The graphics processor onboard this power-packed 2.32GHz quadcore development board, with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of eMMC flash storage, is great for computer vision tasks on autonomous robotics. The NVIDIA Jetson TK1 powerful GPU, with an astonishing 192 CUDA cores (Compute Unified Device Architecture), allows non-graphics software tasks to be offloaded onto the GPU. Connecting accessories to TK1 is a breeze, since there are so many ports: USB 3.0 and 2.0, a DB9 RS232 serial port, miniPCI-e, SATA, JTAG, gigabit Ethernet, and that’s before you look at the 25-pin 2mm-pitch expansion headers with pins for I2C and even two CSI camera interfaces.
