Photon for Xavier NX

NVIDIA® Jetson™ AI Camera Platform (145 x 64.5mm)

  • Description
  • Specifications
  • Ordering Guide

Photon is a Jetson™ AI Camera Platform specifically designed to support smart camera applications. This Jetson™ platform provides PoE PD Gigabit Ethernet uplink for data and power and has various I/O connectors positioned for easy packaging into off the shelf camera housings.  For applications that don’t require PoE PD ask for our lower cost Non-PoE PD options.

Compatibility NVIDIA® Jetson™ Xavier™ NX
Front IO (Camera End) MIPI Camera Inputs 2x 2-lane MIPI CSI-2
15-pin FPC 1mm Pitch Connector
Same MIPI connector used on Nano Dev Kit
Front IO (Camera End) USB 1x USB 3.1 (Gen 2) (Connector: USB Type C)
Front IO (Camera End) Camera MISC Interface 1x I2C (Can be used for Lens Control)
4x GPIO (Can be used for Additional Camera Control)
1x Power Output (Can be used for IR LEDs)
Internal IO Display Output 1x HDMI (Type-A Vertical)
Internal IO Fan 1x 4-pin PWM Fan Connector
Rear IO – USB OTG 1x USB 2.0 OTG for Flashing Capability (Micro USB)
Rear IO – USB UART 1x USB FTDI UART (Micro USB)
• Console Debug
Rear IO – Ethernet 1x 1000BASE-T Uplink
PoE IEEE 802.3af-2003 (15.4W) PD
PoE+ IEEE 802.3at-2009 (25.5W) PD
Capable of operating on either network
Lower-cost PoE Bypass Option Available
Rear IO – User Feedback 1x RGB LED
I2C controlled
Storage 1x SD Card Slot
1x NVMe (M.2 M-KEY)
Wireless Expansion 1x WiFi Module (M.2 2230 E-Key) (PCIe and USB)
1x LTE Module (M.2 3042 B-Key) w/ SIM Card slot
Dimensions 145 x 64.5mm
Rear IO – Power Input  1x 2mm DC Barrel Jack
+12V DC +/-5%
Operating Temperature -25°C to +85°C
Weight 76g
Model Description
NGX002 Photon AI Camera Platform, multi camera input, GbE, PoE uplink
NGX003 Photon AI Camera Platform, multi camera input, GbE, no PoE
XHG311 NVIDIA® Jetson™ Xavier™ NX Passive Heat Sink
XHG312 NVIDIA® Jetson™ Xavier™ NX Active Heat Sink
XHG313 NVIDIA® Jetson™ Xavier™ NX Thermal Transfer Plate