Sintrones IBOX-604-G2 NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano Drone Computers

On a UAV, every gram of compute is taken from payload or flight time, so an onboard AI computer is chosen on mass and power input before anything else. The Sintrones IBOX-604-G2 series answers with a family of drone computers that put NVIDIA Jetson Orin compute and two GMSL-2 camera inputs into a wall-mount aluminum enclosure of 120 x 115 x 32 mm, with a net weight under 339 g on the manufacturer’s figures and no fan to fail.

Every model shares one build. Two GMSL-2 inputs on FAKRA connectors bring camera video straight into the Jetson module, and the Sintrones supported camera list covers oToBrite, e-con Systems and StereoLabs ZED X cameras. Networking pairs a 2.5GbE port on an Intel I226-IT controller with a GbE port from the module, one for the link to the drone system and one for LiDAR or a high-resolution sensor. CAN FD, an RS-232/422/485 port and a 3.3 V UART talk to flight controllers, and a built-in 3-axis accelerometer reports movement and orientation. An M.2 2242 Key M slot holds the NVMe SSD, M.2 Key B with dual SIM and M.2 Key E take WWAN and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth modules, and GNSS can be added over USB or M.2.

The three models differ only in the Jetson module. The IBOX-604-G2-ONX16 carries the Orin NX 16GB with an 8-core Arm Cortex-A78AE CPU and 16 GB LPDDR5, for larger models or two busy camera streams. The IBOX-604-G2-ONX8 keeps Orin NX with a 6-core CPU and 8 GB, and the IBOX-604-G2-ON8 uses the Orin Nano 8GB with the same 6-core CPU and 8 GB for lighter inference. All three have 1024 CUDA cores, and the two 8 GB models are rated to 55 °C against 50 °C for the 16GB build.

Power comes in at 10 to 60 V DC (nominal 11, 22 or 58 V) through a 3-pin terminal block with over-current, over-voltage, surge and reverse-polarity protection, ignition detection and smart power management, so the drone computers can run straight from 3S to 14S lithium packs. Shock and vibration testing follows MIL-STD-810H Methods 516.8 and 514.8 plus IEC 60068-2-64, and the IBOX-604-G2 series carries CE, FCC Class A, UKCA and IEC 62368-1 compliance. NVIDIA JetPack 6.2 or later provides Jetson Linux and the development tools, which suits UAV inspection, mapping, agricultural and AMR vision work.