Vecow NAC-1000 NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin IP66 Rugged Computers with 8x GMSL, M12 PoE+ and Isolated CAN FD

Robots that work outdoors collect sensors quickly: cameras on every side, lidar, a vehicle bus, an IMU and a cellular link. Wiring all of that into a computer that also has to survive weather and vibration is where many projects slow down. The Vecow NAC-1000 series is a family of IP66 rugged computers designed around that sensor set, on the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin and based on NVIDIA Nova Orin, with support for the Isaac Perceptor stack on Isaac ROS.

Both NAC-1000 models share the same I/O. Eight FAKRA-Z connectors take GMSL1 or GMSL2 automotive cameras, four Gigabit PoE+ ports on M12 X-coded connectors deliver 25.5 W each to IP cameras or lidar, and a 1000BASE-T1 single-pair Ethernet port serves single-pair Ethernet sensors and networks. Two isolated CAN FD ports and 12 isolated digital I/O sit on sealed M12 jacks, with an M12 COM port, two USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C ports and HDMI 2.1. A Bosch six-axis IMU, magnetometer and altimeter are built in. Storage is NVMe on M.2 Key M, 64 GB of eMMC and micro SD, with two M.2 Key B sockets, two SIM slots and six antenna positions for optional 5G, 4G, RTK GPS or Wi-Fi modules.

The NAC-1000-R32 uses the Jetson AGX Orin 32GB, with an eight-core Arm Cortex-A78AE CPU and a 1792-core Ampere GPU, rated at up to 200 TOPS, for perception stacks with fewer concurrent models. The NAC-1000-R64 moves to the AGX Orin 64GB, with 12 cores, a 2048-core GPU and up to 275 TOPS, for larger models and full perception and planning on one unit. Both share the same connectors, enclosure and power input, so a project can start on one module and move to the other as the software grows without redesigning the wiring loom.

In practice the NAC-1000 series suits construction robots, AI-based robots and autonomous machines working outdoors. Power is 9 to 50 V DC on an M23 connector with 16-mode software ignition control. Vecow rates the fanless IP66 enclosure from -25 °C to 75 °C without PoE load, or 60 °C with 60 W of PoE load, and lists MIL-STD-810H shock and vibration testing with EN 50155 and EN 50121-3-2 compliance. A PCIe x8 slot is available by request, and TPM 2.0 is optional.