial carrier board for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano.

It accepts the Orin NX 16GB at 100 TOPS down to the Orin Nano 4GB at 20 TOPS. Fitted versions include the DSBOARD-ORNX-AB16 with the Orin NX 16GB and the DSBOARD-ORNX-AC8 with the Orin Nano 8GB, so the DSBOARD-ORNX-AA keeps the module choice open without changing the carrier. Cameras connect to four FPC connectors, two 22-pin 0.5 mm for 4-lane cameras and two 15-pin 1.0 mm for 2-lane cameras, which a DIP switch sets to 2x 4-lane or 4x 2-lane MIPI CSI-2. GMSL2 is not on the carrier; Forecr sells an eight-channel GMSL2 add-on board for Orin NX systems.

The DSBOARD-ORNX-AA has one Gigabit Ethernet port, two USB 3.1 Type-A ports and HDMI 2.0 at 3840 x 2160 for data and display. A 14-pin terminal carries the CAN bus, two separate serial ports (one RS232 and one RS422), two digital inputs and two digital outputs. There are two M.2 Key-M slots for NVMe (2280 at PCIe x4 and 2230 at PCIe x1), an M.2 Key-E 2230 socket for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and an M.2 Key-B 3042 socket with nano-SIM for LTE or 5G.

The DSBOARD-ORNX-AA takes 9-28 V DC and is rated from -25 to +85 °C, with a 5 V fan header; Forecr lists Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 with JetPack 5.x and 6.x. Forecr’s change notice moves the DSBOARD-ORNX to board Rev 2.0 from 1 October 2026, with a 9-32 V DC input, a -40 to +85 °C rating, a CAN FD transceiver and Orin NX Super Mode support.