I managed to get the SD reader working fine. The following works with ARDUINO UNO only

The pins for other micro controllers such as ARDUINO MICRO are different (see ref section below)

Pin 10 on Arduino should connect to D3 on the SD which is CHIP SELECT, via a potential divider. You need a potential divider because pin 10 gives out 5V and D3 can only accept 3.3V. I used three resistors for the potential divider - 4.7K, 1K and 220 ohms in series , with 4.7K attached to ground and 220 ohm attached to pin 10, tapping off 3.4V at the junction of 4.7K and 1K.

Pin 11 on Arduino should connect to CMD on the SD which is DATA IN, via a potential divider. You need a potential divider because pin 11 gives out 5V and CMD can only accept 3.3V. I used three resistors for the potential divider - 4.7K, 1K and 220 ohms in series , with 4.7K attached to ground and 220 ohm attached to pin 11, tapping off 3.4V at the junction of 4.7K and 1K

Pin 12 on the arduino should be connected DIRECTLY to D0 on the SD which is DATAOUT. No need for a potential divider here. D0 gives out 3.3V which is interpreted by arduino as HIGH, so no need for a potential divider.

Pin 13 on Arduino should connect to CLK on the SD which is CLOCK via a potential divider. You need a potential divider because pin 13 gives out 5V and CLK can only accept 3.3V. I used three resistors for the potential divider - 4.7K, 1K and 220 ohms in series , with 4.7K attached to ground and 220 ohm attached to pin 13 tapping off 3.4V at the junction of 4.7K and 1K

CD on the SD should be connected to Ground

GND on the SD should be connected to Ground.

VCC on the SD should be connected directly to 3.3V power pin on the Arduino

D1, D2 and WP on the SD do not need to be connected to anything.

NOTE: when writing to the sd card, you must use a file name with less than 6 characters, otherwise the chip does not record it, e.g. log.txt is good, but temperature.txt is too long.

TUTORIALS

Here are some tutorials that I found very useful

1. http://www.martin-gardner.co.uk/how-to-connect-your-old-sd-card-to-an-arduino/

2. http://www.ppl-pilot.com/logger/

**3. **playground.arduino.cc/Learning/SDMMC

I particularly liked http://www.martin-gardner.co.uk/how-to-connect-your-old-sd-card-to-an-arduino/ which shows exactly how to wire up the potential dividers.

CONNECTING TO AN ARDUINO MICRO You will need to use the pin layout for the Micro which is different from the Uno. See here - http://www.codingcolor.com/microcontrollers/arduino-micro-wired-up-to-an-adafruit-microsd-card-breakout-board/

Note that the MICRO has a dedicated clock pin, so CLK on the SD should connect to SLK on the MICRO, instead of pin 13 on the micro. Connection is via a potential divider as with the UNO. The MICRO has a dedicated MOSI pin, so CMD on the SD should connect to MOSI on the MICRO, instead of pin 11 on the MICRO. Connection is via a potential divider as with the UNO. The MICRO has a dedicated MISO pin, so D0 on the SD should connect to MISO on the MICRO, instead of pin 12 on the MICRO. Connection is direct - no potential divider needed.

Pin 10 on the MICRO still connects to D3 on the SD via a potential divider. CS and GND pins on the SD are connected to GROUND VCC on the SD connects to the 3.3V pin on the MICRO

Regards

Craig Paardekooper

I have this board in a project, and have never been able to make it work. Using "tested" software that works for others, connections double (and triple) checked.

The driver can not mount the card at all. I am wired for 4 bit (six wire plus power and ground) comms.

After reading the comments.. is there some error in the board wiring or labeling? Maybe I'll drop back to 2 wire mode and see if that works any better.

Thanks, Lyle

this board is hopeless... CLK goes to nowhere and so the card never initializes!! it should go to #5 of the socket (pictured in datasheet) but it doesn't.

I made a Fritzing part for this product.

Enjoy ! ;)

If ever there were a Sparkfun product that needed a hookup guide, this would be it.

I think this is how the pins are assigned: 1) WP 2) DAT1 = IRQ 3) DAT0 = DOUT 4) GND 5) Vcc = 3.3V 6) CLK = SCLK 7) CD 8) CMD = DIN 9) CD/DAT3 10) DAT2 = RW only pin 3 (DAT0 = Dout), pin 6 (CLK=SCLK), pin 8 (CMD = Din), pin 9 (CD/DAT3 = CS) aside from Vcc and gnd are needed. Provide pull up resistor of around 10K for pins 3, 6, 8, and 9.

Hey, Sparkfun!

Can we get a once-and-for-all statement regarding the wiring? Assume I am using an Uno, 5V (I'm not but let's talk pins instead of acronyms just to avoid further confusion), here are my questions:

Which pin on this board do I connect to Uno's pin 13?

Which pin on this board do I connect to Uno's pin 12?

Which pin on this board do I connect to Uno's pin 11?

Which pin on this board do I connect to the Uno pin I have nominated to be CS? I'm using pin 4.

Which of these pins 4, 11, 12, 13 require level shifting?

It's unfortunate that this breakout board doesn't have logic level converters on it so it can be used with +5V microcontrollers. I'll not be purchasing this board therefore.

kglad1's "schematic" works great if you're curious about how to wire this to your Arduino. Just remember when using a Mega the SPI pins are not the same.

pin 13 or 52 Mega pin 12 or 50 Mega pin 11 or 51 Mega pin 10 or 53 Mega

I have been able to get the older version of this card working with an Arduino reading and writing data. The new breakout board does not have a connection labeled CS. After reading the forum one person suggested that D3 is the SPI CS line on the breakout board. On the schematic pin one is CD/D3. On the Breakout board pin one is labeled D2. I tried using D2 as the CS line and D3 (pin 2 on the breakout board and labeld as CMD in the schematic) and still could not get the Arduino to recognized an SD card that is recognized on the earlier breakout board. What is the relationship top the labeled pins on board to the schematic? Does CD and D2 which is the first pin need to be connected somehow? Which pin on the board functions as CS line? I appreciate any clarification on this. I am using the following wiring/Fritzing diagram. http://garagelab.com/profiles/blogs/tutorial-how-to-use-sd-card-with-arduino. Thanks.

i have the same question about wiring- also which pin can be used for CS? i have tried wiring according to this: http://arduino.cc/playground/Learning/SDMMC with D0 as MISO and CMD as MOSI and CD as CS

How to wire this so the card is recognized and noted as not write protected, the pins listed as MISO and MOSI are not noted to any of the specific data pins.

Perhaps my inexperience with these is the problem, but the drawings could note if multiple pins can be data in and out.

Replacement: BOB-11403. We've revised this board to fit a new SD card socket, it has stayed the same otherwise.