NVIDIA Jetson Thor Carrier Boards: Complete Guide & Overview
 | The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor documentation from RidgeRun is presently being developed. |
Carrier Board Overview
In this section, you are going to learn about the carrier boards currently available for the Thor SoM.
The Jetson Thor module represents NVIDIA’s latest generation of System-on-Module (SoM) solutions, built for extreme performance in AI, robotics, and embedded vision applications. Like all Jetson SoMs, Thor is designed to be connected to a carrier board, which serves as the essential hardware interface between the module and the rest of the system.
The carrier board provides critical I/O such as USB, Ethernet, PCIe, HDMI, GPIOs, and power delivery. The Jetson Thor SoM connects to the carrier board through a high-density connector, which typically exceeds 600 pins to support the wide range of high-speed interfaces the module offers.
Carrier boards are indispensable to the use of any Jetson module. Developers usually begin with an official NVIDIA developer kit that includes a reference carrier board, enabling them to test and validate the SoM’s capabilities. Once satisfied, they either design their own custom carrier board tailored to their product requirements or choose one of the many third-party options available in the ecosystem. This approach reduces development time and ensures that the final hardware meets the specifications required for deployment.