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If you are looking for a full hardware solution, take a look at our preconfigured Hardware Development Kits (HDKs), which include access to this SDK as well as all the hardware necessary to run Hammerhead out of the box.

If you want to use your own compute device and/or cameras, then you'll need an SDK license. This gives you access to our Ubuntu .deb packages containing our software binaries:

hammerhead
nodar_viewer

You'll also get access to our extensive library of C++ and Python examples that you can use as a starting point for your own integration:

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Supported Systems

Our binaries rely on Cuda and currently target Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04 for ARM and AMD64 (Intel and AMD Cpus). Here is a list of configurations we currently provide .deb packages for:

Cuda 11.4 / Ubuntu 20.04 / Amd 64
Cuda 11.4 / Ubuntu 20.04 / Arm 64
Cuda 12.0 / Ubuntu 20.04 / Amd 64
Cuda 12.1 / Ubuntu 22.04 / Amd 64
Cuda 12.2 / Ubuntu 22.04 / Amd 64
Cuda 12.2 / Ubuntu 22.04 / Arm 64
Cuda 12.3 / Ubuntu 22.04 / Amd 64
Cuda 12.6 / Ubuntu 22.04 / Amd 64
Cuda 12.6 / Ubuntu 22.04 / Arm 64
Cuda 12.9 / Ubuntu 24.04 / Amd 64
Cuda 13.0 / Ubuntu 22.04 / Amd 64
Cuda 13.0 / Ubuntu 24.04 / Amd 64

If there is something that you would like us to support, please let us know at sales@nodarsensor.com

Installation

After purchasing a free trial or an extended license through buy.nodarsensor.net, you will get an email with:

Activation key (like ABCDE-ABCDE-ABCDE-ABCDE)
Activation link (like https://buy.nodarsensor.net/activate.html?token=random_token)

After clicking the activation link, you will get another email with a custom download link like:

https://downloads.nodarsensor.net/abcdefgh-1234-abcd-1234-abcdefghijkl
(This link is a dummy link that will not work)

This link is your custom portal for downloading .deb packages.

The portion of the link after downloads.nodarsensor.net is your customer UUID.
In this example, abcdefgh-1234-abcd-1234-abcdefghijkl

With this download URL in hand, you can either download the .deb packages directly, or let our nodar-quickstart.sh script do the hard part, and find the best debs for your system. Just enter your customer UUID and whichever options you want:

Download nodar-quickstart.sh

Note: After downloading, you should make nodar-quickstart.sh executable:
chmod +x nodar-quickstart.sh

./nodar-quickstart abcdefgh-1234-abcd-1234-abcdefghijkl
./nodar-quickstart abcdefgh-1234-abcd-1234-abcdefghijkl --download
./nodar-quickstart abcdefgh-1234-abcd-1234-abcdefghijkl --install

By default, our downloads will save to ${HOME}/.config/nodar/. For example, depending on your system, the --download or --install option in nodar-quickstart.sh might download the following files:

~$ ls ~/.config/nodar/downloads/debs/
hammerhead-2.12.1-evalkit-gd-cuda12.3-ubuntu22.04-amd64.deb
nodar_viewer-2.12.1-evalkit-gd-cuda12.3-ubuntu22.04-amd64.deb

The --install option will install these packages automatically. If you want to do that manually instead, then you can

cd ~/.config/nodar/downloads/debs/
sudo apt install \\
    ./hammerhead-2.12.1-evalkit-gd-cuda12.3-ubuntu22.04-amd64.deb \\
    ./nodar_viewer-2.12.1-evalkit-gd-cuda12.3-ubuntu22.04-amd64.deb

After installation, hammerhead and nodar_viewer will be available on your system. We also install unique desktop icons on Ubuntu to make it easier to launch:

Multiple Versions

To make upgrading and downgrading as easy as possible, we support parallel installations. For example, the following is valid:

sudo apt install ./hammerhead-2.8.0-evalkit-cuda12.3-ubuntu22.04-amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./hammerhead-2.9.0-evalkit-cuda12.3-ubuntu22.04-amd64.deb

When you install one or more versions, they are automatically added to your update-alternatives. This means that you can change which version hammerhead and nodar_viewer point to by configuring the update-alternative:

~$ sudo update-alternatives --config hammerhead
There are 2 choices for the alternative hammerhead (providing /usr/bin/hammerhead).

  Selection    Path                                                                                 Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
  0            /usr/lib/nodar/2.8.0-evalkit-cuda12.3-ubuntu22.04-amd64/hammerhead/nodar/hammerhead   22812302  auto mode
* 1            /usr/lib/nodar/2.9.0-evalkit-cuda12.3-ubuntu22.04-amd64/hammerhead/nodar/hammerhead   22912302  manual mode
  2            /usr/lib/nodar/2.8.0-evalkit-cuda12.3-ubuntu22.04-amd64/hammerhead/nodar/hammerhead   22812302  manual mode

Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 

matt@desk:~/Desktop/hammerhead$ sudo update-alternatives --config nodar_viewer 
There are 2 choices for the alternative nodar_viewer (providing /usr/bin/nodar_viewer).

  Selection    Path                                                                                     Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
  0            /usr/lib/nodar/2.8.0-evalkit-cuda12.3-ubuntu22.04-amd64/nodar_viewer/nodar/nodar_viewer   22812302  auto mode
* 1            /usr/lib/nodar/2.9.0-evalkit-cuda12.3-ubuntu22.04-amd64/nodar_viewer/nodar/nodar_viewer   22912302  manual mode
  2            /usr/lib/nodar/2.8.0-evalkit-cuda12.3-ubuntu22.04-amd64/nodar_viewer/nodar/nodar_viewer   22812302  manual mode

Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:

If you are unsure of which version you have installed, you can always pass the --version flag to hammerhead and nodar_viewer:

matt@desk:~$ hammerhead --version
Hammerhead 2.12.1 Evalkit_gd
Commit d1ddd8c2-R
Compiled on:
    2025-12-04 at 17:29:35 UTC
    Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
    Cuda 12.3.103 for compute architecture(s): 86-real, 87-real, 89-real

matt@desk:~$ nodar_viewer --version
Hammerhead 2.12.1 Evalkit_gd
Commit d1ddd8c2-R
Compiled on:
    2025-12-04 at 17:29:35 UTC
    Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
    Cuda 12.3.103 for compute architecture(s): 86-real, 87-real, 89-real

Licenses and Activation Keys

Licenses are node-locked, meaning they are tied to a machine's hardware and cannot be transferred to another machine.

When you start a trial or purchase a license, you receive one activation key that is valid for a specific number of machines. For example, a 3-machine license includes a single activation key that can be used simultaneously on all three machines.

Since the licenses are bound to hardware, not the operating system, you can use the same license in different Docker containers on the same machine. These only count as one machine against your quota unless the Docker image is intentionally hiding hardware details.

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Getting Started

See the Quick Start guide to get up and running in minutes with nodar-quickstart.sh.