DFI X6-ORN-NX8-PoE NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 8GB Compact Edge AI Box PC with 2x PoE GbE

A camera or sensor at the edge of a site usually needs a cable for power as well as data. The DFI X6-ORN-NX8-PoE removes the second cable for up to two devices: two of its four GbE ports deliver up to 15 W of PoE each. It is the Orin NX 8GB PoE edge AI box PC in the X6-ORN series, with Orin NX memory bandwidth at the 8 GB size.

The NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 8GB module combines a 64-bit Arm Cortex-A78AE CPU with a 1024-core NVIDIA Ampere GPU with 32 Tensor Cores and 8 GB of 128-bit LPDDR5 at 102.4 GB/s, running at 10 to 20 W module power. That suits a production model that needs bandwidth more than memory size, and the X6-ORN-NX8-PoE runs Ubuntu 22.04 with a watchdog timer built into the Jetson module. An M.2 2242/2280 M-key slot on PCIe x4 takes an NVMe SSD for models, logs and recorded video.

Four RJ45 GbE ports run from separate Intel i210 controllers, and two of them supply 15 W PoE. Alongside sit four USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, a micro USB port for OS flashing, HDMI, a DB-9 combining RS-232 and CAN bus, a second DB-9 with four digital inputs and four outputs, and mic-in and line-out. An M.2 E-key 2230 slot takes Wi-Fi 6E, an M.2 B-key 3042/3052 slot takes 5G or LTE with a nano SIM, and six antenna holes are provided. Out-of-band (OOB) management is optional.

The edge AI box PC is fanless, takes 9 to 36 V DC on a terminal block and runs from -20 to 60 °C. DFI tests it to IEC 60068-2-27 for shock and IEC 60068-2-64 for vibration, and it carries CE, FCC Class A and RoHS. At about 165 x 65 x 150 mm and 1.98 kg it mounts on a wall with the supplied brackets, or on DIN rail with the optional kit. The X6-ORN-NX8 is the same edge AI box PC without PoE, and the X6-ORN-NN8-PoE moves to the Orin Nano 8GB module.