For a battery-powered drone, the Hadron Carrier is the clear winner on all three of your criteria: it weighs about 6× less, its power input range suits common drone battery rails, and its serial port count matches the RAIBOARD's.
Comparison
| Attribute | RAIBOARD-ORNX (Forecr) | Hadron Carrier (Connect Tech, NGX012) |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 285 g | 49 g |
| Power input | 10–75 V | 9–60 V |
| Serial ports | 2 | 2 |
Both are compatible with the Jetson Orin NX (as well as Orin Nano), so your module choice isn't a differentiator here.
A few points worth noting for the drone use case:
- Weight: the Hadron Carrier's 49 g vs. 285 g is a substantial difference for flight time; it's also physically much smaller at 58.8 × 82.6 mm vs. 160 × 200 mm.
- Power input: the Hadron accepts 9–60 V, which covers typical 3S–12S lithium battery rails directly; the RAIBOARD's 10–75 V range is aimed more at railway power systems — the catalog lists railway as its application domain, and its shock/vibration rating is to the EN61373 railway standard (stated with the Raibox chassis).
- Serial ports: both boards provide 2 serial ports, so this one's a tie.
One thing to flag: the RAIBOARD is a GMSL-focused board with 4 GMSL camera inputs, 2 CAN ports and a SIM slot — if your drone uses GMSL cameras or you need a native CAN bus (e.g. for a flight controller), that could change the calculus. The base Hadron Carrier has 1 MIPI camera input and no CAN bus listed; if you need CAN plus GMSL on the Hadron family, the Hadron GMSL variant adds 2 GMSL inputs and 1 CAN port at 58 g.