Auvidea X242 Industrial Carrier Board Brings PCIe Gen5 to Jetson T5000

Auvidea X242 Carrier Board with Jetson T5000 module and cooling

The Auvidea X242 is a premium carrier board designed for the NVIDIA Jetson T5000 (also known as Jetson Thor) system-on-module, offering a powerful, scalable, and flexible platform for advanced robotics, edge AI, and embedded computing applications.

The X242 is built as an industrial-grade platform while allowing the Jetson T5000 to operate at its full potential. The module features a Blackwell-architecture GPU delivering up to 2070 FP4 TOPS of AI performance and supports up to 128 GB of memory. This combination makes the X242 well suited for real-time AI inference, sensor fusion, autonomous machines, and multi-sensor robotics systems.

Auvidea X242

Auvidea X242 Specifications:

• Designed for NVIDIA Jetson Thor T5000 (Jetson T5000) SoM
• PCIe Gen 5 support with up to 32 Gbit/s per lane
• PCIe x16 slot supporting PCIe Gen5 x8 (rev 3 only)
• M.2 Key M 2280 slot for NVMe SSDs (PCIe Gen5 x2)
• M.2 Key B slot for 4G LTE / 5G modem cards (USB 3.2 Gen 2×1)
• 16-lane CSI-2 camera connector, compatible with NVIDIA P3762 camera module
• Up to four simultaneous displays:
  • 1× HDMI
  • Up to 3× USB-C with DisplayPort Alt Mode
• USB connectivity:
  • 1× USB 3.2 Gen 2×1 Type-A
  • 4× USB 3.2 Gen 2×1 Type-C
• DisplayPort Alt Mode over USB-C
  • 1× single-cable touchscreen support (rev 3 only)
  • 2× DP Alt Mode configurable via device tree
• Dual 10GbE RJ45 ports based on Realtek RTL8127 controllers
• On-board Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 module (LM843)
• Industrial I/O and control:
  • 1× CAN bus with transceiver
  • 1× CAN RX/TX (external transceiver)
  • UART debug interface
  • 2× I²C headers
• On-board MCU with ATSH204A hardware security crypto chip
• Auto flashing support for development and production
• 12V PWM fan connector and GPIO-controlled RGB LED
• RTC support
• Wide-range power input: 24V to 48V DC
  • Up to 120 W operating power
  • Power supply designed for up to 300 W
  • Overvoltage, reverse voltage, hot-swap, and hot-plug protection
• 3.81 mm pluggable locking power terminal
• Industrial temperature range: −40°C to +85°C
• Compact form factor: 125 × 104.6 mm
• Backwards compatible with X23x carrier boards
• Enables easy upgrade from Jetson AGX Xavier / Orin to Jetson T5000
• Suitable for commercial deployment at scale

Auvidea X242 Top and Bottom

The carrier board is built on the NVIDIA Jetson software stack and is fully compatible with the Jetson T5000 module. It is supported by the NVIDIA JetPack SDK, which includes an Ubuntu-based Linux OS, board support packages (BSP), device drivers, CUDA, cuDNN, TensorRT, multimedia APIs, and camera frameworks.

This software environment enables developers to run AI inference, computer vision, robotics, and multimedia workloads out of the box. It also provides a standard Linux toolchain, container support through Docker, and OTA update capabilities, making the X242 well suited for developing and deploying production-ready embedded AI systems.

The Auvidea X242 carrier board is listed on the company’s official webshop at approximately €599 to €799, excluding VAT and shipping, depending on the hardware revision and configuration. Availability varies based on stock levels and production batches, as the board is primarily sold directly to business customers, with lead times and export conditions differing by region.

Ιmages used courtesy of Auvidea.