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Aetina Jetson Thor box with CAN for a mobile robot

Asked as: “Mobile robot on Jetson Thor that needs to talk to motor controllers over CAN - which Aetina box fits?”

Answered by the Rapidflare agent

The Aetina box that fits your need is the AIE-KT78 — it's the only Aetina Jetson Thor box PC in the catalog with CAN onboard.

ProductJetson moduleCANKey specs
AIE-KT78Jetson T5000 128GB2x isolated CAN FD128GB LPDDR5X, 2070 TFLOPS FP4, 3x Ethernet (up to 25GbE), 8x GMSL camera inputs, 9–48 VDC input aetina.comaetina.com ↗“2x isolated CAN FD”

Why it fits a mobile robot talking to motor controllers over CAN:

  • 2x isolated CAN FD ports — CAN FD covers both classic CAN and CAN FD motor controllers, and the isolation helps on vehicles with noisy power domains. aetina.comaetina.com ↗“2x isolated CAN FD”
  • 9–48 VDC wide-range power input is listed, so it can run from a common mobile-robot battery bus. aetina.comaetina.com ↗“9V-48V”
  • Operating range of -25 °C to 55 °C and 95% non-condensing humidity rating are listed. aetina.comaetina.com ↗“95% (non-condensing)”
  • Compact enclosure: 220 × 143 × 80 mm, ~3.17 kg. aetina.comaetina.com ↗“3171 g”
  • Also relevant for a robot: 8 GMSL camera inputs and a QSFP28 port configurable as 4x 25GbE. aetina.comaetina.com ↗“QSFP28 as 4x 25GbE”

One caveat to note: Aetina's datasheet for the AIE-KT78 is labelled Preliminary, so confirm final specs with Aetina before committing. aetina.comaetina.com ↗“datasheet is labelled Preliminary”

For completeness: Aetina has a second Jetson Thor box, the AIE-KT68 (Jetson T4000 64GB), but its CAN bus is listed as not present, and the maker states CAN FD is exclusive to the AIE-KT78 — so it would not serve your CAN requirement. aetina.comaetina.com ↗“CAN FD is exclusive to AIE-KT78”

Sources

  1. AIE-KT78 aetina.com