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Jetson Thor carrier boards with the most Ethernet ports

Asked as: “Thor-based AMR with lidars and IP cameras all on wired Ethernet: which Jetson Thor carrier board has the most Ethernet ports?”

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The Advantech ASR-A702 is the Jetson Thor carrier board with the most Ethernet ports — 6 ports, and it's actually purpose-built for exactly your application: Advantech describes it as an "AMR control carrier board for NVIDIA Jetson T5000 / T4000 (Jetson Thor) modules," so it's aimed squarely at autonomous mobile robots. advantech... +1advantech.com ↗“AMR control carrier board for NVIDIA Jetson T5000”advantech.com ↗“io.ethernet_ports=6”

Key specs relevant to your lidar + IP camera Ethernet setup:

AttributeASR-A702 value
Ethernet ports6 advantech...advantech.com ↗“io.ethernet_ports=6”
Max Ethernet speed10GbE advantech...advantech.com ↗“io.max_ethernet_speed=10GbE”
Supported modulesJetson T5000 128GB, Jetson T4000 64GB advantech...advantech.com ↗“Jetson T5000 128GB, Jetson T4000 64GB”
PoEOptional (poe_optional=True) advantech...advantech.com ↗“io.poe_optional=True”
CAN ports2 (for motor/drive bus) advantech...advantech.com ↗“io.can_port_count=2”
Operating temp–10 °C to 55 °C, requires airflow advantech...advantech.com ↗“Requires airflow”
Power input20–28 V advantech...advantech.com ↗“power.power_input=20-28 V”

It also supports 8 GMSL camera inputs and 3 M.2 slots if you later move cameras or a 5G/WiFi link off the Ethernet ports. advantech... +1advantech.com ↗“io.gmsl_camera_inputs=8”advantech.com ↗“io.m2_slot_count=3”

Runner-ups (4 Ethernet ports each), in case the ASR-A702's –10 to 55 °C airflow-conditioned thermal envelope is a concern for your AMR — these are all Thor-supporting carrier boards with wide-temp ratings:

BoardPortsMax speedTemp range
Connect Tech Gauntlet410GbE–40 to 85 °C, fan/fanless connecttec... +2connecttech.com ↗“io.ethernet_ports=4”connecttech.com ↗“io.max_ethernet_speed=10GbE”connecttech.com ↗“thermal.max_operating_temp_c=85 °C”
Advantech MIB-741-AT4 RJ45 + 1x 25GbE SFP2825GbE–10 to 60 °C, requires airflow advantech... +2advantech.com ↗“Four RJ45 ports, one 25GbE SFP28 port”advantech.com ↗“io.max_ethernet_speed=25GbE”advantech.com ↗“Requires airflow”
Forecr MILBOARD-THR4 (10GBASE-T)10GbE–40 to 85 °C forecr.io +2forecr.io ↗“4x 10GBASE-T”forecr.io ↗“io.max_ethernet_speed=10GbE”forecr.io ↗“thermal.max_operating_temp_c=85 °C”
Realtimes RTSO-4002410GbE–40 to 85 °C, fan/fanless realtimesa... +2realtimesai.com ↗“4x Ethernet”realtimesai.com ↗“io.max_ethernet_speed=10GbE”realtimesai.com ↗“thermal.max_operating_temp_c=85 °C”
Seeed Studio reComputer J6014 (with T5000; 3 with T4000)10GbE–10 to 60 °C seeedstudi... +2seeedstudio.com ↗“Ethernet and CAN counts are 4 each with T5000 and 3 Ethernet”seeedstudio.com ↗“10GbE RJ45”seeedstudio.com ↗“thermal.max_operating_temp_c=60 °C”

One thing I couldn't determine: whether the ASR-A702's six ports are all RJ45 copper or a mix of copper and SFP — the catalog lists the count and 10GbE max speed but not the connector breakdown; the datasheet linked from Advantech's product page would confirm that.

Sources

  1. ASR-A702 advantech.com
  2. connecttech.com connecttech.com
  3. MIB-741-AT advantech.com
  4. NVIDIA Jetson AGX & IGX Thor Ruggedized Carrier Board - MILBOARD-THR forecr.io
  5. RTSO-4002 realtimesai.com
  6. reComputer J601 Carrier Board for Jetson AGX Thor T5000 / T4000 seeedstudio.com
  7. Gauntlet connecttech.com