GMSL Adapter Kit for Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit#

The Basler GMSL Adapter Kit can be used for evaluating Basler ace 2 GMSL cameras with an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit.

This topic provides information about the characteristics of the Basler GMSL Adapter Board, how to connect it to an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, and how to use the adapter board in combination with Basler GMSL cameras and the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit.

主要功能#

• Works with NVIDIA's Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit
• Connects up to four Basler GMSL cameras (2 Dual Deserializer ports, allowing you to connect two cameras to one port)
• Switchable PoC camera power supply
• 2 Flat Flex Cables (FFC) (22 pins, 0.5 mm pitch, 76 mm) to connect the NVIDIA Developer Kit to the Basler GMSL Adapter Board
• Y-split power cable to branch off the power supply from the NVIDIA Developer Kit.
  This way the system set-up works with just one power supply unit.

通用规格#

GMSL Adapter Board Dimensions#

Components on Adapter Board#

环境规格#

电气规格#

状态 LED 指示灯#

There are the following LEDs on the GMSL Adapter Board
(assignment "connectors to LEDs", see in the images above):

• 4 PoC LEDs (PoC = Power over CoaX) indicating the power status of the cameras
• 1 PoC (PoC board voltage) indicating the status of the GMSL Adapter Board's PoC voltage
• 1 LED indicating the status of the GMSL Adapter Board's input voltage

See LED States table for a description of the different LED states.

LED 状态指示灯#

安装#

准备工作#

Make sure that the following items are available before starting the installation:

• Basler GMSL Adapter Kit, including
  • Basler GMSL Adapter Board (GMSL2 Quad deserializer board)
  • 2 flat flex cables (FFC cable): 22-pin socket connector with 0.5-mm pitch/ one cable for two GMSL cameras (i.e., max. four cameras can be connected)
  • 1 DC power cable with Y-split, 5.5 x 2.5 mm
  • Screws for mounting the board
• NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Development Kit with power supply
• Camera Enablement Package (to be installed on the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit). Supported by a Camera Enablement Package is the NVIDIA JetPack 6 with NVIDIA Orin SoC.
  See the NVIDIA documentation for further information.
• Basler ace 2 GMSL cameras
• GMSL Coaxial Cables with FAKRA Connector. You need one cable per camera.<
  For ordering a suitable cable assembly, see the website product page.
• Internet connection with access to the Ubuntu APT mirrors

The following image shows a setup example. Be aware that the components and their numbers (e.g., cameras) may vary.

First Steps#

1. Make sure your host system (i.e., the Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano Super Development Kit) is prepared (i.e., it can be run).
   See the NVIDIA documentation for further information.
2. Install pylon for Linux on your host system.
3. Install the Camera Enablement Package for your host system.
   See also further details in Installing and Setting Up the Software.

Installing Cameras, GMSL Adapter Board, and Lights#

To connect the cameras:

In the following setup, the power supply for the cameras is delivered via the power connector on the GMSL Adapter Board.

1. Make sure that all power to the components is turned off.
2. 从镜头接口上取下保护盖。
   
3. 将镜头安装到相机上。注意镜头插入的深度不要超过“允许的最大镜头伸入深度”主题中指定的深度。
4. If you only want to use the FAKRA connectors, skip this step and proceed with step 4.
   If you want to use any of the camera's I/O lines (opto-coupled lines, GPIO lines), carry out the following steps:
   1. For each camera, plug the 6-pin connector of the I/O cable into the I/O connector of the camera.
   2. For each camera, connect the other end of the I/O cable to the device that sends and receives I/O signals.
5. Connect the FAKRA coaxial cables:
   1. For each camera, plug the FAKRA connector of the coaxial cable into the FAKRA connector of the camera. For information about the assignment of FAKRA connector to the connector on the GMSL Adapter Board, see the drawings above.
   2. For each camera, plug the other end of the FAKRA coaxial cable into the FAKRA port of the GMSL Adapter Board.
6. Connect the FFC cables to the MIPI connectors on the adapter board and on the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit. For information about the assignment between adapter board and the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit, see drawing under Components on Adapter Board above and table below.
7. Connect the Y-split DC power cable:
   1. Connect the male plugs of the Y-split DC power cable to the power connector of the GSML Adapter Board and to the power connector of the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit.
   2. Connect the input end of the Y-split DC power cable to the power source.

To install the lights

For information about the light installation steps (lights and light control), see the Installation Basler Lights topic.

Installing and Setting Up the Software#

For the following steps, you need internet access.

1. Make sure that your components are powered on.
2. To use the cameras, install the Camera Enablement Package. Supported is the NVIDIA JetPack 6 with NVIDIA Orin Nano SoM.
   For other operating systems (e.g., Yocto) or other SoCs (e.g., NXP i.MX8, Rasperry Pi5 CM5), contact Basler support to get help.

3. During installation, it may be necessary to install additional distribution-specific packages. This requires an internet connection with access to the Ubuntu APT mirrors.
   The following code snippet shows the call:#

       tar -xf basler_cep_basler_nvidia_devkit_4ch_4.4.0.tar.gz
   cd basler_cep_basler_nvidia_devkit_4ch_4.4.0
   sudo ./setup.sh
   

4. After the successful installation, reboot your system and start the pylon Viewer either via the icon inside the Ubuntu application launcher or via the terminal (see below).

       /opt/pylon/bin/pylonviewer
   

Configuring#

1. Depending on the number of cameras you installed, you have to adapt the bandwidth management of the cameras in the Bandwidth Manager.

Further Information#

• For general information about GMSL cameras, see the General Information topic.
• For information about configuring Basler ace 2 GMSL cameras, see the Configuring Basler GMSL Cameras topic.