The document discusses the Nvidia Jetson Nano, highlighting both its benefits as a low-cost AI development kit and criticism of Nvidia's support, including issues with documentation and language barriers. It outlines the complete costs associated with setting up the Jetson Nano for computer vision applications, which totals around $180. The author also provides a series of setup instructions and recommendations to optimize performance.

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JETSON NANO: NVIDIA SUCKS LESS THEN USUAL
Richard Everts
Co-founder, Sugey
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rich@sugeyone.com
@sugeyone

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WHY DOES NVIDIA SUCK? LET ME COUNT THE WAYS...
BUT...
Mystical Documentation
Got a CUDA Update?
New Device?
Terrible English Support
(Biz is 70% China, Taiwan, Asia)
Real Training
Paid Conference Only

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LET'S LOOK AT THE BEAST (DEV KIT)
Quad Core ARM
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
128 CUDA Cores
4GB Ram
MIPI CSI-2 Camera Port
4 USB3
40 Pin RPi-GPIO

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SO, $99 AND WE HAVE A
RASPBERRY PI REPLACEMENT
WITH A GPU, RIGHT?
Me
JETSON NANO: NVIDIA SUCKS LESS THEN USUAL

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HERE'S WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SPEND
$99: Jetson Nano
$26: Intel Dual Band AC 8265 W/Bt + Ant
$15: 5V/4A 2.1mm Power Cord + Jumper
$15: 64GB Mini-SD
$10: 8GB Flash Min (Swap Drive)
$15: No cases yet
$180 Total

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LET'S TALK SETUP FOR COMPUTER VISION
1. Your new best friend is JetsonHacks.com (beware the sharks)
2. Install your Wi-Fi card!
3. Setup a swap file with auto-mounting on startup
4. Using Intel Realsense Cameras? See JetsonHacks for kernel recompile
5. Set up TF and Keras from PyImageSearch.com
(Nano only TF, SciPy is huge mem hog)
6. OpenCV 4.01 requires 6+ hours to compile properly
7. Expect first setup to take at least a full day

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