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Originally Posted by billbo911
OK, yes we are interested, but maybe I'm missing something. If I am reading this correctly, we should be getting one in the KOP, or by PDV. I read this entire thread, looked on TIMS, but I'm not seeing how to acquire this amazing board. I see the discount of $299 for the Dev Kit. Is that what you are referring to?
What is the process to claim this beast?
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It's slightly confusing, because there are actually two NVIDIA boards you can use as part of FIRST. There's the Jetson TK1 (quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 and 192 CUDA-enabled GPU cores, providing ~325 GFLOPS of compute), which was part of
FIRST Choice again this year, but is now sold out in AndyMark - but if your team still wants to use Jetson TK1, you can order directly from
here. Since the list market price of Jetson TK1 is less than $400 (it's $192), it is permitted by the rules to be purchased outside of Kit of Parts and to be used on FRC robots.
On the other hand, if you want to use the latest-and-greatest Jetson TX1 (quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A57 and 256 CUDA cores, providing ~1024 GFLOPS of compute), this board is available to FIRST through our academic discount
here. Fill out the form, including your info and FRC team number, and in a few days you will receive the discount code via email. Then enter this promo code when
ordering. With the discounted price of TX1 also under $400 (it's $299), it is also permitted by FRC rules to be included on your robots.
Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have questions or concerns!
Thanks -
Dusty