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Planning ranges — final pricing confirmed November 2026.

Need a Jetson-class carrier or a camera board?

Custom Carrier & Vision

Carrier boards for NVIDIA Jetson-class modules and vision boards for robotics, machine vision and edge AI: from requirements to a fabrication-ready design package.

Planning ranges
Standard $6,000–$12,000 · High-speed $12,000–$24,000 · Complex $24,000–$48,000
Price
Fixed quote after scope review, approved before work starts
Starts from
Requirements, block diagram or reference design

Custom design starts with a short qualification of scope and fit. If you already have a schematic, the pre-fab schematic review is the easiest first step.

Example project · Standard bandPlanning range
$6,000–$12,000
Fixed quote after scope review
Example
6-layer NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano carrier: 2 MIPI cameras, USB 3.2, Gigabit Ethernet, 9–20 V input, following NVIDIA's reference carrier
Buys
Design package + power-tree calculations and a check against the vendor reference
Send a project summaryAll planning ranges
Or email: engineering@1997circuits.com

A module carrier (memory on the module) usually sits a band lower than a processor-plus-DDR board with the same interfaces.

What you get, what we need

Every design band buys a fabrication-ready hardware design package: schematic, PCB layout, BOM, and fab and assembly outputs, DRC/DFM-clean, with a design review at each stage.

What you get

  • Schematic, PCB layout, BOM, fab and assembly outputs
  • A design review at each stage
  • Two feedback milestones: schematic sign-off and layout sign-off
  • Pin-mux table, device-tree notes and power-up sequence for your software team
  • Native files and libraries are yours, as set out in the IP clause of your quote

What we need from you

  • Requirements or a block diagram
  • Module and camera choices, if made
  • The vendor reference design you want to follow
  • The timing you need

Not included

  • BSP and firmware: we do not sell it
  • Built prototypes: a separate component; by default you order fab and assembly with our package
  • Enclosure or mechanical CAD
  • Certification testing

How a design job runs

  1. Project summaryboard or module, stage, problem, timing, files
  2. First replyfit assessment, availability, next step
  3. Scope reviewNDA first if you want one
  4. Fixed quotefive components, start window, milestones
  5. Schematicfeedback milestone 1 · you sign off
  6. Layoutfeedback milestone 2 · you sign off
  7. Releasefab and assembly outputs

The first reply tells you whether we can start within your timing.

What places a carrier in a band

Risk, not pin count. Pins and layers are a secondary check.

  • Interface speeds and topology
  • Power sequencing, thermal load and mechanical density
  • How good the reference design is
  • How much simulation and verification the board needs
  • How much is proven reuse and how much is new engineering

See the bands, what each one buys and a planning band finder on the pricing page.

Questions

Do you write the BSP or firmware?

No. BSP and firmware are excluded; we do not sell them. We hand over the pin-mux table, device-tree notes and the power-up sequence, matched to the vendor's reference BSP.

Can you build the prototypes?

By default you order fab and assembly yourself, with our package. For complex boards we can manage the build for a stated fee; fab and parts are then at cost, prepaid by you.

Is bring-up included?

It is an optional fixed stage, quoted after the fab release. The quote names the software owner, the inputs we need, the software versions supported and the hardware acceptance tests.

How many review rounds are included?

Two feedback milestones: at schematic sign-off and at layout sign-off. If you want more, we price them into your quote up front. Corrections of our own errors are free.

Start with a short project summary.

A named engineer replies with a fit assessment, availability and the next step. Then you get a bounded proposal with a fixed price. No attachments needed yet.

Include

  • Board or module
  • Current stage
  • The concrete problem
  • The timing you need
  • Which design files exist

What happens next

1 · First reply
A named engineer: fit, availability and the next step.
2 · Files
NDA first if you want one: we sign yours or send ours.
3 · Bounded proposal
Scope, fixed price, start window, milestones, dependencies and acceptance criteria. You approve it before work starts.

Where

Write a project summary
Or email: engineering@1997circuits.com

No schematic yet? Custom design starts with a short qualification of scope and fit. Already have one? The pre-fab schematic review, $1,500 fixed, is the easiest first step.