Related Documentation

Many documents related to NVIDIA® Jetson™ Linux (L4T) are available from:
The NVIDIA Jetson Download Center
You can search the Jetson Download Center for documents whose titles contain a specified word or sequence of words. For example, you can find all Jetson Developer Kit documents, such as Jetson Xavier NX Developer Kit User Guide and Jetson Nano Developer Kit Carrier Board Specification, by searching for “Developer Kit.”
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Published Documents

The following documents may be of particular interest to Jetson developers.
Title and Link
Document Number
Version
Last
Published
Getting Started with Jetson Developer Kits
 
 
 
Jetson Xavier NX Developer Kit User Guide
DA_09814
1.0
5/14/2020
Jetson Nano Developer Kit User Guide
DA_09402
1.3
1/15/2020
Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit User Guide (not accessible from the general link above)
11/22/2020
Jetson AGX Xavier Developer Kit User Guide
DA_09403
3.0
1/15/2020
Jetson TX2 Developer Kit User Guide
DA_09452
4.0
9/07/2018
Jetson AI “Getting Started” (an NVIDIA Developer web page with links to an introduction to Artificial Intelligence, and “How To” documentation for several Jetson devices and developer kits)
 
 
 
NVIDIA Xavier Series System-on-Chip Technical Reference Manual
DP-09253
1.4p
4/22/2020
Tegra X2 Series SoC Technical Reference Manual
DP-07281
1.0p
6/21/2017
Tegra X1 SoC Technical Reference Manual
DP-07225
1.3p
4/26/2019
 
 
 
NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX System-on-Module Data Sheet
DA-09366
1.3
4/22/2020
NVIDIA Jetson Nano Module Data Sheet
DS_09366
1.0
2/12/2020
Jetson AGX Xavier Series Module Data Sheet
DS-09654
1.2
7/31/2020
Jetson TX2 Series Module Data Sheet
1.6
5/28/2020
Jetson TX1 Module Data Sheet
DS-07224
1.1
11/22/2016
 
 
 
Jetson Xavier NX Product Design Guide
DG-09693
1.1
5/07/2020
Jetson Nano Product Design Guide
DG_09502
2.0
3/02/2020
Jetson AGX Xavier OEM Product Design Guide
DG-09840
2.0
5/28/2020
Jetson TX2 Series OEM Product Design Guide
20200508
5/28/2020
Jetson TX1 OEM Product Design Guide
20180917
9/20/2018
Jetson fuse specifications
 
 
 
DA-09876
1,0
4/13/2020
DA-08191
6.0
5/25/2018
DA-09342
1.1
7/07/2021
DA-08415
2.0
1/11/2010
DA-10246
1.0
2/24/2021
DA_09421
1.0
6/12/2020
PR-08664
R32.4.3
6/24/2020
Jetson FAQ (part numbers and formal names of all Jetson modules and developer kits)
DA_09482
32.5
1/11/2021
TB-09019
7.1.0
5/18/2020
SWE-SWDOCTRT-001-SPMT
7.1.0
5/12/2020
SWE-SWDOCTRT-001-RELN
7.1.0
5/12/2020
SWE-SWDOCTRT-001-DEVG
7.1.0
5/12/2020
SWE-SWDOCTRT-001-INST
7.1.0
5/12/2020
SWE-SWDOCTRT-001-BPRC
7.1.0
5/12/2020
SWE-SWDOCTRT-001-SAMG
7.1.0
6/08/2020
SWE-SWDOCTRT-001-APIS
7.1.0
5/12/2020
SWE-SWDOCTRT-001-SWLA
7.1.0
5/12/2020

READMEs

Jetson Linux BSP includes many README files which document features that are release-specific or are of interest to a limited group of Jetson Linux developers. The following table describes them and gives their pathnames relative to the BSP home directory.
Pathname
Subject
./README_Autoflash.txt
NVIDIA auto flash tool.
./README_Massflash.txt
Securely flash multiple devices at the same time.
./rootfs/README.txt
Set up sample root file system.
./rootfs/var/nvidia/nvcam/apps/README.txt
Scripts and binary executables used by camera tools.
./rootfs/var/nvidia/nvcam/input/README.txt
Input files and images used by camera tools.
./rootfs/var/nvidia/nvcam/output/README.txt
Output files and log generated by camera tools.
./rootfs/var/nvidia/nvcam/settings/README.txt
Setting and override files used by camera tools.
./rootfs/usr/src/nvidia/graphics_demos/nvgldemo/README
Utility library of common functions used by sample applications.
./rootfs/usr/src/nvidia/graphics_demos/gears-lib/README
Simple OpenGLES2 rendering library.
./rootfs/usr/src/nvidia/graphics_demos/bubble/README
GLES bubble sample applications.
./rootfs/usr/src/nvidia/graphics_demos/gears-cube/README
Example of rendering to texture.
./rootfs/usr/src/nvidia/graphics_demos/gears-basic/README
Example of rendering spinning gears.
./rootfs/usr/src/nvidia/graphics_demos/nvtexfont/README
An OpenGLES implementation of the original TextFont package by Mark Kilgard.
./rootfs/usr/src/nvidia/graphics_demos/eglstreamcube/README
Example illustrating EGLStream.
./rootfs/usr/src/nvidia/graphics_demos/weston-dmabuf-formats/README
Sample application to test different color formats on Weston.
./rootfs/usr/src/nvidia/graphics_demos/ctree/README
Describes dynamic lighting using reflection model.
./rootfs/usr/src/nvidia/graphics_demos/README
Sample list and guidance for building the samples.
./rootfs/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/nvgstplayer-1.0_README.txt
NVIDIA GStreamer-based video player sample application.
./rootfs/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/nvgstcapture-1.0_README.txt
NVIDIA GStreamer-based video capture sample applications.
 
 
./nv_tegra/nv_sample_apps/nvgstplayer-1.0_README.txt
./nv_tegra/nv_sample_apps/nvgstcapture-1.0_README.txt
./tools/kernel_flash/README_initrd_flash.txt
Flashing a Jetson device from the host using the recovery kernel initrd (the recommended procedure).
./tools/backup_restore/README_backup_restore.txt
Jetson Linux backup and restore tool.
./tools/bmp-splash/bmp-blob-README.txt
Create a Jetson-compatible BMP blob for the boot splash screen.
./tools/Debian/nvdebrepack.txt
Tools for creating Debian packages.