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8 October 2025
Written by Harry Forster
Peridio Avocado OS Nvidia demo
When’s the last time you saw a Linux distro actually built for product developers? At Microelectronics UK, we caught Peridio running a clean little demo on an Nvidia Jetson board using Avocado OS—their answer to the Frankenstein builds most devs hack together at the edge.
What It Fixes
Let’s be honest. Jetson is powerful, but shipping it is pain. Ubuntu-based systems are bloated, updates drift, and reproducing bugs in the field is borderline impossible. If you’ve tried scaling Jetson deployments, you know the feeling.
Peridio Avocado OS tackles this head-on:
- No runtime package bloat
- Reproducible image builds
- Support for secure boot and field updates
- CLI tools developers actually want to use
How It Actually Works
Instead of shipping a desktop OS with a hundred unnecessary drivers, Avocado OS builds images from the ground up. At build time, you include only what you need—nothing more. It’s lightweight, image-based, and ready for Cyber Resilience compliance.
Developers get:
- A tiny SDK
- Command-line tools
- Optional VM targets for testing without hardware
- A smooth upgrade path from prototyping to production
Where It Gets Interesting
In the demo, a Jetson-powered smart camera checks for missing screwdrivers on a mock production line. It’s called a “kitting” application—making sure the right stuff is in the box before it ships.
- Uses Advantech ICAM-540 (Jetson inside)
- Runs all vision and inference on-device
- Flags missing parts in real-time
- Installs in minutes with Avocado OS prebuilt images
What You Can Build Today
If you’re working on edge AI, smart manufacturing, robotics, or any embedded product where you need full control over your OS without babysitting updates, Avocado OS is worth a try.
Check out their docs, spin up a VM, and start building something that doesn’t break at scale.
The Bottom Line
The Peridio Avocado OS Nvidia demo shows what happens when embedded developers finally get an OS that’s made for them, not a repurposed desktop Frankenstein.
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