Forecr DSBOX-N2 NVIDIA Jetson Nano Fanless Industrial Box PCs

Many IIoT and Industry 4.0 projects need AI at the edge on a tight budget and in a tight space, running from whatever DC supply is already in the cabinet. The Forecr DSBOX-N2 series meets that brief with industrial box PCs built around the NVIDIA Jetson Nano module, in a fanless 110 x 130 x 60 mm enclosure that draws under 10 W and is designed for 24/7 operation. Forecr positions the range for cost-effective edge analytics deployment, with individual configurations and ODM branding available from the manufacturer.

Every DSBOX-N2 shares the same design. The Jetson Nano combines a quad-core Arm Cortex-A57 processor with an NVIDIA Maxwell GPU of 128 CUDA cores and 4 GB of 64-bit LPDDR4 memory, enough to process up to 8 Full-HD video streams with the DeepStream SDK and to decode and display 4K video. Storage combines 16 GB of eMMC 5.1 flash, a MicroSD slot and an M.2 Key-M SSD socket, while M.2 Key-E and Key-B sockets add WiFi, Bluetooth, LTE or 5G modules, with a SIM slot for the cellular module on Key-B. The operating system is Ubuntu Linux 18.04, and the module supports deep neural networks for vision and sensor analytics at the edge. Two USB 3.1 Type-A ports and Gigabit Ethernet handle cameras, storage and network links.

The range splits by power control. The DSBOX-N2-AA is the standard industrial I/O build, without the power button option, for fixed installs that run unattended inside cabinets and machines. The DSBOX-N2-XX-P adds a front power button for attended installs, pilot lines and test benches where staff switch the unit on and off locally. Compute, I/O, storage and enclosure are otherwise the same, so the choice depends only on how the unit will be operated on site.

Industrial I/O on every DSBOX-N2 covers one Gigabit Ethernet port, two USB 3.1 Type-A ports, a software-configurable RS-232/422/485 port, two digital inputs and three digital outputs, with one HDMI 2.0 output for 4K display at 3840 x 2160. A 9-28 VDC input and an ambient rating of -25°C to +65°C suit these industrial box PCs to edge analytics, multi-stream video monitoring and IIoT gateways in size and power constrained systems across manufacturing and building automation.