My Custom Nvidia Jeson Nano AI project

Yes you read this right i try to create my own small AI project with help of other tutorials i can find and them update them.

Material i used

Jetson Nano Developer Kit 4GB
Wall power supply
Samsung Class 10 MicroSD 32GB
120GB SSD
Sata to USB 3 cable
Noctua NF-A4x20-PWM
Xbox Kinect v1

Before Begin

nano: Save and close Nano with Ctrl + X and then Y then Enter

Download jetson nano

Download the Jetson Nano Developer Kit SD Card Image, and note where it was saved on the computer.
Write the image to your microSD card with Etcher.

Install Ubuntu

Select I accept the terms of the licenses and continue
Select a language
Select keyboard layout
Select time zone
Choose computer name, username, create password and then keep the Require my password to login
Select the max size of the usb as the MicroSD is temporary use
Select the MAXN - (Default) and click continue to start install
After install login with new created account as steps above
After first login it will pop a annoying Keyboard Shortcuts window…. Close this
And close the other welcome window…

Updating Your Nvidia Jetson Nano

Keep your Nvidia Jetson Nano up-to-date by following these simple steps.

Update Package Lists

Open a terminal window.
Run the following command to update the package lists:
```
sudo apt update
```

Upgrade Packages

Continue in the terminal.
Upgrade the installed packages to their latest versions:
```
sudo apt upgrade -y
```
After the upgrade is complete, reboot your device:
```
sudo reboot now
```

Clean Up

Once your device is back online and you’ve logged in, open the terminal again.
Clean up unnecessary packages and free up space:
```
sudo apt autoremove -y && sudo apt clean
```

Extra: Passwordless Sudo

For added convenience, you can configure your user account to use sudo without entering a password.

Install the nano text editor if not already installed:
```
sudo apt install nano
```
Open the sudoers file using the visudo command:
```
sudo visudo
```
Add the following line, replacing your_username with your actual username:
```
your_username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
```
Save and exit nano by pressing Ctrl + X, confirming with Y, and then pressing Enter.

Wipe SSD and Moving MicroSD to SSD

Mount the SSD in your Jetson Nano
Open Disks
Select the SSD Disk and Press Ctrl + F
- Erase: Don't overwrite existing data (Quick) or Overwrite existing data with zeroes (slow)
- Partitioning: Compatitble with modern systems and hard disks > 2TB (GPT)
Click Format...
Again click on Format and wait….. Depends on what u selected (Quick) or (Slow)
Now Click on the + Create Patrtition
I have set the Partition size to 110GB for SWAP (We will use this later this page)
Click Next
- Volume Name: Create one
- Type: Internal disk for use with Linux systems only (Ext4)
Click on Create
Finnaly mount the SSD
After the SSD is mounted open Terminal again as we need nano for later use.
```
sudo apt install nano
```
Now we download the repository bootFromUSB from JetsonHacks
```
git clone https://github.com/jetsonhacks/bootFromUSB
```
Enter the bootFromUSB folder
```
cd bootFromUSB
```

We need to have the SSD UUID so

./partUUID.sh

This will output ssomething like this

PARTUUID of Partition: /dev/sda1
a40b6c71-ca35-79d3-8an0-d6v66749e060

Sample snippet for /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf entry:
APPEND ${cbootargs} root=PARTUUID=a40b6c71-ca35-79d3-8an0-d6v66749e060 rootwait rootfstype=ext4

We only need to remember this part

root=PARTUUID=a40b6c71-ca35-79d3-8an0-d6v66749e060

Now let’s move the files from MicroSD to SSD
```
./copyRootToUSB.sh -p /dev/sda1
```
Now we need to change one part in our SSD
```
cd /media
```
When we use the command ls will see a our current user for me is it syslogine
```
ls
```
```
syslogine
```
So we enter the folder
```
cd syslogine
```
again when we do the ls command we can see our new created SSD for me it is myproject
```
ls
```
```
myproject
```
So we enter the folder
```
cd myproject
```
After were in the right SSD folder go to
```
cd boot/extlinux
```
edit extlinux.conf
```
sudo nano extlinux.conf
```
Replace
```
root=/dev/mmcblk0p1
```
with your SSD one, the one we early noted some where or still have that terminal open
```
root=PARTUUID=a40b6c71-ca35-79d3-8an0-d6v66749e060
```
Finnaly… Lets shutdown Jetson Nano
```
sudo poweroff
```
After your Jetson Nano is powered off remove the MicroSD card and power on the device again now it should be powering up with the SSD instead of the MicroSD

you can also just watch this video from JetonHacks

Install Jetson stats

Install pip3 because this is not installed by default
```
sudo apt-get install python3-pip -y
```
Now we can install jetson stats with the pip3
```
sudo -H pip3 install -U jetson-stats
```
best way is to restart your jetson nano
```
sudo reboot now
```
After restart and logged in run jetson stats
```
jtop
```

Make fan start at boot

We need to make the fan start at boot because why not…..This will help to cool your jetson nano allot with compiling and installing packages we need.

Now we will edit rc.local with nano
```
sudo nano /etc/rc.local
```

Then add this to the rc.local file

#!/bin/bash
sleep 10
sudo /usr/bin/jetson_clocks
sudo sh -c 'echo 255 > /sys/devices/pwm-fan/target_pwm'
exit 0

Note

You can change the 255 to another value (0~255) to change the speed of fan.

Then add execute permission to rc.local file.
```
sudo chmod u+x /etc/rc.local
```
Again we reboot our jetson nano to see if this works
```
sudo reboot now
```
After 10 seconds when jetson nano is start the jetson clocks should start running

Installation of libusb

First install Deps
```
sudo apt install libudev-dev
```
Lets create a fodler and enter it before be continue
```
mkdir project && cd project
```

Get the latest version of libusb

wget https://github.com/libusb/libusb/releases/download/v1.0.26/libusb-1.0.26.tar.bz2

Now we need to extract it..
```
tar -xvjf libusb-1.0.26.tar.bz2
```
And i love to work with folder with smaller names so rename it
```
mv libusb-1.0.26 libusb
```
Now we enter the folder we renamed
```
cd libusb
```

Let’s create the package or something.

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static && make

Thats the install
```
sudo make install
```
after make install was succesful we can remove the .tar.bz2
```
cd .. && rm libusb-1.0.26.tar.bz2
```

Last modified February 23, 2025: Auto-update: 2025-02-23 11:22:22 (2a58357)