I assume it will take a bit to sort out the software for this new platform, but is there any known path to hardware connectivity with the Thor Dev kit? My reading is that it does not have exposed CSI connectors which seems to preclude the current gmsl2 deserializer boards from working. Will there be another way to connect or do I need to wait for a pc from a partner that has GMSL2?
Hi @alpha1mm,
Your assumptions are correct, the dev kit does not have CSI ports directly, so we are preparing a similar way to connect our GMSL cameras to the dev kit.
Partner PCs with GMSL connectors built-in will also be supported.
From the spec. of THOR devkit, it support ‘HSB via QSFP’ as camera interface. Do you have a plan to support HSB(Holoscan Bridge)? It seems it could be popular soon. Because, it provide a unified API for programmers.
Ref URL1 : https://www.nvidia.com/ko-kr/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems/jetson-thor/
Ref URL2 : NVIDIA Holoscan Sensor Bridge
Hi @Eric,
We are also investigating HSB at the moment, at this stage, I cannot share whether we will officially support it.
Matt has there been a decision made yet on whether HSB will be supported?
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I am also curious about future Thor compatibility. I am currently specing out a computation/sensing stack for a new robot I’m helping develop and I would like to know if we should plan on using an Orin for the time being. It looks like the ZedX models are the best option we’ve found for stereo camers, but we were hoping to use the Thors added compute power.
To add to this comment/question, I’d like to know if we could purchase ZedX cameras now to use with the Orin and GSML2 adapter cards, and have the potential to still use them with the Thor as additional connecting hardware/software is developed. I’m also interested to know if such an integration would work with this new “Holoscan” architecture. Would future integrations with the Holoscan architecture require completely different cameras? Or just a different adapter to interface the two?