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NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier

General

CPUNVIDIA Carmel ARMv8.2 @ 2.26GHz
Cores8
RAM32GB
USB2.0 Interfaces4
USB3.1 Interfaces3
Ethernet10/100/1000 MBit
PCIe1x8 + 1x4 + 1x2 + 2x1
Gen 4.0
Note
The above table describes the specification of the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier Developer Kit.
The following tests were conducted on JetPack 4.6.0.

Test Setup

Test setup

Additional Settings

Increasing the USB kernel buffer memory

Please refer to Increasing Kernel memory to learn about how to calculate a suitable USB kernel buffer memory for your application. Normally, for a single-camera application, a value of 256 MB should be adequate. To increase the value permanently on Nvidia Jetson platforms, append the calculated usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb as boot parameter in /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf to "APPEND", e.g.:

APPEND ${cbootargs} usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=256 

Disabling USB autosuspend mode

In some cases the operating system might auto-suspend the USB device to save power. This might result in data loss during the acquisition sometimes. To permanently disable this power saving mode, append usbcore.autosuspend=-1 as boot parameter in /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf to "APPEND", e.g.:

APPEND ${cbootargs} usbcore.autosuspend=-1
See also

Benchmarks

The following tests have been performed using different de-Bayering scenarios to achieve the max. FPS while maintaining 0 lost images. The CPU load during the acquisition is also documented below.

Scenarios that have been tested are listed as follows:

  1. When de-Bayering is carried out on the camera: The camera delivers RGB8 image data to the host system. This setting results in a lower CPU load but a lower frame rate.
  2. When de-Bayering is carried out on the host system: The camera delivers Bayer8 image data to the host system. The Bayer8 image data then get de-Bayered to RGB8 format on the host system. This setting results in a higher frame rate but a higher CPU load as well.
  3. When no de-Bayering is performed: The camera delivers Bayer8 image data to the host system. No de-Bayering is performed. This settings results in a lower CPU load and a higher frame rate. The behavior is identical to monochrome cameras.
CameraResolutionPixel FormatFrame Rate [Frames/s]Bandwidth [MB/s]CPU Load
mvBlueFOX3-2032C2064 x 1544RGB8 (on camera) → RGB8 (on host)25.20240.93~18%

CameraResolutionPixel FormatFrame Rate [Frames/s]Bandwidth [MB/s]CPU Load
mvBlueFOX3-2032C2064 x 1544BayerRG8 (on camera) → RGB8 (on host)119.19379.88~30%

CameraResolutionPixel FormatFrame Rate [Frames/s]Bandwidth [MB/s]CPU Load
mvBlueFOX3-2032C2064 x 1544BayerRG8 (on camera) → BayerRG8/Raw (on host)119.21379.86~20%