# jetson-customize-pinmux

Parses a Jetson Orin or Thor pinmux XLSM and emits three BCT DTSIs, one entry per pin on a custom carrier.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 installs · ★ 3735
- Author: Jetson Team
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/jetson-customize-pinmux/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/jetson-customize-pinmux

## What it does

The skill reads your pinmux spreadsheet (`.xlsm`) and walks each pin: SFIO, direction, initial state. Pads with configurable attributes also get pull, drive_type and open_drain prompts. Output is three DTSIs — `pinmux`, `gpio` and `padvoltage` — written to `<source.root_path>/Linux_for_Tegra/bootloader/`. The carrier conf picks them up through `PINMUX_CONFIG=`, `GPIOINT_CONFIG=` and `PMC_CONFIG=`.

The work happens in `scripts/modify_pinmux.py`: it parses the XLSM, builds a per-carrier pinmap JSON, captures edits into a session shim, and on `generate` writes the DTSIs. It needs `openpyxl>=3.1`. You also need an active profile with `reference_devkit:` and `custom_carrier:`, a `Linux_for_Tegra/` git repo, and `/jetson-derive-carrier` already run — without it the carrier conf has no DTSI references to write into.

One thing to plan for: this skill has no kernel-DT overlay surface and does not touch ODMDATA. After `generate` you must re-point the `#include` lines in the `.dts` wrappers to the new filename, and by bare basename rather than a `../../` path. Skip that and the build still pulls the upstream devkit `.dtsi`, so your pin changes never reach the image.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-pinmux -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/jetson-customize-pinmux/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/jetson-customize-pinmux/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-pinmux -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/jetson-customize-pinmux/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-pinmux -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/jetson-customize-pinmux/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NVIDIA/skills jetson-customize-pinmux
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/jetson-customize-pinmux/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-pinmux -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills --path skills/jetson-customize-pinmux
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/jetson-customize-pinmux/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-pinmux -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/jetson-customize-pinmux/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- parse a pinmux XLSM into a per-ball CVM pinmap
- set SFIO, direction and initial state on a specific pin
- emit all three BCT DTSIs in one pass
- fix an HSIO pin mismatch flagged by a sibling skill
- flip a pin between GPIO and a peripheral function

## Example prompts
- configure the SFIO for a pin on my custom Jetson Orin carrier
- generate the pinmux DTSI from my .xlsm
- change this pin's direction and initial state to GPIO

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: jetson-customize-pinmux
description: >-
  Per-pin SFIO / direction / initial-state configurator for a Jetson
  Orin or Thor custom carrier from the pinmux XLSM. Do NOT use for
  kernel-DT overlay or ODMDATA edits.
version: 0.0.1
license: "Apache-2.0"
metadata:
  data-classification: public
  author: "Jetson Team"
  tags:
    - bsp
    - phase-2
    - io
    - pinmux
  domain: meta
---

# Customize pinmux (per-pin SFIO / direction / state)

## Overview

The Tegra pinmux spreadsheet (`.xlsm`) is the ground truth for every
CVM ball: SoC pin name, supported SFIOs, customer-selected function,
direction, and initial state. This skill parses that XLSM, runs a
per-pin Q1–Q6 interactive loop, and emits the three BCT DTSIs
(`pinmux`, `gpio`, `padvoltage`) in one shot into the overlay tracker
at `<source.root_path>/Linux_for_Tegra/bootloader/`.

Unlike sibling skills `jetson-customize-uphy` / `jetson-customize-pcie` /
`jetson-customize-camera`, **pinmux has no kernel-DT overlay surface and no
ODMDATA edit**. The XLSM is the source of truth; the three emitted
DTSIs land at flash time via the carrier conf's
`PINMUX_CONFIG=` / `GPIOINT_CONFIG=` / `PMC_CONFIG=` references (which
`/jetson-derive-carrier` set up).

**Pad classification (silicon-fixed):** only `BD*` and `BI*` pads have
configurable pull / drive / open-drain attributes. `LP5XA_*`,
`UPHYDS_*`, `DP_SINGLE_*`, `BDMIPI16X_*`, `BDUSB2_*`, `OSCI27_*` are
fixed-function and **skip Q4–Q6** (`configurable: no`).

The bundled `scripts/modify_pinmux.py` is the workhorse: it parses
the XLSM via `openpyxl>=3.1`, builds the per-carrier pinmap JSON,
captures pin edits into a session shim, and (on `generate`) writes
the three DTSIs.

## When to invoke

- The user says "configure pin", "set SFIO", "edit pinmux DTSI",
  "set pin direction", "set initial state", or asks to repurpose a
  CVM ball (e.g. flip a pin between GPIO and a peripheral function).
- A sibling skill (`jetson-customize-camera`, `jetson-customize-pcie`,
  `jetson-customize-usb`, `jetson-customize-mgbe`) reports an HSIO pin mismatch
  via `pin_verifier.py` and the user wants to fix it.
- The user pre-derived a custom carrier with `/jetson-derive-carrier`
  and now wants to author the pinmux from a freshly-edited `.xlsm`.

**Prerequisites:**

- Active profile selected (`target-platform/active_target.yml` →
  `<profile>.yaml` with `reference_devkit:` AND `custom_carrier:`).
- `<source.root_path>/Linux_for_Tegra/` exists as a git repo
  (`/jetson-init-source`).
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