Linux Kernel

A UNIX-like computer operating system kernel mostly used for mobile devices.

Sample Root Filesystem derived from Ubuntu

A sample root filesystem of the Ubuntu distribution. Helps you create root filesystems for different configurations.

Toolchain

A set of development tools chained together by stages that runs on various architectures.

Bootloader

Boot software boot for initializing the system on the chip.

Sources

Source code for kernel and multimedia applications.

NVIDIA Tegra User Space Drivers

Provides the NVIDIA drivers that run in the userspace.

Flashing Support Scripts and Tools

A set of scripts and associated tools to assist in flashing your system.

Sample Source Code and Applications

Sample source code for developing embedded applications for the Jetson platform.

NVIDIA® TensorRT™

Provides a high-performance neural network inference engine for production deployment of deep learning applications. It can be used to optimize, validate and deploy trained neural networks for inference to the Jetson platform. The Multimedia API provides samples that use this engine.

NVIDIA® SDK Manager installs this component as part of the Low-Level Multimedia API.

cuDNN

NVIDIA® CUDA® Deep Neural Network library.

VisionWorks

NVIDIA® VisionWorks™ software development package for computer vision (CV) and image processing.

OpenCV

Provides OpenCV that NVIDIA optimized specifically for the Tegra platform. It contains Tegra-specific optimizations that enable it to run faster than the OpenCV implementation.

libArgus

A low-level API based on the camera core stack.

SDK Manager installs this component as part of the Multimedia API which provides a collection of APIs that supports flexible application development with better control over the underlying hardware blocks.

NVDC-DRM

NVIDIA userspace and driver for display.

X Driver

NVIDIA accelerated X driver.

Weston

NVIDIA accelerated Weston (compositor based on Wayland protocol).

for Host Ubuntu with cross deployment support

CUDA toolkit for the host.

for Jetson Developer Kit running L4T BSP

CUDA toolkit for use with the Jetson Developer Kit.

OpenGL

Open Graphics Library API for rendering vector graphics.

OpenGL ES

Cross-platform API for full-function 2D and 3D graphics on embedded systems

EGL

Interface between Khronos rendering APIs such as OpenGL ES or OpenVG and the underlying native platform window system.

Vulkan

A low level API that gives direct access of the GPU to developers.

Multimedia API (MMAPI)

A collection of lower-level APIs that support flexible application development. Multimedia API includes:

MMAPI also includes samples that demonstrate image processing with CUDA, and object detection and classification with cuDNN, TensorRT and OpenCV4Tegra usage.

MMAPI is for developers who use a custom framework or wish to avoid a framework like GStreamer.

MMAPI must be separately downloaded from the NVIDIA Jetson Download Center. It is not included in the download for the Jetson Driver.

GStreamer

Provides a higher-level multimedia API. This framework provides a parallel capability to the collection of APIs in the lower-level Multimedia API.

The GStreamer framework is installed with the download for the Jetson Driver. It is also installed by SDK Manager.

This framework is an alternative to Multimedia API.

Tegra System Profiler

A multi-core CPU sampling profiler that provides an interactive view of captured profiling data, helping improve overall application performance.

Tegra Graphics Debugger

A console-grade tool that allows you to debug and optimize your OpenGL and OpenGL ES applications.

PerfKit

A comprehensive suite of performance tools to help debug and profile OpenGL and Direct3D applications.

Documentation

Provides details for your development on the Jetson platform.

Samples