Here's the comparison between the two e-con Systems stereo depth cameras:
Power consumption
| Spec | Tara | TaraXL |
|---|---|---|
| Operating voltage | 5 V ± 5% | 5 V ± 5% |
| Current | 454 mA | 454 mA |
| Max power | 1.155 W | 1.125 W |
| Min power | 0.77 W | 0.975 W |
Both cameras run on the same 5 V USB supply at 454 mA; Tara's stated maximum draw is 1.155 W while TaraXL's is 1.125 W, and Tara's stated minimum (0.77 W) is lower than TaraXL's (0.975 W). e-consyste... +1e-consystems.com ↗“0.77W”e-consystems.com ↗“0.975W”
Jetson platform support
- Tara — a UVC-compliant USB 3.0 stereo camera that works with general host OSes (Windows 10/8/7, Linux, Android, MAC); the catalog lists no specific Jetson families for it, and its documentation doesn't call out any Jetson platform support. It's the plain stereo camera for customers developing their own algorithms. e-consyste...e-consystems.com ↗“Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Linux, Android and MAC”
- TaraXL — optimized for NVIDIA Jetson platforms. The catalog lists it as supporting Jetson TX2 and Jetson AGX Xavier, and the product page describes it as "a USB Stereo camera which is optimized for NVIDIA® Jetson AGX Xavier™/Jetson™ TX2 and NVIDIA GPU Cards." The bundled TaraXL SDK is tailored to those two platforms (built on OpenCV 3.4.2 and CUDA), with supported software versions JetPack 4.2 / L4T 32.1 for both Jetson AGX Xavier and Jetson TX2. ## Summary e-consyste... +2e-consystems.com ↗“Plugs in to USB 3.0 port of NVIDIA® Jetson AGX Xavier™/Jetson™ TX2 Developer Kit”e-consystems.com ↗“tailored to work with NVIDIA® Jetson AGX Xavier™/Jetson™ TX2 platform”e-consystems.com ↗“Jetson AGX Xavier™ - JetPack 4.2 L4T32.1”
The practical difference is the platform story: Tara is a generic UVC stereo camera for host-side development (Windows/Linux/Android/MAC), while TaraXL is the same sensor (0.3 MP onsemi MT9V024, global shutter, 60 mm baseline, depth range 50–300 cm) packaged with an NVIDIA CUDA-accelerated SDK targeting Jetson TX2 and Jetson AGX Xavier. Power-wise they are nearly identical (~1.1 W max on 5 V USB). e-consyste...e-consystems.com ↗“based on MT9V024 stereo sensor from onsemi”