NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Developer Kit

The NVIDIA DRIVE^® AGX Developer Kit provides the hardware, software, and sample applications needed for the development of production level autonomous vehicles (AV). The NVIDIA DRIVE AGX System is built on production auto-grade silicon, features an open software framework, and has a large ecosystem of automotive partners (including auto grade sensor vendors, automotive Tier 1 suppliers) to choose from.

Details

DRIVE AGX Hardware Options

DRIVE AGX Xavier™ Developer Kit (SKU 2000): Includes two Xavier Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs) for developing SAE Level 2/3 autonomous driving applications
DRIVE AGX Pegasus™ Developer Kit (SKU 2200): Includes two Xavier SoCs and two NVIDIA Turing™ GPUs for developing robotaxi applications

DRIVE AGX Xavier™ Developer Kit (SKU 2000):

Component	Description	Details
Two Xavier SoCs	8-core “Carmel” CPUs based on ARM v8 ISA
	Deep Learning Accelerators (DLA)	5 TOPS (FP16) \| 10 TOPS (INT8)
	NVIDIA Volta™-class integrated GPU	20 TOPS (INT8) \| 1.3 TFLOPS (FP32)
	Programmable Vision Accelerators (PVA)	1.6 TOPS
	Image Signal Processor (ISP)	1.5 Gigapixels/s
	Video encoder	Up to 1.2 GPix/s
	Video decoder	Up to 1.8 GPix/s
	Memory Bandwidth (256-Bit LPDDR4)	136 GB/s
DRIVE AGX; System; I;/O	Camera	90 Gb/s over 16x GMSL(R) ports
	LIDAR/Radar	~50 Gb/s over Ethernet
	Vehicle IO	6 CAN interfaces
Included Accessories	Camera	2 Megapixel RCCB Camera with 60-degree FOV
	Vehicle harness	Connects to vehicle IO ports
	Other cables	Connects the DRIVE AGX system to a host development computer
DRIVE Software	DRIVE OS Preflashed Linux Ubuntu OS QNX option also available	NVIDIA CUDA® Libraries, including TensorRT® (for access to deep learning hardware accelerator); NVMEDIA (for access to hardware accelerators for image processing and computer vision); compute and NVIDIA CUDA tools.
	NVIDIA DriveWorks SDK	Provides reference applications, tools, and a comprehensive library of modules that leverage the computing power of the DRIVE AGX Platform.
	DRIVE AV	Provides modules for perception, mapping, and planning that leverage the DriveWorks SDK.
	DRIVE IX	Algorithms to visualize the vehicle’s surroundings, AI-based driver monitoring, and in-cabin assistance.

*TOPS measurements are per-chip

DRIVE AGX Pegasus™ Developer Kit (SKU 2200): Same as above with the addition of:

Component	Description	Details
Two “Turing” Discrete GPUs (DRIVE AGX Pegasus)	Turing discrete GPU (TU104 SXM2)	130 TOPS (INT8) \| 8.1 TFlops (FP32) connected to Xavier SoC over NVIDIA® NVLink™ (20 GB/s)
	Discrete GPU Memory Bandwidth	384 GB/s

Developing with DRIVE AGX

How to get it

The DRIVE AGX Developer Kit is available exclusively for members of the NVIDIA DRIVE Developer Program for DRIVE AGX. Your company or university must have current legal agreements on file. Please contact your NVIDIA Representative (or contact us) to ensure necessary agreements have been signed before requesting to join the program. Users may only join with a corporate or university email address; register for the NVIDIA DRIVE Developer Program for DRIVE AGX.

How to set up

You will need:

A host development PC
The DRIVE AGX Developer Kit
Automotive software (DRIVE Software, DRIVE OS) available through our NVIDIA DRIVE Developer Program for DRIVE AGX

The development environment for DRIVE AGX requires a host development PC (not included with the DRIVE AGX Developer Kit). The image below illustrates the development workflow. The tools illustrated below are installed on the host PC as part of Automotive software.

Steps:

Refer to the DRIVE AGX Developer Kit HW Quick Start Guide (PDF)
Watch the DRIVE AGX Developer Kit - How to set up video (embedded to the right)
Refer to the DRIVE download page to set up your development PC.
Refer to tutorials to learn about DRIVE developer tools, cross-compilation, and more.

How to develop

Development Tasks	Getting Started
Integrate DRIVE AGX in a vehicle	Consider NVIDIA’s DRIVE Hyperion™ car reference architecture for DRIVE AGX. Refer to the DRIVE AGX Developer Kit Mechanical & Installation Guide (PDF).
Integrate LIDAR or Radar DRIVE AGX	Follow the Camera Hardware Setup tutorial to get started. Refer to the "Integrating Lidar and Radar with DriveWorks SDK" tutorial to learn to add your own LIDAR and radar sensors into the DriveWorks Sensor Abstraction Layer.
Accelerate image, point cloud and computer vision processing	Consider using DriveWorks, which includes CUDA and PVA-accelerated image, computer vision, and point cloud processing modules. If you would still like to implement your own processing algorithms, get CUDA samples using SDK Manager available on the Download page.
Use TensorRT to accelerate inference of deep neural networks developed for AV perception	Consider using DRIVE Networks, which includes a number of neural networks for obstacle, path, and wait perception. If you would still like to build your own neural networks, get TensorRT samples using SDK Manager available on the Download page.
Use DriveWorks SDK to develop perception, mapping, and planning algorithms for autonomous driving	Get access to all modules of NVIDIA DRIVE, including DriveWorks, DRIVE Networks, and DRIVE Calibration using SDK Manager available on the Download page.

* = Membership in the NVIDIA DRIVE Developer Program for DRIVE AGX is required to access this file.

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