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Jetson Thor carrier board with the most USB ports

Asked as: “need a thor carrier w/ as many usb ports as possible for a lab robot - which one has the most?”

Answered by the Rapidflare agent

The YUAN High-Tech ARC6N0 T5X-8USBC has the most USB ports of the 26 Jetson Thor carrier boards I found. It has 11.

ARC6N0 T5X-8USBC (YUAN High-Tech) yuan.com.twyuan.com.tw ↗“io.usb_ports=11”

  • It's the ARC6N0 carrier board plus a daughter board that adds 8x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C ports, for up to 10 Type-C ports in total. yuan.com.twyuan.com.tw ↗“paired with a daughter board adding 8x USB3.2 Gen2 Type-C (up to 10 Type-C total)”
  • It supports the Jetson T5000 128GB and T4000 64GB modules. yuan.com.twyuan.com.tw ↗“Jetson T5000 128GB, Jetson T4000 64GB”
  • Temperature limit: it's rated for −20 to 45 °C, and that range only holds with airflow. Check that this works inside your robot enclosure. yuan.com.twyuan.com.tw ↗“thermal.max_operating_temp_c=45 °C, thermal.min_operating_temp_c=-20 °C, thermal.operating_temp_condition=Requires airflow”
  • Other I/O: 1x 5GbE port, HDMI 2.0 and 3 M.2 slots. It takes 20–57 V DC. yuan.com.tw +2yuan.com.tw ↗“io.m2_slot_count=3”yuan.com.tw ↗“20~57V”yuan.com.tw ↗“with 1x 5GbE and HDMI 2.0”
  • Datasheet

Thor carrier boards with the most USB ports yuan.com.tw +5yuan.com.tw ↗“io.usb_ports=11”advantech.com ↗“io.usb_ports=8”advantech.com ↗“io.usb_ports=7”realtimesai.com ↗“io.usb_ports=7”realtimesai.com ↗“io.usb_ports=7”plink-ai.com ↗“io.usb_ports=7”

BoardMakerUSB portsOperating tempNotes
ARC6N0 T5X-8USBCYUAN High-Tech11−20 to 45 °C (needs airflow)Includes daughter board
MIB-741-ATAdvantech8−10 to 60 °C (needs airflow)Count includes recovery and debug connectors
ASR-A702Advantech7−10 to 55 °C (needs airflow)Built for robot (AMR) control
RTSO-4006Realtimes7−40 to 85 °C
RTSO-4007Realtimes7−40 to 85 °CCount includes the recovery port (all USB-C)
Y-C28PLink-AI7−40 to 85 °C4x USB-A, 2x USB-C

Things to keep in mind:

  • What the count includes: some boards count recovery or debug connectors as USB ports (MIB-741-AT, RTSO-4007), so you may get fewer general-purpose ports than the number shows. On the ARC6N0 T5X-8USBC, the 11 includes up to 10 Type-C ports. I couldn't confirm what the 11th port is. advantech... +1advantech.com ↗“Eight external USB connectors include recovery and debug”realtimesai.com ↗“seven external USB Type-C connectors including recovery”
  • Without the daughter board: the base ARC6N0 T5X has 6 USB ports. Seven other Thor boards also have 6, for example the Seeed reComputer J601 carrier board, MIB-742-AT and RTSO-4002. - Hot environments: if the robot will run warm or without forced airflow, the three 7-port boards rated −40 to 85 °C (RTSO-4006, RTSO-4007, Y-C28) may suit it better than the 11-port board. yuan.com.tw +1yuan.com.tw ↗“io.usb_ports=6”seeedstudio.com ↗“io.usb_ports=6”

Sources

  1. ARC6N0 T5X-8USBC yuan.com.tw
  2. MIB-741-AT advantech.com
  3. ASR-A702 advantech.com
  4. RTSO-4006 realtimesai.com
  5. RTSO-4007 realtimesai.com
  6. Y-C28 plink-ai.com
  7. ARC6N0 T5X yuan.com.tw
  8. reComputer J601 Carrier Board for Jetson AGX Thor T5000 / T4000 seeedstudio.com