Installation

Note: This installation method is deprecated in favor of running Deadeye in Docker on vision coprocessors. See Docker installation and usage instructions.

This section describes how to prepare a Jetson Nano for Deadeye deployment. We deploy the base Linux OS, and prepare the system for automated provisioning in the next section.

Note: This step is only done once for each SD card you prepare.

Jetson Nano Developer Kit

When you boot the first time from a freshly-imaged SD card, the will take you through some initial set-up. Normally this is done with an attached monitor, keyboard and mouse, but for convenience we will perform a "headless" set-up over a USB serial connection.

Items Required

Have the following items available before starting installation.

microSD Card: The uses a microSD card as a boot device and for main storage. It's important to have a card that's fast and large enough for your projects; the minimum recommended is a 16GB UHS-1 card.

5V 4A Power Supply: Normally the is powered via the micro-USB connector, however we will be using it for serial communication during set-up. You'll need to power the with a DC barrel jack power supply (with 5.5mm OD / 2.1mm ID / 9.5mm length, center pin positive) that can supply up to 5V 4A. See Adafruit's 5V 4A switching power supply.

Circuit Board Jumper Cap: To enable use of the DC barrel jack power supply, you will need to fit a jumper to J48 on the baseboard.

USB Cable: You will use a micro-USB to USB A cable to connect to the Nano. Make sure that the cable is data capable. Some USB cables (such as those that come with phones) only transmit power.

Ethernet Cable: For connecting to your network.

First Boot

Note: Start with the Nano un-powered; we will connect to power supply in a step below.

1. Download the Jetson NANO Developer Kit SD Card image and install it to your microSD card using balenaEtcher or equivalent.
2. Install the microSD card into the slot on the underside of the module.
3. Connect the USB cable between your computer and the Nano micro-USB connector.
4. Connect the ethernet cable to your network.
5. Attach the circuit board jumper cap across J48.
6. Attach the 5v power supply to the J25 power jack to boot the Nano.
7. When boot is complete, connect to the via USB serial. You will need a serial terminal application such as puTTY for Windows or screen for Linux and macOS. More information about connecting with a serial terminal can be found at JetsonHacks.

Initial Set-up

When you boot the first time, the Developer Kit will take you through some initial setup, including:

1. Review and accept NVIDIA software EULA
2. Select system language, location, and time zone
3. System clock set to UTC: Yes
4. User full name: Deadeye
5. Username: deadeye
6. Password: use shop WiFi password
7. APP partition size: accept default value to use entire SD card
8. Network configuration: select eth0 as the primary network interface. If you are connected to a network via ethernet, you should be assigned an IP address using DHCP. We will configure a static IP address below.
9. Select a host name corresponding to the unit ID, for example, unit A is deadeye-a.
10. Log back into the as user deadeye and reboot using sudo reboot

2767 Configuration

For team 2767, computer name and IP address are according to the following table:

The gateway and DNS server are 10.27.67.1 for all units.

Important: Make sure you have rebooted the after performing initial set-up since its network interface will change after first boot.

To finish configuration, log in as user deadeye and run the following command to install the curl utility:

$ sudo apt install -y curl

When the curl utility is successfully installed, run our custom bootstrap script:

$ curl https://www.strykeforce.org/deadeye/bootstrap.sh | sudo bash

Reboot the using sudo reboot and confirm you can log in remotely from your computer via SSH: ssh deadeye@10.27.67.12 (deadeye-c).

Miscellaneous

Update installed packages, this may take a while depending on the number of out-of-date packages:

$ sudo apt upgrade