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Flash JetPack OS to A607 Carrier Board (NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX/Nano supported)

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In this wiki, we will show you how to flash Jetpack to an NVMe SSD connected to the A607 Carrier Board which supports both NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX module and NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano module

Prerequisites​

  • Ubuntu Host PC (native or VM using VMware Workstation Player)
  • A607 Carrier Board with Jetson Orin NX or Jetson Orin Nano module
  • USB Type-C data transmission cable

Enter Force Recovery Mode​

Before we can move on to the installation steps, we need to make sure that the board is in force recovery mode.

Step 1. Connect a USB cable between the Type-C connector on the board and the Linux host PC

Step 2. Press the RECOVERY button and while holding down that button, connect power adapter to the DC JACK on the board to power on the board

Step 3. On the Linux host PC, open a Terminal window and enter the command lsusb. If the returned content has one of the following outputs according to the Jetson SoM you use, then the board is in force recovery mode.

  • For Orin NX 16GB: 0955:7323 NVidia Corp
  • For Orin NX 8GB: 0955:7423 NVidia Corp
  • For Orin Nano 8GB: 0955:7523 NVidia Corp
  • For Orin Nano 4GB: 0955:7623 NVidia Corp

The below image is for Orin NX 16GB

Step 4. Remove the jumper wire

Download the peripheral drivers​

First of all, you need to install the peripheral drivers for this board. These are needed for some hardware peripherals to function on the board. Click the below links to download the drivers according to the Jetson module

Jetson ModuleJetPack VersionL4T VersionDownload Link
Jetson Orin NX 8GB/ 16GB5.135.2.1Download
5.1.135.3.1Download
Jetson Orin Nano 4GB5.1.135.3.1Download
Jetson Orin Nano 8GBDownload

Note: Currently we provide the above drivers. We will keep updating the drivers in the future with the release of new JetPack versions.

Flash to Jetson​

!!!note Before moving onto flashing, it should be noted that Jetson Orin NX module only supports JetPack 5.1 and above, while Jetson Orin Nano module only supports JetPack 5.1.1 and above.

Jetson Orin NX​

Here we will use NVIDIA L4T 35.3.1 to install Jetpack 5.1.1 on the A607 Carrier Board with Jetson Orin NX module

Step 1: Download the NVIDIA drivers on the host PC. The required drivers are shown below:

Step 2: Move the downloaded peripheral drivers from before into the same folder with NVIDIA drivers. Now you will see three compressed files in the same folder.

Step 3: Extract Jetson_Linux_R35.3.1_aarch64.tbz2 and Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-Filesystem_R35.3.1_aarch64.tbz2 by navigating to the folder containing these files, apply the changes and install the necessary prerequisites

tar xf Jetson_Linux_R35.3.1_aarch64.tbz2
sudo tar xpf Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-Filesystem_R35.3.1_aarch64.tbz2 -C Linux_for_Tegra/rootfs/
cd Linux_for_Tegra/
sudo ./apply_binaries.sh
sudo ./tools/l4t_flash_prerequisites.sh

Step 4: Extract A607-Orin-NX-JP5.1.1.zip. Here we additionally install the unzip package which is needed to decompress the .zip file

cd ..
sudo apt install unzip 
unzip A607-Orin-NX-JP5.1.1.zip

Here it will ask whether to replace the files. Type A and press ENTER to replace the necessary files

Step 5: Configure your username, password & hostname so that you do not need to enter the Ubuntu installation wizard after the device finishes booting

sudo tools/l4t_create_default_user.sh -u {USERNAME} -p {PASSWORD} -a -n {HOSTNAME} --accept-license

For example (username:"nvidia", password:"nvidia", device-name:"nvidia-desktop"):

sudo tools/l4t_create_default_user.sh -u nvidia -p nvidia -a -n nvidia-desktop --accept-license

Step 6: Flash the system to either NVMe SSD or USB Flash drive

NVMe SSD​

cd Linux_for_Tegra
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device nvme0n1p1 \
  -c tools/kernel_flash/flash_l4t_external.xml -p "-c bootloader/t186ref/cfg/flash_t234_qspi.xml" \
  --showlogs --network usb0 p3509-a02+p3767-0000 internal

USB Flash drive​

cd Linux_for_Tegra
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device sda1 \
  -c tools/kernel_flash/flash_l4t_external.xml -p "-c bootloader/t186ref/cfg/flash_t234_qspi.xml" \
  --showlogs --network usb0 p3509-a02+p3767-0000 internal

You will see the following output if the flashing process is successful

Jetson Orin Nano​

Here we will use NVIDIA L4T 35.3.1 to install Jetpack 5.1.1 on the A607 Carrier Board with Jetson Orin Nano module. Note that 4GB and 8GB Orin Nano modules use different driver files and the instructions are a little different.

Step 1: Download the NVIDIA drivers on the host PC. The required drivers are shown below:

Step 2: Move the downloaded peripheral drivers from before into the same folder with NVIDIA drivers. Now you will see three compressed files in the same folder.

Step 3: Extract Jetson_Linux_R35.3.1_aarch64.tbz2 and Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-Filesystem_R35.3.1_aarch64.tbz2 by navigating to the folder containing these files, apply the changes and install the necessary prerequisites

tar xf Jetson_Linux_R35.3.1_aarch64.tbz2
sudo tar xpf Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-Filesystem_R35.3.1_aarch64.tbz2 -C Linux_for_Tegra/rootfs/
cd Linux_for_Tegra/
sudo ./apply_binaries.sh
sudo ./tools/l4t_flash_prerequisites.sh

Step 4: Extract A607-Orin-Nano-8GB-JP5.1.1.zip for 8GB version and A607-Orin-Nano-4GB-JP5.1.1.zip for 4GB version. Here we additionally install the unzip package which is needed to decompress the .zip file.

cd ..
sudo apt install unzip 
# for 8GB version
unzip A607-Orin-Nano-8GB-JP5.1.1.zip
# for 4GB version
unzip A607-Orin-Nano-4GB-JP5.1.1.zip

Here it will ask whether to replace the files. Type A and press ENTER to replace the necessary files

Step 5: Configure your username, password & hostname so that you do not need to enter the Ubuntu installation wizard after the device finishes booting

sudo tools/l4t_create_default_user.sh -u {USERNAME} -p {PASSWORD} -a -n {HOSTNAME} --accept-license

For example (username:"nvidia", password:"nvidia", device-name:"nvidia-desktop"):

sudo tools/l4t_create_default_user.sh -u nvidia -p nvidia -a -n nvidia-desktop --accept-license

Step 6: Flash the system to either NVMe SSD or USB Flash drive

NVMe SSD​

cd Linux_for_Tegra
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device nvme0n1p1 \
  -c tools/kernel_flash/flash_l4t_external.xml -p "-c bootloader/t186ref/cfg/flash_t234_qspi.xml" \
  --showlogs --network usb0 jetson-orin-nano-devkit internal

USB Flash drive​

cd Linux_for_Tegra
sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device sda1 \
  -c tools/kernel_flash/flash_l4t_external.xml -p "-c bootloader/t186ref/cfg/flash_t234_qspi.xml" \
  --showlogs --network usb0 jetson-orin-nano-devkit internal

You will see the following output if the flashing process is successful

Configure WiFi and Bluetooth​

After flashing is successful, the Jetson will boot into the OS. Now you need to additionally configure WiFi and Bluetooth.

Step 1: Visit this page and click on 8723du.ko to download the WiFi/ Bluetooth driver file needed and copy them to the device

Step 2: Create a new directory for the driver

cd /lib/modules/5.10.104-tegra/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/
sudo mkdir rtl8723du

Step 3: Copy the previously downloaded 8723du.ko file to the newly created directory

cd ~
sudo cp 8723du.ko /lib/modules/5.10.104-tegra/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8723du

Step 4: Enable the driver

sudo modprobe cfg80211
sudo insmod /lib/modules/5.10.104-tegra/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8723du/8723du.ko
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe 8723du
sudo echo 8723du >> /etc/modules

Step 5: Reboot the device 

sudo reboot

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