Stereolabs ZED-BOX-MINI-NX16 NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB Embedded Box PC with 2x GMSL2 Cameras, 100 TOPS and -20 °C Operation

Autonomous robots that map, track people and classify objects at the same time put the most load on an edge computer, and memory often runs out before compute does. The Stereolabs ZED-BOX-MINI-NX16 addresses that as the 100 TOPS build of the ZED-BOX-MINI series, an embedded box PC on the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB with two GMSL2 camera inputs.

The Orin NX 16GB module runs at 10 W, 15 W, 25 W or 40 W, where 40 W is the MAXN SUPER mode that needs the fan kit. Stereolabs quotes single stereo depth at 30 fps with 23% GPU load and dual stereo depth with 47%, the lowest figures in the series, measured with the ZED SDK 5.0 NEURAL LIGHT model at 1920 x 1200 outside MAXN SUPER mode. Compared with the ZED-BOX-MINI-NX8, the doubled memory gives the ZED-BOX-MINI-NX16 room for several models at once, such as object detection and body tracking next to spatial mapping. Hardware encode covers one 4K stream at 60 fps or 12 at 1080p30.

Two GMSL2 FAKRA-Z connectors take a pair of ZED-X-NARROW stereo cameras or ZED-X-ONE-GS-WIDE monocular cameras over coaxial cable, and frame-sync trigger in and out keeps capture aligned when several units share a scene. HDMI 2.1 drives a display at up to 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz, with one Gigabit Ethernet port, one USB 3.0 Type-A and Micro-USB for flashing and debug. Storage is a 256 GB NVMe SSD on M.2 Key-M 2242. Order ZBX-450010 without Wi-Fi or ZBX-450110 with the optional Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6 module on the M.2 Key-E 2230 socket.

Power is 12 V DC (10.5 V to 13.5 V, 60 W maximum) on a terminal block, and the anodised aluminum and steel case is rated from -20 °C to 50 °C with 10% to 90% non-condensing humidity and CE and FCC marks. The integrated mounting plate fixes it to a frame or wall. We supply it tested with JetPack 6.2 and the ZED SDK installed, with your cameras and GMSL2 cables, and the fan kit configured if the project runs MAXN SUPER mode.