RTimes X501N User manual

X501N
Product Manual
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Revision History
Revision
Date
Reason for change
Applicable hardware
version
Modified by
V1.0
2020.2
Initial release
V1.0
V2.0
2020.6
Add notes and indicators
V2.0
V2.1
2020.9
Add line package configuration
V2.0
RT0086
V2.2
2022.1.5
Add software version supporting
instructions
V2.0
RT0086

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Table of Contents
Product presentation ............................................................................................................................................. 6
1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1 Features .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2 Ordering Information .....................................................................................................................................7
1.3 Cable Kits and Accessories ............................................................................................................................7
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 9
1 EXTERNAL INTERFACE FUNCTION AND LOCATION ................................................................................................. 9
2 CONNECTORS DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................. 10
2.1 Mini HDMI connector ..................................................................................................................................10
2.2 Ethernet connector .......................................................................................................................................10
2.3 USB3.0 connector ........................................................................................................................................ 10
2.4 SD card connector ....................................................................................................................................... 10
2.5 WiFi antenna connector ...............................................................................................................................11
2.6 4G antenna connector ..................................................................................................................................11
2.7 Power input port .......................................................................................................................................... 11
2.8 LED .............................................................................................................................................................. 11
2.9 Power switch button .....................................................................................................................................11
2.10 CAN/Audio connector ................................................................................................................................ 12
2.11 Serial connector ......................................................................................................................................... 12
2.12 GPIO and function button connector .........................................................................................................13
3 PRODUCT SIZE DIAGRAM ...................................................................................................................................... 14
4 HARDWARE UPDATE HISTORY .............................................................................................................................. 14
SOFTWARE VERSION SUPPORTING INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................................. 15
1USE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15
1.1 Smart box power on and start ...................................................................................................................... 15
1.2 Recovery Mode ..............................................................................................................................................15
2 L4T（LINUX FOR TEGRA ABBREVIATION“L4T”）............................................................................................ 15
3 JETPACK ............................................................................................................................................................... 16
3.1 Jetpack Component summary ...................................................................................................................... 16
3.2 How to install Jetpack ..................................................................................................................................16
3.3 Sample application .......................................................................................................................................17
3.4 Developer tools ............................................................................................................................................ 18
3.5 Documentation ............................................................................................................................................. 19
TERMS OF WARRANTY .................................................................................................................................. 20
COPYRIGHT NOTICE ...................................................................................................................................... 21

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Electronic components and circuits are very sensitive to electrostatic discharge. Although our company
designs anti-static protection for the main interfaces on the card when designing circuit board products,
it is difficult to achieve anti-static safety protection for all components and circuits. Therefore, it is
recommended to observe anti-static safety precautions when handling any circuit board component
(including X501N). Anti-static safety protection measures include, but are not limited to the following:
a) The smart box should be placed in an anti-static bag during transportation and storage, and then the
board should not be taken out during installation and deployment.
b) Before touching the smart box, discharge the static electricity stored in the body: wear a discharge
grounding wrist strap.
c) Operate the smart box only within the safe area of the electrostatic discharge point.
d) Avoid moving smart boxes in carpeted areas.
Precautions and after-sales maintenance
matters needing attention
Before using the product, please read this manual carefully and keep it for future reference;
⚫Please pay attention to and follow all warning and guidance information marked on the product;
⚫Please use matching power adapter to ensure the stability of voltage and current;
⚫Please use this product in a cool, dry and clean place;
⚫Do not use this product in cold and hot alternate environment to avoid condensation damage
components;
⚫Do not splash any liquid on the product. Do not use organic solvent or corrosive liquid to clean the
product;
⚫Do not use the product in dusty and messy environment. If it is not used for a long time, please pack
the product;
⚫Do not use in the environment with excessive vibration, any dropping or knocking may damage the
circuit and components;
⚫Do not plug and unplug the core board and peripheral modules when power is on;
⚫Please do not repair or disassemble the product by yourself. In case of any fault, please contact our
company in time for maintenance;

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⚫Do not modify or use unauthorized accessories by yourself, and the damage caused will not be
warranted;
After sales maintenance
1) Warranty period
⚫Base plate, core plate : 3 year (non-human damage)
⚫Other peripherals sold by the company:1year(non-human damage)
2) Warranty description
⚫Within 7 days: the product (base plate, core module) is not damaged by human, our company will
replace / repair it free of charge, and bear the return freight; (because the core module needs NVIDIA to
confirm that it can meet the requirements of repair, it will take a long time, we will coordinate as soon
as possible, please forgive for the inconvenience)
⚫From 7 days to 36 months: the product (base plate, core module) is not damaged by human, our
company will repair it free of charge, and bear the return freight; (because the core module needs
NVIDIA to confirm that it can meet the requirements of repair, it will take a long time, we will
coordinate as soon as possible, please forgive for the inconvenience)
⚫Artificial damage in more than 3 year or 3 year: the product (carrier plate) shall be tested after it is
sent to the customer, and the customer shall be informed of whether it can be repaired and the
maintenance cost in detail. After reaching an agreement, the product shall be repaired and returned to
the customer, and the company shall bear the return freight;
⚫The starting time shall be subject to the date of express delivery receipt;
3) Contact information
Official website: www.realtimesai.com
Taobao website: https://shop340963258.taobao.com/
Address: 11, block B, Heping Xiyuan, Heping West Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Attention: RMA
Tel: [phone]
Mailing notice: contact with the company's sales department in advance, arrange technical support
personnel to check and eliminate errors caused by misoperation as soon as possible, fill in the product
after-sale return to factory maintenance form after verification, and send it to [e-mail] Mail
box, please attach the list of items to facilitate verification, so as to avoid loss and loss in the process of
express delivery. The company does not receive any delivery
Technical support and development customization
1. Scope of technical support
1) The company releases the electrical characteristics and use of industrial carrier boards and modules;
2) Physical dimension of hardware, relevant structure diagram and line sequence definition of specific
interface;
3) Burn in verification of all BSP support packages provided by the company;
4) The company released burn environment construction, entry-level use. ;
5) Various peripheral module drivers released by the company;
6) The company's product fault diagnosis and after-sales maintenance services;
2. Scope of technical discussion

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Due to the wide range of embedded system knowledge and various types of involvement, we can not
guarantee that all kinds of questions can be answered one by one. The following content is not available
for technical support, only suggestions can be provided.
1) Knowledge beyond the course published by our company;
2) Specific software program design;
3) Technical support for industrial carrier not issued by the company;
4) All kinds of driving support for industrial carrier board not issued by the company;
5) Hardware principle and drive design of peripheral module not issued by our company;
3. Technical support mode
1) Official website or email questions (recommended):https://www.realtimesai.com/cn/download.html
techsup[email protected]n
2) Official Taobao through Alibaba Wangwang consultation: https://shop340963258.taobao.com/
3) Wechat group consultation (wechat Group No. consults Taobao customer service or sales, and
Taobao purchase order No. needs to be provided for verification);
4) Technical support email: [e-mail]
5) Tel: [phone]
4. Technical support time
Monday to Friday; 8:30-12:00 am; 1:00-17:30 PM;
The company arranges the rest according to the national legal holidays, during which it may not be able
to provide technical support, please send the problem to the technical support email. We will reply to
you as soon as possible on weekdays.
5. Complaints and suggestions
If you are not satisfied with us or have suggestions, you can send an email to yu.qin @ realtimes.cn For
feedback, please call 010-84284669 for further improvement.
6. Customized development services
The company provides the embedded operating system driver based on NVIDIA Jetson series and the
paid customized development service of hardware carrier board to shorten your product development
cycle.
Please email the request to [e-mail]
Data acquisition and subsequent update
1. Access to information
Download on our website
The company's website contains supporting information of its products, including product
Product Manual, NVIDIA Jetson series module data manual, BSP driver support package for
carrier board, supporting peripheral driver files, interface test verification method, FAQ, system
burning guide, etc. get into www.realtimesai.com , select "data download" in the navigation
bar, find the data you need, and click download.
2. . Subsequent updates
Updates of subsequent documents, BSP, driver files and other official account will be updated in time.
We will pay close attention to our developments in order to ensure that your information is up to date.
We will push through WeChat public.

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Product presentation
1 Introduction
X501N is a cloud intelligence box designed based on NVIDIA Jetson™ TX2. It integrates NVIDIA
Jetson™ TX2 modules based on the brand new Pascal™ architecture. It is equipped with 256 NVIDIA CUDA
cores and 64-bit ARM Cpus with a powerful data processing capability of over 1 teraflop per second.
X501N is equipped with 8GB LPDDR4 memory, 32GB eMMC storage, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB3.0,
USB2.0, HDMI, serial port, gigabit network port, CAN, GPIO, Micro SD card socket, the system is an excellent
platform for deep learning, computer vision, image processing and GPU computing. X501N is made of strong
aluminum alloy shell with conductive heat dissipation design. The operating temperature is -25 -- +60℃.
1.1 Features
Compatible with nvidia Jetson TX2/TX2i/TX2-4GB module.
Linux operating system software pre-installed.
8GB LPDDR4 memory
Built-in 32 GB eMMC, TF card slot can be extended maximum 1 TB (SSD)
Built-in RTC battery.
Optional mSATA storage.(built-in interface)
Optional 4G communication module.(built-in interface)
Optional Mini PCIe video capture card.(built-in interface)
One Mini HDMI 2.0 (6Gbps，24bpp，4096x2160@60Hz)
2 x Gigabit Ethernet （10/100/1000 BASE-T）
2 x USB3.0(5Gbps,1A max output current）
Audio input and output interface
1 x Micro SD card slot
1 x Micro SIM card slot(built-in interface)
2 x CAN2.0
2 x Serial prot(one RS232 debug serial port,one RS232 serial port)
4 x GPIO compliance with 3.3V voltage level
1 x Mini-PCIe (expandable: PAL / HD-SDI video capture, GPS / Beidou module, AD /
DA module, 4G module, storage module, etc.)(built-in interface)
1 x mSATA.(built-in interface)
2xWifi IEEE 802.11 ac/Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0 (24 MBLS) integrated antenna
interface.
No fan, structural cooling design.
Size: 132mm×147.5mm×60.4mm
Power input: +7V~+19V
Temperature: -25℃.~+60℃.
Weight:645.5g

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1.2 Ordering Information
Model Options
Functional Description
RTSS-X501N
TX2 Cloud Intelligence box, built-in Jetson TX2 module,
pre-installed Ubuntu 18.04, built-in 32GB eMMC; 2 x GbE, 2 x
USB3.0, 2 x CAN, 1 x HDMI,4 x GPIO, 1 x Mini PCIe, 1 x mSATA,
2 x RS-232(422/485 configurable), 1 x Micro SD, 1 x Micro SIM, 1 x
Audio, WIFI and Bluetooth, 4G modules optional; Power indicator
light, power switch button, -25 -- +60℃; Including cable package
(network*2, HDMI*1, DB9 button*1, Microusb to USB TYPE-A
male system flash cable*1); Includes power adapter, provides
rtSO-9001 Linux4Tegra software support package, has passed THE
3C and CE certification
RTS-TXX-AC/DC-PS
TX2 cloud Intelligence Box special power adapter,
100-240VAC/12VDC, 36W
RTS-TXX-AT01(optional)
2.4GHz/5GHz Dual-band antenna of BT&WIFI
ME909S-821 (optional)
miniPCIe LTE 4G module
RTSV-6911i (optional )
Pro Capture Mini SDI (optional )
Pro Capture Mini HDMI (optional )
Mini-pcie Video Capture Card ,RTSV-6911i (8-channel D1
NTSC/PAL video input), Pro Capture Mini SDI (single-channel SDI
video input),Pro Capture Mini HDMI (single-channel HDMI Video
Input)
Order online:
https://shop340963258.taobao.com
https://mall.jd.com/index-824786.html
1.3 Cable Kits and Accessories
X501N's matching cable order model is: X501N-Cable. Contains the following
components:
Component
Number
Functional Description
Network cable
2
Convert Ethernet DB9 interface to standard RJ45 interface
HDMI adapter cable
1
Convert Mini HDMI to HDMI
DB9 button cable
1
DB9 button
System flash cable
1
Micro USB to USB TYPE-A male system flash cable

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Product specifications
1 External interface function and location
X501N FRONT
X501N BACK