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PmodMicroSDReferenceManual
TheDigilentPmodMicroSD(RevisionA)allowssystemboardstoreadfromandwriteto
microSDcards.WithnolimitationonthefilesystemormemorysizeofthemicroSDcard,users
willbeabletostoreandaccesslargeamountsofdatafromtheirsystemboard.
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Features
MicroSDcardslot
Storeandaccesslargeamountsofdatafromyoursystemboard
NolimitationonfilesystemormemorysizeofmicroSDcardused
1bitand4bitcommunication
12pinPmodportwithSPIinterface
FunctionalDescription
ThePmodMicroSDisagreatwaytostoreandaccessinformationonadevicethatcanthenbe
accessedbyoutsidedevicessuchasaphoneorcomputer.
InterfacingwiththePmod
ThePmodMicroSDisdesignedtocommunicatewiththehostboardprimarilythroughtheSPI
protocol.Bydefault,themicroSDcarditselfisdefinedtobootupinSDmode,butwillenter
intoSPImodewhentheChipSelectline ispulledlow.Theactualtechniqueofwritingtoand
readingfromspecificlocationsonanmicroSDgoesbeyondthescopeofthisdocument,butthe
complexityoftheprocessisnicelyabstractedawaywithinthechipKITSDlibraryand
DigilentPmodSDIPCore.
Apinoutdescriptiontableforthe2×6pinheaderonthePmodMicroSDcanbefoundbelow:
ConnectorJ1‐PinDescriptions
Pin Signal DescriptionPin Signal Description
1 ~CS ChipSelect/Data3 7 DAT1 Data1
2 MOSI MOSI/Command 8 DAT2 Data2
3 MISO MISO/Data0 9 CD CardDetect
4 SCK SerialClock 10 NC NotConnected
5 GND PowerSupplyGround 11 GND PowerSupplyGround
6 VCC PowerSupply(3.3V) 12 VCC PowerSupply(3.3V)
AnyexternalpowerappliedtothePmodMicroSDmustbewithinthespecificationsofthe
insertedmicroSDcard.AsdeterminedbytheSDcardassociation,thisvoltagerange mustbe
within2.7to3.6volts.The3.3operatingvoltageonDigilentsystemboardsnicelycomplieswith
thisstandard.
PhysicalDimensions
Thepinsonthepinheaderarespaced100milapart.ThePCBis1.8incheslongonthesides
paralleltothepinsonthepinheaderand1.8incheslongonthesidesperpendiculartothepin
header.
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Digilent
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Memory IC Development Tools Pmod MicroSD: microSD Card Slot
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