NVIDIA DRIVE compatible Plugin for Autonomous Vehicle Development
Advanced software-defined platform for autonomous vehicles.
What is NVIDIA DRIVE?
NVIDIA DRIVE is a scalable, open autonomous vehicle computing platform that serves as the brain for self driving vehicles. The only hardware platform of its kind, it delivers high-performance, energy-efficient computing for functionally safe AI in autonomous vehicles.
About Our NVIDIA DRIVE NCOM Plugin
With a plug-in developed by OxTS for the NVIDIA DriveWorks middleware and sensor abstraction layer software under DRIVE OS Linux, users of DRIVE can now take full advantage of the highly accurate position and inertial data created by OxTS GNSS/INS devices.
Read our Press Release for this NVIDIA DRIVE plugin
The plugin gives DRIVE Linux users access, via DriveWorks, to GNSS and IMU measurements provided by the OxTS INS as groundtruth for localisation validation of sensors and perception stack under test, as well as full vehicle localisation. All data is available over Ethernet in real-time, as well as giving the ability for users to convert NCOM log files into DriveWorks compatible logs to future replay.
The NVIDIA DRIVE ORIN system-on-a-chip serves as the ‘brain’ of an autonomous vehicle and is capable of processing up to 254 trillion operations per second (TOPS). It can be used with a range of sensors including:
Compatible OxTS GNSS/INS Devices
All of the sensors on a self driving vehicle need accurate localisation data from some form of GNSS/INS. Without it, the information they produce is of significantly reduced value. GNSS/INS devices provide engineers with vehicle position, heading, pitch/roll, velocity and other useful data. The information is used to both position the vehicle itself, and any sensor the vehicle uses.
The RT3000 v4 GNSS/INS has been tested and validated by NVIDIA as an approved DRIVE AGX ORIN sensor – Discover more about the RT3000 v4
All OxTS devices output OxTS’ NCOM data format, identical to the RT3000 v4, and can be used with the OxTS NVIDIA DRIVE plug-in. Note that the following devices can be used with the plug-in but have not been tested and validated by NVIDIA. Contact OxTS for more information.
RT3000 v3
The INS of choice for the world’s leading automotive companies, suppliers and innovators, the RT3000 v3 provides test engineers with a “ground truth” when measuring the position, orientation and dynamics of a vehicle – Discover more about the RT3000 v3
RT1003 v2
Featuring GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou aiding, as well as the latest OxTS IMU technology, the RT1003 v2 is the cost-effective option for capturing accurate position, orientation and dynamics data in all but the harshest GNSS environments – Discover more about the RT1003 v2
AV200
Compact GNSS-aided inertial navigation system for precision localisation in autonomous applications – Discover more about the AV200
RT3000 v4 Datasheet
The RT3000 v4 is OxTS’ latest, state-of-the-art GNSS/INS. It combines survey-grade GNSS receivers with OxTS’ latest IMU10 sensor technology for ultimate localisation data.
In the absense of GNSS, the RT3000 v4 works seamlessly alongside other OxTS software solutions to ensure uninterrupted position in even the most difficult environments.
Want your OxTS product to integrate with NVIDIA DRIVE?
For more information about how you can use OxTS GNSS/INS devices alongside the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin platform, contact us and a member of the team will be in touch.
