VECROS JETCORE NVIDIA Jetson Carrier Board

The VECROS JETCORE is a compact, lightweight companion computer carrier board designed specifically for autonomous drone builds and edge AI applications. Custom-developed in India for aerial robotics, it interfaces seamlessly with NVIDIA Jetson compute modules to run onboard vision processing, obstacle avoidance, VIO (Visual Inertial Odometry), and AI inference directly on your airframe.

Key features

• NVIDIA Jetson compatibility: Designed to host NVIDIA Jetson system-on-modules (SoM) for high-performance onboard edge computing and real-time AI workloads.

• Drone-optimised form factor: Engineered with a compact footprint and minimal mass to integrate into autonomous multirotors, inspection drones, and research platforms without compromising flight times.

• Comprehensive I/O connectivity: Provides essential peripheral interfaces for connecting high-resolution MIPI CSI / USB cameras, LiDAR sensors, flight controllers (via UART/CAN), and telemetry modules.

• Robust power management: Features wide-input onboard voltage regulation tailored for direct powering from drone main battery harnesses and DC-DC power distribution systems.

Specifications

• Compatible modules: NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson Orin NX, Jetson Nano

• USB: 7 x FPC-type USB ports, plus 1 x micro USB for debugging

• Networking: 1 x Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45)

• Video output: 1 x micro HDMI 2.0, up to 3840 x 2160

• Camera input: 12-lane MIPI CSI via daughterboard connector

• Other interfaces: 2 x SPI, 1 x CAN, 1 x I2C, 1 x UART (all JST-GH), plus GPIO and PWM

• Storage: M.2 Key M slot for NVMe SSD, SD card slot

• Onboard sensors: 2 x BMI088 IMU, crypto authentication IC

• Software: JetPack 4.x and 5.x; works with ArduPilot and PX4

• Dimensions: 86 x 67 x 18 mm

• Weight: 40 g

• Operating temperature: -40 to +85 °C

Ideal for robotics researchers, commercial drone integrators, and developers building autonomous inspection or GPS-denied navigation systems using Pixhawk/ArduPilot or PX4 flight controllers paired with companion compute.