NVIDIA Jetson TX1

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by dusty_nv

Hello FIRST teams from NVIDIA Jetson team! Happy kickoff day to everyone!



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Also, Jetson TK1 is included in the Kit of Parts. You can obtain with FIRST credits.

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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?

[Ben Wolsieffer]

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?

I believe what they meant to say was that it was available in FIRST Choice. That's how we got ours.

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by lopsided98

I believe what they meant to say was that it was available in FIRST Choice. That's how we got ours.

Ah, OK, I see your logic and have to agree that is what they meant.
Too bad what they said and what they meant are not the same.

[Chief Hedgehog]

Originally Posted by billbo911

Ah, OK, I see your logic and have to agree that is what they meant.
Too bad what they said and what they meant are not the same.

Nope. They stated it the way that they meant. FIRST Choice is considered part of the KOP.

http://www.firstinspires.org/resourc...6-kit-of-parts

[dusty_nv]

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?

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