Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano Setup

Where to Buy

Looking for a Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano? Here are the authorized retailers:

Device	Amazon	Seeed Studio	SparkFun	Arrow Electronics
NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano	Available ↗	Available ↗	Available ↗	Available ↗
NVMe SSD M.2 2280	Search ↗	—	Search ↗	—
NVMe SSD to USB-C Adapter	Search ↗	—	—	—

For more purchasing options and accessories, visit our Where to Purchase Hardware guide.

Step 1

Using an NVMe SSD to USB-C adapter, connect your NVMe SSD into the adapter and then the USB-C end to the Macbook

Step 2

You can put EdgeOS on your NVMe SSD in two ways:

You can use the Edge CLI to install EdgeOS to a NVMe SSD. We'll assume you have a NVMe SSD inserted into your computer via a NVMe SSD to USB-C adapter. If you need some tips of where to buy one, check out this guide.

2a. List the available disks to install on

macOS

edge imager list --all

--all includes internal disks. This is needed if you're using your computer's internal card reader.

You'll see a list of drives including your NVMe SSD and a few other drives like your internal disk. You'll need to find the drive that is your external disk. And take note of the name of the drive like /dev/disk30.

Example output:

macOS

me@MacBook-Pro-M4-Max website % edge imager list --all

Available external drives:
---------------------------
[1] Internal Disk (/dev/disk0)
    Capacity: 8 TB
    Available: Zero KB
    Type: Internal

[2] Internal Disk (/dev/disk30)
    Capacity: 127.8 GB
    Available: Zero KB
    Type: Internal

2b. See which types of devices you can install EdgeOS on.

macOS

edge imager list-devices

Example output:

macOS

me@MacBook-Pro-M4-Max website % edge imager list-devices

📱 Fetching available device images...

Available devices:
------------------
[1] jetson-orin-nano
    Latest version: 0.6.2

[2] raspberry-pi-5
    Latest version: 0.6.2

[3] raspberry-pi-zero-2
    Latest version: 0.6.2

[4] test-device
    No version available

You can use jetson-orin-nano for Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano.

2c. Begin flashing EdgeOS to your disk

macOS

edge imager write-device <device-name> <disk-name>

# or if you followed the example above, you can use:
edge imager write-device jetson-orin-nano /dev/disk30

You should be given a prompt to confirm the action. Type yes and hit enter.

This can take a while on your first run because you will need to download the image. We cache the image after the first run so it'll be faster on subsequent runs.
Once the image is downloaded, it'll begin to flash the image to your disk. This can take a while depending on the size of the disk. We are working on speeding this up by having smaller images available soon!

Step 4

Remove the NVMe SSD from your computer and insert into your Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano Super on the M.2 slot on the bottom of the board.

Step 4

Plug in a USB-C to micro USB cable from your Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano Super to your Macbook.

Step 5

With the supplied power supply insert the power into power slot on the Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano and then plug into a power source like your wall outlet.

Next Steps

Ready to write your first Edge application? Continue with our Hello World guide to get started.

Hello World Guide