Carrier Board

This is the carrier board included with our EchoPilot AI module. It is available to purchase separately.

The carrier board’s primary function is to regulate voltage for the Jetson SOM and Flight Management Unit (FMU) and to provide connectivity to most commonly used peripherals. This design is open source, and you can use the design to develop your own carrier board if desired.

Power Input

XT30, 7-56V input range, max ~4A.

Power Output

Dual 5.4V , one dedicated to the FMU and one dedicated to the Nvidia Jetson.

IO

For all the IO, please refer to the diagram below. Specifics include:

4 USB 2.0 Ports (JST-GH)

2 USB 3.0 Ports (JST-GH)

2 Ethernet Ports (100 Mbps) (JST-GH)

Radio In (JST-GH)

Telemetry (6 pin Pixhawk Standard JST-GH)

CAN (4 pin Pixhawk Standard JST-GH)

GPS/Compass/Safety (10 pin Pixhawk standard JST-GH)

2x MIPI/CSI Camera Input (15pin Raspberry Pi pinout 1.0mm FFC)

V/I Sense Input (JST-GH)

Analog Inputs (JST-GH)

S.Bus/PWM Input (JST-GH)

Iridium Rockblock Connector (Molex Picoblade 1.25mm)

Spare +VBatt and 5V Outputs (JST-GH)

12 total PWM outputs (JST-GH)

Optional INS

The Carrier board has a dedicated connector for an add-on INS such as the VectorNAV VN-X00 series.