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Recommended Specifications for ZED SDK

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We recommend the following system specifications for developing software with the latest version of the ZED SDK:

PC MinimumPC RecommendedEmbedded Systems
RAM8GB16GB4 GB minimum
Graphics CardNVIDIA® RTX GPU *NVIDIA® RTX model with >6 GB VRAMNVIDIA® Jetson™ Orin, Thor **
ConnectivityUSB 2.0 ***USB 3.0USB 2.0 *** / USB 3.0 / GMSL2
Operating SystemWindows, UbuntuWindows, UbuntuJetson™ Linux (L4T)

* An NVIDIA® GPU with Compute Capabilities >= 7.5 based on Turing or more recent micro-architecture is required.

** NVIDIA® Jetson™ Thor support is under development and can have some limitations.

*** With USB 2.0, the maximum supported resolution is VGA at 30 FPS.

Please refer to the ZED SDK release page for the list of supported operating system versions for Windows, Ubuntu, and Jetson™ Linux.

On the NVIDIA® Jetson™ Nano 4GB, optimizing the NEURAL and NEURAL_PLUS depth models can take a long time and requires large swap files and memory optimizations to complete.

NVIDIA® Driver Requirements

We recommend using the latest NVIDIA® drivers available for your desktop/laptop GPU.

We recommend you follow the official NVIDIA® Driver Download page instructions to get the latest drivers for your GPU.

This is not required for NVIDIA® Jetson™ embedded systems as the NVIDIA® drivers are already included in the Jetson™ Linux distribution.

To install the open kernel module flavor:

$sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-open

To install the proprietary kernel module flavor:

$sudo apt-get install -y cuda-drivers

We recommend you follow the official NVIDIA® Driver Installation Guide for Ubuntu for more details.