Neousys NRU-160-FT NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Nano Robotics Computers

Outdoor robots and autonomous machines usually carry their electronics inside a sealed body, where a finned computer has no airflow and a fan would draw in dust. Neousys designed the NRU-160-FT for that position: a Jetson robotics computer with a flattop heatsink that conducts heat into the robot chassis or cabinet wall, and that runs at outside-air temperatures typically 10 to 15 °C lower than the air inside the enclosure.

Every NRU-160-FT takes an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX module with 16 GB or 8 GB of LPDDR5, or an Orin Nano with 8 GB or 4 GB, delivering up to 100 sparse TOPS of INT8 inference and transcoding up to eighteen 1080p streams within 25 W. The module is chosen at order, along with the M.2 2242 NVMe drive at PCIe Gen3 x1. Neousys tested the series on a 60 x 60 cm aluminium plate and rates it from -25 °C to 70 °C with no throttling at 70 °C in 25 W mode. A mini PCIe socket takes CAN, COM or Wi-Fi modules, and an M.2 B key socket with dual micro SIM support takes 4G LTE or 5G.

Two models cover the main camera types. The NRU-161V-FT has six GMSL2 inputs on waterproof FAKRA Z connectors, supporting six 2MP IMX390, six 3MP ISX031 or four 5MP IMX490 cameras with pre-built drivers, for surround view and ADAS-style perception. The NRU-162S-FT has four GbE ports by Intel I350-AM4 on X-coded M12 connectors with 802.3at PoE+ from a 50 W budget, for IP or industrial GigE cameras. Both keep a separate M12 GbE port for LiDAR or a link to another computer.

Both NRU-160-FT models share CAN FD, RS-232, two USB 2.0 ports and a VGA output on M12, an isolated GPS PPS input for time synchronisation and a USB Type-C port for flashing. Power is 8 to 35 V DC with built-in ignition control on a 5-pin M12, with the required input narrowing to 12 to 35 V or 20 to 35 V at higher system loads. Vibration and shock are tested to MIL-STD-810H. These robotics computers weigh 1.5 kg, with the wall-mount bracket integrated into the chassis, and suit AMRs, smart agriculture, mining, construction and roadside units.