Asus Aaeon BOXER-8254AI, User Manual

Page 1: ...Last Updated March 24 2022 BOXER 8254AI Compact Fanless Embedded AI Edge Box PC with NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX User s Manual 2nd Ed ...

Page 2: ...ion provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable However the original manufacturer assumes no responsibility for its use or for any infringements upon the rights of third parties that may result from its use The material in this document is for product information only and is subject to change without notice While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this docu...

Page 3: ...re trademarks of the NVIDIA Corporation ITE is a trademark of Integrated Technology Express Inc IBM and VGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Ubuntu is a registered trademark of Canonical All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners No ownership is implied or assumed for products names or trademarks not herein listed by the publisher o...

Page 4: ...efore setting up your product please make sure the following items have been shipped Item Quantity BOXER 8254AI 1 Power Connector 1 Wallmount Bracket 2 Screw Package 1 If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your distributor or sales representative immediately ...

Page 5: ... as detailed descriptions and explanations on the product s hardware and software features if any its specifications dimensions jumper connector settings definitions and driver installation instructions if any to facilitate users in setting up their product Users may refer to the product page at AAEON com for the latest version of this document ...

Page 6: ...rking on the system s hardware 6 No connections should be made when the system is powered as a sudden rush of power may damage sensitive electronic components 7 If the device is not to be used for a long time disconnect it from the power supply to avoid damage by transient over voltage 8 Always disconnect this device from any AC supply before cleaning 9 While cleaning use a damp cloth instead of l...

Page 7: ...ded containers 18 If any of the following situations arises please the contact our service personnel i Damaged power cord or plug ii Liquid intrusion to the device iii Exposure to moisture iv Device is not working as expected or in a manner as described in this manual v The device is dropped or damaged vi Any obvious signs of damage displayed on the device 19 DO NOT LEAVE THIS DEVICE IN AN UNCONTR...

Page 8: ...anger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions and your local government s recycling or disposal directives Attention Il y a un risque d explosion si la batterie est remplacée de façon incorrecte Ne la remplacer qu avec le même modèle ou éq...

Page 9: ...件名称 有毒有害物质或元素 铅 Pb 汞 Hg 镉 Cd 六价铬 Cr VI 多溴联苯 PBB 多溴二苯 醚 PBDE 印刷电路板 及其电子组件 外部信号 连接器及线材 外壳 中央处理器 与内存 硬盘 液晶模块 光驱 触控模块 电源 电池 本表格依据 SJ T 11364 的规定编制 表示该有毒有害物质在该部件所有均质材料中的含量均在 GB T 26572标准规定的限量要求以下 表示该有害物质的某一均质材料超出了GB T 26572的限量要求 然而该 部件 仍符合欧盟指令2011 65 EU 的规范 备注 一 此产品所标示之环保使用期限 系指在一般正常使用状况下 二 上述部件物质中央处理器 内存 硬盘 光驱 电源为选购品 三 上述部件物质液晶模块 触控模块仅一体机产品适用 ...

Page 10: ... X O O O O O PSU X O O O O O Battery X O O O O O This form is prepared in compliance with the provisions of SJ T 11364 O The level of toxic or hazardous materials present in this component and its parts is below the limit specified by GB T 26572 X The level of toxic of hazardous materials present in the component exceed the limits specified by GB T 26572 but is still in compliance with EU Directiv...

Page 11: ...election CN13 11 2 4 List of Connectors 12 2 4 1 RTC Battery Connector CN2 13 2 4 2 Front Panel Connector CN3 13 2 4 3 Recovery Micro USB Connector CN4 14 2 4 4 HDMI Connector CN5 14 2 4 5 RS232 RS485 DB 9 Connector CN6 15 2 4 6 CANBus Connector CN7 16 2 4 7 UART Debug Header CN8 16 2 4 8 microSD Card Socket CN10 17 2 4 9 M 2 E Key 2230 CN11 18 2 4 10 SIM Card Socket CN12 19 2 4 11 USB3 2 Gen2 USB...

Page 12: ...CN47 22 2 4 17 RS 232 485 Select SW1 22 2 5 Hardware Assembly 23 2 5 1 2 5 SATA Drive Installation 23 2 5 2 Module Access Installation 25 2 5 3 Wallmount Kit Installation 26 Chapter 3 OS Flash Guide 27 3 1 Before Installation 28 3 2 Connecting to PC Force Recovery Mode 29 3 3 Flash Image to Board 30 ...

Page 13: ...Compact Fanless Embedded AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Product Specifications ...

Page 14: ... share with LTE slot 2 5 SATA drive bay x 1 Display Interface HDMI 2 0 x 1 Ethernet GbE PoE PSE x 8 IEEE 802 3af total 120W 10 100 1000Base TX x 2 I O RJ 45 x 8 for GbE PoE 802 3af total 120W RJ 45 x 2 for Gigabit Ethernet LAN USB3 2 Gen 2 Type A x 1 USB2 0 Type A x 3 Micro USB B x 1 for OS Flash HDMI Type A x1 for HDMI 2 0 a b DB 9 x 1 for RS 232 485 COM Switch x 1 for RS 232 485 DB 9 x 1 for CAN...

Page 15: ...r x 1 Indicator Power LED x 1 OS Support NVIDIA Jetpack 4 5 1 and above Power Supply Power Requirement 24V DC with 2 pin terminal block ATX mode Mechanical Mounting Wall mount kit Dimensions W x D x H 210mm x 164 2mm x 75mm Gross Weight 7 5 lbs 3 4kg Net Weight 5 51 lbs 2 5kg Environmental Operating Temperature 5 F 140 F 15 C 60 C according to IEC60068 2 with 0 5 m s airflow Storage Temperature 40...

Page 16: ...m sec duration eMMC microSD SATA or SSD Certification CE FCC class A 1 2 Product Notice Micro USB Micro USB port is ideally for flashing OS image only USB ports USB ports do not support USB DVD ROM because of file system USB 3 2 Gen 2 USB3 2 Gen 1 is the current name for 10Gbps specification formerly USB 3 1 Gen 2 LAN Indicator Behavior ...

Page 17: ...Compact Fanless Embedded AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Hardware Information ...

Page 18: ...Chapter 2 Hardware Information 6 Compact Fanless Embedded AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI 2 1 Dimensions ...

Page 19: ...Chapter 2 Hardware Information 7 Compact Fanless Embedded AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI ...

Page 20: ...Chapter 2 Hardware Information 8 Compact Fanless Embedded AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI 2 2 Jumpers and connectors ...

Page 21: ...Chapter 2 Hardware Information 9 Compact Fanless Embedded AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI ...

Page 22: ...mplest kind of electric switch It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip often protected by a plastic cover that slides over the pins to connect them To close a jumper you connect the pins with the clip To open a jumper you remove the clip Sometimes a jumper will have three pins labeled 1 2 and 3 In this case you would connect either pins 1 and 2 or 2 and 3 1 2 3 Open Closed Closed 2 3 ...

Page 23: ...ins 7 and 8 of CN3 To prevent damage to the system do not connect pins 7 and 8 to any other pin Open AT Mode Closed ATX Mode Default Note AT Mode is selected when pins 7 8 are open ATX Mode is selected when pins 7 8 are closed default setting If set to ATX Mode the power button must be used to turn on the system 2 3 3 Mini Card mSATA PCIe Selection CN13 mSATA PCIe Default ...

Page 24: ...ery Connector CN3 Front Panel Connector CN4 Recovery micro USB Connector CN5 HDMI Connector CN6 RS232 RS485 DSUB 9P Connector CN7 CANBus DSUB 9P Connector CN8 UART Debug Header CN10 microSD Card Socket CN11 M 2 E Key Socket CN12 SIM Card Socket CN14 Dual USB2 0 Connector CN15 USB3 2 Gen 2 USB2 0 Dual Port Connector CN16 Internal USB2 0 Header CN17 Dual Gigabit LAN Connector CN18 SATA Power Connect...

Page 25: ... RTC Battery Connector CN2 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 3V 2 GND 2 4 2 Front Panel Connector CN3 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Button_PWR_ON 2 GND 3 FORCE_RECOVERY 4 GND 5 PMIC_SYS_RST 6 GND 7 LATCH_SET_BUT 8 LATCH_SET 9 3 3V 10 GND Note Pins 7 8 are used for setting AT ATX Mode See Ch 2 3 2 for details ...

Page 26: ...ry Micro USB Connector CN4 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 5V 2 USB1 3 USB1 4 5 GND 2 4 4 HDMI Connector CN5 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 HDMI_DATA2_P 2 GND 3 HDMI_DATA2_N 4 HDMI_DATA1_P 5 GND 6 HDMI_DATA1_N 7 HDMI_DATA0_P 8 GND 9 HDMI_DATA0_N 10 HDMI_CLK_P 11 GND 12 HDMI_CLK_N 13 NC 14 NC 15 HDMI_SCL 16 HDMI_SDA ...

Page 27: ...edded AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI Pin Signal Pin Signal 17 GND 18 HDMI_PWR 19 HDMI_HDP 2 4 5 RS232 RS485 DB 9 Connector CN6 Pin RS 232 RS 485 1 485 2 RXD 485 3 TXD 4 5 GND 6 7 8 Note RS 232 485 Mode can be set by SW1 See Ch2 4 17 for details and settings ...

Page 28: ...AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI 2 4 6 CANBus Connector CN7 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 NC 2 CAN0_L 3 GND 4 NC 5 5V 6 NC 7 CAN_H 8 NC 9 NC 2 4 7 UART Debug Header CN8 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 3 3V 2 UART0_TXD_HDR 3 UART0_RXD_HDR 4 NC 5 NC 6 ID_I2C_SCL 7 ID_I2C_SDA 8 GND ...

Page 29: ... Hardware Information 17 Compact Fanless Embedded AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI 2 4 8 microSD Card Socket CN10 Pin Card Pin Connector Function 1 1 DAT2 2 2 CD DAT3 3 3 CMD 4 4 VDD 5 5 CLK 6 6 VSS 7 7 DAT0 8 8 DAT1 ...

Page 30: ...Chapter 2 Hardware Information 18 Compact Fanless Embedded AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI 2 4 9 M 2 E Key 2230 CN11 ...

Page 31: ...Card Socket CN12 Pin Pin Name Signal Type 1 UIM_PWR PWR 2 UIM_RST IN 3 UIM_CLK IN 4 GND GND 5 UIM_VPP PWR 6 UIM_DATA PWR 2 4 11 USB3 2 Gen2 USB2 0 Dual Port Connector CN15 Pin Signal Pin Signal USB3 2 USB2 0 U1 VBUS_1 U10 VBUS_2 U2 A D U11 B D U3 A D U12 B D U4 GND U13 GND U5 A SSRX U6 A SSRX U7 GND ...

Page 32: ... Fanless Embedded AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI Pin Signal Pin Signal USB3 2 USB2 0 U8 A SSTX U9 A SSTX 2 4 12 SATA Connector CN19 Pin Pin Name Signal Type 1 GND GND 2 SATA_TX DIFF 3 SATA_TX DIFF 4 GND GND 5 SATA_RX DIFF 6 SATA_RX DIFF 7 GND GND ...

Page 33: ...GPIO492 2 19P_SPI0_MOSI_LS_205 GPIO493 3 13P_SPI1_SCK_LS GPIO480 4 22P_SPI1_MISO_LS GPIO481 5 GND 6 37P_SPI1_MOSI_LS GPIO482 7 18P_SPI1_CS0_LS GPIO483 8 NC 9 V3 3S 2 4 15 8 Bit GPIO Header CN37 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 V3 3S 2 GPIO14 GPIO345 3 16P_SPI1_CS1_LS GPIO484 4 15P_GPIO12_LS GPIO268 5 32P_GPIO07_LS GPIO424 6 209P_UART1_CTS_LS GPIO479 7 31P_GPIO11_LS GPIO422 8 33P_GPIO13_LS GPIO393 9 26P_SPI...

Page 34: ... 6 NC 7 GND 8 NC 2 4 17 RS 232 485 Select SW1 Mode S 1 S 2 S 3 S 4 1T 1R RS 232 On On 1T 1R RS 485 Off On Enable RS 422 RS 485 bias and termination resistors On Disable RS 422 RS 485 bias and termination resistors Off 250kbps for RS 232 and RS 485 RS 422 On RS 232 to 3Mbps RS 485 RS 422 to 20Mbps Off Note SW1 controls the RS 232 485 mode for CN6 See Ch 2 4 5 for Pin Definitions ...

Page 35: ... hardware assembly steps for the BOXER 8254AI Please read this section thoroughly before beginning installation and ensure you have all necessary components ready A Phillips head screwdriver is required 2 5 1 2 5 SATA Drive Installation Step 1 Access the bottom panel by removing the eight 8 screws securing it to the chassis as shown ...

Page 36: ...e the 2 5 Drive onto the drive carrier and secure with four screws Then fasten the carrier to the bottom panel as shown Note the direction of the connectors Step 3 Attach the SATA and SATA Power cables to the 2 5 drive and to the corresponding connectors on the board Step 4 Reattach the bottom panel ...

Page 37: ...ded AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI 2 5 2 Module Access Installation The Xavier NX module is located under the top heat sink To access remove the eight 8 screws securing the heatsink to the chassis then lift the heatsink off The module will be located as shown ...

Page 38: ...e Information 26 Compact Fanless Embedded AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI 2 5 3 Wallmount Kit Installation To install the wallmount kit simply line up the brackets as shown and secure with four 4 screws two for each bracket ...

Page 39: ...Compact Fanless Embedded AI Edge Box PC BOXER 8254AI Chapter 3 Chapter 3 OS Flash Guide ...

Page 40: ...ed onto the BOXER 8254AI carrier board system Download the compressed OS image file The file name will follow the format of ACLinux_4 9_ OS_IF PLF_IF PJ_IF BN tar gz For example ACLinux_4 9_NJ451X NV05 BOXER 8254AI 2 tar gz Note Filename may differ from this example I OS_IF is OS Information For example NJ451X which NJ means NVIDIA Jetpack 451 means NVIDIA Jetpack 4 5 1 and X means Desktop version...

Page 41: ... other end to an available USB port on the host PC 2 Connect the BOXER 8254AI power supply 3 Press and hold the recovery key button While holding the recovery key button power on the system and continue to hold the recovery key button for two seconds then release The BOXER 8254AI should enter recovery mode 4 To check if device is in recovery mode enter lsusb command in terminal on host lsusb grep ...

Page 42: ...e following steps to flash the OS to the BOXER 8254AI 1 Open terminal on Ubuntu host PC then access the bootloader folder you extracted in the previous section 2 Enter the following command in terminal to flash the image sudo flashall sh 3 Wait as the image is installed Once finished you should see the following ...