Ground Robotics Carrier Board (GRC)
$ 840.00 USD
The Ground Robotics Carrier Board (GRC) is a USA-built, NDAA-compliant NVIDIA Jetson Orin carrier board purpose-built for unmanned ground vehicles and mobile robots. One carrier runs any Jetson Orin NX or Orin Nano module through a single 260-pin connector. Designed for direct vehicle integration: 9–60V battery input with dual-battery hot-swap and brownout hardening, 4x GMSL2 camera inputs for long-cable EO/IR/depth sensors, PoE+ on both Ethernet ports for LiDAR, 3x CAN-FD for motor controllers, and NVMe Gen4 plus Wi-Fi 6E / 5G-LTE expansion. Full BOM traceability and NDAA §889 compliance make it eligible for US defense and security UGV programs. Carrier board only — Jetson module sold separately.
Specifications
Compute Module Support
Jetson Orin NX (16GB/8GB) and Orin Nano (8GB/4GB), single 260-pin connector
Power Input
9–60V (3S–14S / 12–48V systems), XT60, reverse-polarity/surge/inrush/load-dump protection
Power Monitoring
INA238 telemetry (I²C), brownout-hardened through motor-stall transients
Battery
Dual-battery hot-swap, ideal-diode ORing (optional 2nd XT60)
Payload Rails
5V/8A SoM rail; switchable fused 5V + 12V payload rails
Networking
2x GbE/2.5GbE managed switch, PoE+ (802.3at, 25.5W) on both ports
Wireless
M.2 Key B 5G/LTE dual nano-SIM (NDAA modules only), M.2 Key E Wi-Fi 6E / BT
Camera Inputs
4x GMSL2 (Fakra, power-over-coax) + 2x MIPI CSI-2
I/O
3x CAN-FD, 2x RS-485/Modbus, 1x RS-232, 4x UART, 2x I²C, 1x SPI, 12x GPIO
Storage & Expansion
M.2 2280 NVMe Gen4 x4, microSD, M.2 2230 2nd NVMe/accelerator, 20-pin mezzanine
USB & Display
2x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A, 1x USB-C (OTG/DP-alt), 2x USB 2.0, 1x HDMI 2.1
Compliance
NDAA §889 compliant, USA built, full BOM traceability
Dimensions
~110 × 100 × 35mm (without Jetson)
Weight
~150g (without Jetson, heatsink, M.2)