ZED Box series
Not sure which device fits your application? See Choosing Your Hardware for the camera, lens and host recommended for common applications, or follow Choose your ZED Box.
ZED Box devices
The ZED Boxes are ready-to-use embedded PCs for ZED cameras, based on NVIDIA® Jetson™ modules with native GMSL2 connectivity.
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ZED Box Orin 
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ZED Box Mini Mini Carrier Board 
Choose your ZED Box
The following sections help you choose the host for your cameras: a ZED Box, a Mini Carrier Board, or a Jetson Developer Kit with a ZED Link capture card.
| If you need… | Consider | |
|---|---|---|
| Up to four GMSL2 cameras, PoE+ power, GNSS, in a fanless enclosure | ZED Box Orin |
| A compact and cost-effective host for one or two GMSL2 cameras | ZED Box Mini |
| Hardware synchronization of cameras across several devices | ZED Box Mini |
| To integrate the board in your own enclosure, or reuse a Jetson module you own | Mini Carrier Board |
 | More computing power than Jetson Orin NX, or more cameras | Jetson Developer Kit with a ZED Link card |
 | ZED X One Core cameras (MIPI CSI-2) | Jetson Developer Kit with a ZED Link MIPI Quad |
GMSL2 cameras require a Jetson host with GMSL2 connectivity: a ZED Box, or a Jetson Developer Kit with a ZED Link capture card. The ZED 2i and ZED Mini USB 3 cameras work with a ZED Box, but also with a Windows or Linux PC equipped with an NVIDIA® GPU. See Choose your camera to choose the camera first.
ZED Box Orin or ZED Box Mini
ZED Boxes ship with a pre-configured operating system, including the ZED SDK and the GMSL2 driver.
Choose the ZED Box Orin for:
- Three or four GMSL2 cameras, or two ZED X One 4K cameras.
- Power over Ethernet: a single network cable powers the whole system, within the 25.5 W PoE+ budget.
- Global localization, with the GNSS option.
- Fanless operation, with more USB ports and larger storage.
Choose the ZED Box Mini for:
- One or two GMSL2 cameras at full frame rate, in a smaller and more cost-effective device.
- Multi-device synchronization: the trigger input and output synchronize the cameras of several ZED Box Mini units, as described in Multi-device synchronization.
- Direct I/O with CAN, UART and GPIOs, described in Using GPIO.
- Low ambient temperatures, down to -20°C.
Frame rate with several cameras
On the ZED Box Mini, each GMSL2 port runs its camera at full frame rate, for example HD1200 at 60 fps or SVGA at 120 fps.
On the ZED Box Orin, the four ports are organized in two groups of two ports. One stereo camera per group runs at full frame rate. With two stereo cameras in the same group, the frame rate is limited to 30 fps in HD1200 and HD1080, and 60 fps in SVGA. Spread your cameras across the two groups to keep the maximum frame rate. See Using GMSL with ZED Box Orin for all the supported combinations.
Mini Carrier Board
The Mini Carrier Board is the board inside the ZED Box Mini, sold without enclosure. It offers the same connectivity as the ZED Box Mini. Choose it to integrate the board in your own enclosure or robot. It is available with a Jetson Orin Nano or Orin NX module, or without a module if you already own one.
The Mini Carrier Board requires a Jetson compute module to operate. It is not a standalone product.
Jetson Developer Kit with a ZED Link capture card
A ZED Link capture card adds GMSL2 or MIPI CSI-2 camera inputs to an NVIDIA® Jetson™ Developer Kit. Choose this option when the ZED Boxes do not cover your needs:
- More computing power: the ZED Boxes use Jetson Orin Nano and Orin NX modules. For a Jetson AGX Orin, use a ZED Link Duo or ZED Link Quad.
- More GMSL2 cameras: a ZED Link Quad on a Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit captures up to 8 ZED X One GS or ZED X One S cameras.
- ZED X One Core cameras: these MIPI CSI-2 cameras require a ZED Link MIPI Quad, and are not compatible with the ZED Boxes.
The table lists the Developer Kits supported by the current ZED SDK, which runs on Jetson Orin and Jetson Thor platforms. See the Recommended Specifications for ZED SDK.
A Developer Kit is designed for development: for deployment, plan the enclosure, cooling and cabling of your system, or contact support@stereolabs.com about other Jetson carrier boards.
Next steps
- Set up your device: ZED Box Orin, ZED Box Mini, ZED Link GMSL2 capture cards or ZED Link MIPI capture cards.
- Plan a system with several cameras: Multi-Camera.
- Tune the power consumption of the Jetson module: ZED Box Orin power modes and ZED Box Mini power modes.