Jetson Orin Nano

The Jetson Orin Nano is being added as an additional companion-computer integration path for DroneOS.

Why this path is being added

Compared with Raspberry Pi 5, Jetson provides more room for:

• onboard perception pipelines
• object detection workloads
• future inference-heavy autonomy features

Current status

Be precise about status:

• Raspberry Pi 5 is the proven path today
• Jetson Orin Nano is the new path being integrated
• this page documents the intended direction and integration goals while the work is being completed

Integration goals

The Jetson path should support:

• PX4 / flight-controller integration through the existing DroneOS architecture
• ROS 2 workloads
• camera pipelines
• cellular networking options
• future onboard inference workflows

Why Jetson matters

The main reason to add Jetson is not hype. It is compute headroom.

That matters because the companion-computer layer is where perception, networking, and high-level autonomy tooling start to compete for resources.

Documentation approach

This path should be documented as:

• a supported companion-computer option being added
• not the only path
• not yet the same maturity level as the Raspberry Pi 5 path

That keeps the docs honest while still making the direction clear.