Will Arducam V3Link TI kit work with Jetson Orin NX by soldering to D-ch adapter?

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Hi everyone, quick compatibility question before I commit to hardware. Can the Arducam V3Link Camera Kit for TI Development Boards (https://www.arducam.com/product/arducam-v3link-camera-kit-for-ti-development-boards/) be used with an Nvidia Jetson Orin NX? I know there’s also a dedicated Jetson kit here: https://www.arducam.com/product/arducam-imx477p-v3link-fpd-link-serdes-camera-kit-for-nvidia-jetson-orin-nx-orin-nano/ but I’d really like to use the TI kit if possible.

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Thanks for the post. A couple of things would help narrow this down. Which carrier board are you running the Orin NX on, and how were you planning to connect the TI kit? The reason I ask is that the Jetson-specific solution uses a 6-pin connector for I2C communication, so the wiring approach matters a lot here.

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Right, that 6-pin I2C connector is exactly the part I’m unsure about. My idea was to solder some wires to the V3LINK D-ch adapter board and connect it directly to the Jetson. Would that actually work? Here’s the board I’m looking at:

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Thanks for the photo, that helps. Before I go into pin-level details, can you tell me how many cameras you’re planning and what cable distance you need? That has a big impact on whether this kind of direct wiring stays stable.

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I need stable and synchronized camera views over roughly 3-5 meters. The plan is to connect two Camarray HATs on a single I2C line, and then run that to the Jetson.

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Okay, so if I’m reading this right, you’d be running 2x Camarray HAT together with 4x V3Link boards and 16 cameras total. Could you post your topology diagram so I can see exactly how everything ties together?

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Yes, that’s the setup. Here’s the full list and the diagram:

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Thanks, that makes the picture much clearer. Let me summarize what I understand so I’m answering the right question: you’re looking at the V3Link Camera Kit for TI Development Boards (https://www.arducam.com/product/arducam-v3link-camera-kit-for-ti-development-boards/) for use with the Jetson Orin NX, and you also found the existing Jetson-specific solution (https://www.arducam.com/product/arducam-imx477p-v3link-fpd-link-serdes-camera-kit-for-nvidia-jetson-orin-nx-orin-nano/). The core question is whether soldering wires to the V3LINK D-ch adapter board and going straight into the Jetson will work, especially for stable and synchronized views over 3-5 meters with that Camarray + V3Link topology. At this point this is a compatibility question rather than a reported fault, and I don’t have an official answer or wiring instructions for this exact configuration yet. I’ll need to check with engineering and will post back here once I have something concrete.