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      Manju2391
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      @manju2391 said in External SD Card:

      I'm using Catalex Micro SD Card adapter which uses SPI pins.
      https://www.google.com.au/search?q=catalex+micro+sd+card+adapter+datasheet&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBAU760AU760&tbm=isch&source=iu&pf=m&ictx=1&fir=DHR2Q6L_pvc-M%253A%252CO21LzES_2VLsTM%252C&usg=__XDM0G6olWPNV09RPlFPnxzGgHyo%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3_puTi6HXAhXIFJQKHdpNASMQ9QEIOTAC#imgrc=SAdHIXZFJd1dvM:

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        livius @Manju2391
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        @manju2391
        As we talking privately you do not need this module at all
        only direct connection of SD card or simple adapter (without any electronic elements).

        But if you really need to use some SPI based module (I will see need for this only when you need more then one SD card) then try this
        https://github.com/pycom/pycom-micropython-sigfox/tree/master/drivers/sdcard

        think about people first, then computers

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          Manju2391 @livius
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          @livius
          Sorry for the late reply was out of town. I still couldn't figure out how spi works on pycom chip. I'm just confused about the pins .

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            Manju2391
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            I got it working with SDIO bus but is it possible over shared SPI bus?

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              livius @Manju2391
              last edited by livius

              @manju2391
              If you look below you find link

              But if you really need to use some SPI based module (I will see need for this only when you need more then one SD card) then try this
              https://github.com/pycom/pycom-micropython-sigfox/tree/master/drivers/sdcard

              but i haven't used it and cannot say more about it.

              think about people first, then computers

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                  Manju2391
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                  @livius
                  Yes I did import the library and when tried to test it but i'm getting this error

                  import machine, sdcard, os
                  from machine import SPI
                  from machine import Pin

                  spi = SPI(0, mode=SPI.MASTER, baudrate=2000000, polarity=0, phase=0, pins=('P19','P20','P21'))
                  CS = Pin('P10', mode=Pin.OUT, pull=Pin.PULL_UP)
                  sd = sdcard.SDCard(machine.SPI(0), machine.Pin('P22'))

                  Traceback (most recent call last):
                  File "<stdin>", line 9, in <module>
                  File "/flash/lib/sdcard.py", line 54, in init
                  File "/flash/lib/sdcard.py", line 79, in init_card
                  File "/flash/lib/sdcard.py", line 133, in cmd
                  AttributeError: 'Pin' object has no attribute 'low'

                  MicroPython v1.8.6-839-g536c958c on 2017-11-15; LoPy with ESP32
                  Type "help()" for more information.

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                    livius @Manju2391
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                    @manju2391
                    you must addapt it to pycom sources
                    instead low() write value(0)

                    think about people first, then computers

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                      robert-hh @livius
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                      @livius And value(1) instead of high().
                      That was a confusing change in the API, which broke a lot of code.

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                        Manju2391 @robert-hh
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                        @robert-hh @livius
                        I did change the values according to pycom sources but still its not liking it. I'm getting this error
                        File "/flash/sd.py", line 9
                        File "/flash/lib/sdcard.py", line 54, in_init_
                        File "/flash/lib/sdcard.py", line 79, in init_card
                        File "/flash/lib/sdcard.py", line 147, in cmd
                        Typeerror: extra positional arguments given

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                          robert-hh @Manju2391
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                          @manju2391 It seems that this library is a little bit outdated. I know that I used this on an esp8266, and it worked. And the version on the micropython.org site seems to be a little bit more recent. (https://github.com/micropython/micropython/tree/master/drivers/sdcard). I can check, but not before the evening, which is in about 8 hours.

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                            Manju2391 @robert-hh
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                            @robert-hh
                            Is there any possibility to interface the SD card over shared SPI bus without using any
                            libraries? I have been getting my head around the SPI module from last week and I haven't got it yet. Not a problem @robert-hh you can let me know how it goes after testing

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                              robert-hh @Manju2391
                              last edited by robert-hh

                              @manju2391 I tried that driver, and I got it to the point where it showed some activity. The code is below. The sdcard SPI is connected to:
                              P9 (SS), P10(Clk), P11(MOSI) and P12 (MISO). It is started with:

                              import sdcard, machine, os
                              
                              sd = sdcard.SDCard(machine.SPI(0), machine.Pin("P9"))
                              os.mount(sd, "/card")
                              

                              But it is very unstable, runs at low speed only, and data read from the card contains the byte sequence "\x7f\x04" here and there. And sometimes lopy simply crashed. So it's nothing really usable at the moment.
                              I tried that with two different SD card adapters. One with embedded bus drivers, which is like the one you have, and one which is simply wiring. The latter runs well when connected to the genuine SD card pins of the xxPy, using the built-in SD card module.

                              """
                              MicroPython driver for SD cards using SPI bus.
                              
                              Requires an SPI bus and a CS pin.  Provides readblocks and writeblocks
                              methods so the device can be mounted as a filesystem.
                              
                              Example usage on xxPy:
                              
                                  import machine, sdcard, os
                                  sd = sdcard.SDCard(machine.SPI(0), machine.Pin("P9"))
                                  os.mount(sd, '/sd2')
                                  os.listdir('/sd2')
                              
                              
                              """
                              
                              from micropython import const
                              import time
                              
                              
                              _CMD_TIMEOUT = const(100)
                              
                              _R1_IDLE_STATE = const(1 << 0)
                              #R1_ERASE_RESET = const(1 << 1)
                              _R1_ILLEGAL_COMMAND = const(1 << 2)
                              #R1_COM_CRC_ERROR = const(1 << 3)
                              #R1_ERASE_SEQUENCE_ERROR = const(1 << 4)
                              #R1_ADDRESS_ERROR = const(1 << 5)
                              #R1_PARAMETER_ERROR = const(1 << 6)
                              _TOKEN_CMD25 = const(0xfc)
                              _TOKEN_STOP_TRAN = const(0xfd)
                              _TOKEN_DATA = const(0xfe)
                              
                              
                              class SDCard:
                                  def __init__(self, spi, cs):
                                      self.spi = spi
                                      self.cs = cs
                              
                                      self.cmdbuf = bytearray(6)
                                      self.dummybuf = bytearray(512)
                                      for i in range(512):
                                          self.dummybuf[i] = 0xff
                                      self.dummybuf_memoryview = memoryview(self.dummybuf)
                              
                                      # initialise the card
                                      self.init_card()
                              
                                  def init_spi(self, baudrate):
                                      master = self.spi.MASTER
                                      self.spi.init(master, baudrate=baudrate, phase=0, polarity=0)
                              
                                  def init_card(self):
                                      # init CS pin
                                      self.cs.init(self.cs.OUT, value=1)
                              
                                      # init SPI bus; use low data rate for initialisation
                                      self.init_spi(100000)
                              
                                      # clock card at least 100 cycles with cs high
                                      for i in range(16):
                                          self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                              
                                      # CMD0: init card; should return _R1_IDLE_STATE (allow 5 attempts)
                                      for _ in range(5):
                                          if self.cmd(0, 0, 0x95) == _R1_IDLE_STATE:
                                              break
                                      else:
                                          raise OSError("no SD card")
                              
                                      # CMD8: determine card version
                                      r = self.cmd(8, 0x01aa, 0x87, 4)
                                      if r == _R1_IDLE_STATE:
                                          self.init_card_v2()
                                      elif r == (_R1_IDLE_STATE | _R1_ILLEGAL_COMMAND):
                                          self.init_card_v1()
                                      else:
                                          raise OSError("couldn't determine SD card version")
                              
                                      # get the number of sectors
                                      # CMD9: response R2 (R1 byte + 16-byte block read)
                                      if self.cmd(9, 0, 0, 0, False) != 0:
                                          raise OSError("no response from SD card")
                                      csd = bytearray(16)
                                      self.readinto(csd)
                                      if csd[0] & 0xc0 != 0x40:
                                          raise OSError("SD card CSD format not supported")
                                      self.sectors = ((csd[8] << 8 | csd[9]) + 1) * 2014
                                      #print('sectors', self.sectors)
                              
                                      # CMD16: set block length to 512 bytes
                                      if self.cmd(16, 512, 0) != 0:
                                          raise OSError("can't set 512 block size")
                              
                                      # set to high data rate now that it's initialised
                                      #self.init_spi(100000)
                                      #self.init_spi(40000000)
                              
                                  def init_card_v1(self):
                                      for i in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
                                          self.cmd(55, 0, 0)
                                          if self.cmd(41, 0, 0) == 0:
                                              self.cdv = 512
                                              #print("[SDCard] v1 card")
                                              return
                                      raise OSError("timeout waiting for v1 card")
                              
                                  def init_card_v2(self):
                                      for i in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
                                          time.sleep_ms(50)
                                          self.cmd(58, 0, 0, 4)
                                          self.cmd(55, 0, 0)
                                          if self.cmd(41, 0x40000000, 0) == 0:
                                              self.cmd(58, 0, 0, 4)
                                              self.cdv = 1
                                              #print("[SDCard] v2 card")
                                              return
                                      raise OSError("timeout waiting for v2 card")
                              
                                  def cmd(self, cmd, arg, crc, final=0, release=True):
                                      self.cs(0)
                              
                                      # create and send the command
                                      buf = self.cmdbuf
                                      buf[0] = 0x40 | cmd
                                      buf[1] = arg >> 24
                                      buf[2] = arg >> 16
                                      buf[3] = arg >> 8
                                      buf[4] = arg
                                      buf[5] = crc
                                      self.spi.write(buf)
                              
                                      # wait for the response (response[7] == 0)
                                      for i in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
                                          response = self.spi.read(1, write=0xff)[0]
                                          if not (response & 0x80):
                                              # this could be a big-endian integer that we are getting here
                                              for j in range(final):
                                                  self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                              if release:
                                                  self.cs(1)
                                                  self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                              return response
                              
                                      # timeout
                                      self.cs(1)
                                      self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      return -1
                              
                                  def cmd_nodata(self, cmd):
                                      self.spi.write(cmd)
                                      self.spi.read(1, write=0xff) # ignore stuff byte
                                      for _ in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
                                          if self.spi.read(1, write=0xff)[0] == 0xff:
                                              self.cs(1)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                              return 0    # OK
                                      self.cs(1)
                                      self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      return 1 # timeout
                              
                                  def readinto(self, buf):
                                      self.cs(0)
                              
                                      # read until start byte (0xff)
                                      while self.spi.read(1, write=0xff)[0] != 0xfe:
                                          pass
                              
                                      # read data
                                      mv = self.dummybuf_memoryview[:len(buf)]
                                      self.spi.write_readinto(mv, buf)
                              
                                      # read checksum
                                      self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                              
                                      self.cs(1)
                                      self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                              
                                  def write(self, token, buf):
                                      self.cs(0)
                              
                                      # send: start of block, data, checksum
                                      self.spi.read(1, token)
                                      self.spi.write(buf)
                                      self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                              
                                      # check the response
                                      if (self.spi.read(1, 0xff)[0] & 0x1f) != 0x05:
                                          self.cs(1)
                                          self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                          return
                              
                                      # wait for write to finish
                                      while self.spi.read(1, 0xff)[0] == 0:
                                          pass
                              
                                      self.cs(1)
                                      self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                              
                                  def write_token(self, token):
                                      self.cs(0)
                                      self.spi.read(1, token)
                                      self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      # wait for write to finish
                                      while self.spi.read(1, 0xff)[0] == 0x00:
                                          pass
                              
                                      self.cs(1)
                                      self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                              
                                  def count(self):
                                      return self.sectors
                              
                                  def readblocks(self, block_num, buf):
                                      nblocks, err = divmod(len(buf), 512)
                                      assert nblocks and not err, 'Buffer length is invalid'
                                      if nblocks == 1:
                                          # CMD17: set read address for single block
                                          if self.cmd(17, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
                                              return 1
                                          # receive the data
                                          self.readinto(buf)
                                      else:
                                          # CMD18: set read address for multiple blocks
                                          if self.cmd(18, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
                                              return 1
                                          offset = 0
                                          mv = memoryview(buf)
                                          while nblocks:
                                              self.readinto(mv[offset : offset + 512])
                                              offset += 512
                                              nblocks -= 1
                                          return self.cmd_nodata(b'\x0c') # cmd 12
                                      return 0
                              
                                  def writeblocks(self, block_num, buf):
                                      nblocks, err = divmod(len(buf), 512)
                                      assert nblocks and not err, 'Buffer length is invalid'
                                      if nblocks == 1:
                                          # CMD24: set write address for single block
                                          if self.cmd(24, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
                                              return 1
                              
                                          # send the data
                                          self.write(_TOKEN_DATA, buf)
                                      else:
                                          # CMD25: set write address for first block
                                          if self.cmd(25, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
                                              return 1
                                          # send the data
                                          offset = 0
                                          mv = memoryview(buf)
                                          while nblocks:
                                              self.write(_TOKEN_CMD25, mv[offset : offset + 512])
                                              offset += 512
                                              nblocks -= 1
                                          self.write_token(_TOKEN_STOP_TRAN)
                                      return 0
                              
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                                Manju2391 @robert-hh
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                                @robert-hh
                                Thanks for your reply robert and I'll try working on it today and will post if anything crashes up and I have one more doubt regarding the WLAN access point. I have created an access point and I want to connect to my AP whenever the boot.py loads up. I can connect as a station but not as an access point i tried using this syntax but whenever it boots up it's looking for wlan AP but couldn't find it and goes to deep sleep mode. My network is up and it runs when I run it externally but not during boot up.

                                from network import WLAN

                                wlan.init(mode=WLAN.STA_AP,ssid='AP')
                                wlan.init(ssid='AP',auth=(WLAN.WPA2,'xxxx'))
                                print(wlan.ifconfig())

                                Is the above syntax right?

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                                  robert-hh @Manju2391
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                                  @manju2391 About WLAN: It could look like:

                                  from network import WLAN
                                  
                                  wlan = WLAN(mode=WLAN.STA_AP)
                                  wlan.connect(ssid='AP',auth=(WLAN.WPA2, 'xxxx'))
                                  # from here on it's optional. It just takes a few moments to connect
                                  for _ in range (200):
                                      if wlan.isconnected():
                                          print(wlan.ifconfig())
                                          break
                                      else:
                                          time.sleep_ms(50)
                                  else:
                                      print("Could not connect")
                                  
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                                    Manju2391 @robert-hh
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                                    @robert-hh

                                    I tried using SPI bus it is very slow. I had designed the pcb with spi pins but looks like it is not best so I’m just using the SDIO pins and changed the pcb. About the WLAN when I define wlan initially it is asking me for ap ssid at first I get an error saying ap ssid not given. I get the IP address when run locally and it connects to FileZilla but when it boots for the STA_AP it doesn’t print the IP address nor it connects to WLAN. It will be in idle state. I don’t know why it’s not connecting. I’m wondering should we create a station first and then an AP?

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                                      nathanh @robert-hh
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                                      @robert-hh said in External SD Card:

                                      """
                                      MicroPython driver for SD cards using SPI bus.
                                      
                                      Requires an SPI bus and a CS pin.  Provides readblocks and writeblocks
                                      methods so the device can be mounted as a filesystem.
                                      
                                      Example usage on xxPy:
                                      
                                          import machine, sdcard, os
                                          sd = sdcard.SDCard(machine.SPI(0), machine.Pin("P9"))
                                          os.mount(sd, '/sd2')
                                          os.listdir('/sd2')
                                      
                                      
                                      """
                                      
                                      from micropython import const
                                      import time
                                      
                                      
                                      _CMD_TIMEOUT = const(100)
                                      
                                      _R1_IDLE_STATE = const(1 << 0)
                                      #R1_ERASE_RESET = const(1 << 1)
                                      _R1_ILLEGAL_COMMAND = const(1 << 2)
                                      #R1_COM_CRC_ERROR = const(1 << 3)
                                      #R1_ERASE_SEQUENCE_ERROR = const(1 << 4)
                                      #R1_ADDRESS_ERROR = const(1 << 5)
                                      #R1_PARAMETER_ERROR = const(1 << 6)
                                      _TOKEN_CMD25 = const(0xfc)
                                      _TOKEN_STOP_TRAN = const(0xfd)
                                      _TOKEN_DATA = const(0xfe)
                                      
                                      
                                      class SDCard:
                                          def __init__(self, spi, cs):
                                              self.spi = spi
                                              self.cs = cs
                                      
                                              self.cmdbuf = bytearray(6)
                                              self.dummybuf = bytearray(512)
                                              for i in range(512):
                                                  self.dummybuf[i] = 0xff
                                              self.dummybuf_memoryview = memoryview(self.dummybuf)
                                      
                                              # initialise the card
                                              self.init_card()
                                      
                                          def init_spi(self, baudrate):
                                              master = self.spi.MASTER
                                              self.spi.init(master, baudrate=baudrate, phase=0, polarity=0)
                                      
                                          def init_card(self):
                                              # init CS pin
                                              self.cs.init(self.cs.OUT, value=1)
                                      
                                              # init SPI bus; use low data rate for initialisation
                                              self.init_spi(100000)
                                      
                                              # clock card at least 100 cycles with cs high
                                              for i in range(16):
                                                  self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      
                                              # CMD0: init card; should return _R1_IDLE_STATE (allow 5 attempts)
                                              for _ in range(5):
                                                  if self.cmd(0, 0, 0x95) == _R1_IDLE_STATE:
                                                      break
                                              else:
                                                  raise OSError("no SD card")
                                      
                                              # CMD8: determine card version
                                              r = self.cmd(8, 0x01aa, 0x87, 4)
                                              if r == _R1_IDLE_STATE:
                                                  self.init_card_v2()
                                              elif r == (_R1_IDLE_STATE | _R1_ILLEGAL_COMMAND):
                                                  self.init_card_v1()
                                              else:
                                                  raise OSError("couldn't determine SD card version")
                                      
                                              # get the number of sectors
                                              # CMD9: response R2 (R1 byte + 16-byte block read)
                                              if self.cmd(9, 0, 0, 0, False) != 0:
                                                  raise OSError("no response from SD card")
                                              csd = bytearray(16)
                                              self.readinto(csd)
                                              if csd[0] & 0xc0 != 0x40:
                                                  raise OSError("SD card CSD format not supported")
                                              self.sectors = ((csd[8] << 8 | csd[9]) + 1) * 2014
                                              #print('sectors', self.sectors)
                                      
                                              # CMD16: set block length to 512 bytes
                                              if self.cmd(16, 512, 0) != 0:
                                                  raise OSError("can't set 512 block size")
                                      
                                              # set to high data rate now that it's initialised
                                              #self.init_spi(100000)
                                              #self.init_spi(40000000)
                                      
                                          def init_card_v1(self):
                                              for i in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
                                                  self.cmd(55, 0, 0)
                                                  if self.cmd(41, 0, 0) == 0:
                                                      self.cdv = 512
                                                      #print("[SDCard] v1 card")
                                                      return
                                              raise OSError("timeout waiting for v1 card")
                                      
                                          def init_card_v2(self):
                                              for i in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
                                                  time.sleep_ms(50)
                                                  self.cmd(58, 0, 0, 4)
                                                  self.cmd(55, 0, 0)
                                                  if self.cmd(41, 0x40000000, 0) == 0:
                                                      self.cmd(58, 0, 0, 4)
                                                      self.cdv = 1
                                                      #print("[SDCard] v2 card")
                                                      return
                                              raise OSError("timeout waiting for v2 card")
                                      
                                          def cmd(self, cmd, arg, crc, final=0, release=True):
                                              self.cs(0)
                                      
                                              # create and send the command
                                              buf = self.cmdbuf
                                              buf[0] = 0x40 | cmd
                                              buf[1] = arg >> 24
                                              buf[2] = arg >> 16
                                              buf[3] = arg >> 8
                                              buf[4] = arg
                                              buf[5] = crc
                                              self.spi.write(buf)
                                      
                                              # wait for the response (response[7] == 0)
                                              for i in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
                                                  response = self.spi.read(1, write=0xff)[0]
                                                  if not (response & 0x80):
                                                      # this could be a big-endian integer that we are getting here
                                                      for j in range(final):
                                                          self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                                      if release:
                                                          self.cs(1)
                                                          self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                                      return response
                                      
                                              # timeout
                                              self.cs(1)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                              return -1
                                      
                                          def cmd_nodata(self, cmd):
                                              self.spi.write(cmd)
                                              self.spi.read(1, write=0xff) # ignore stuff byte
                                              for _ in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
                                                  if self.spi.read(1, write=0xff)[0] == 0xff:
                                                      self.cs(1)
                                                      self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                                      return 0    # OK
                                              self.cs(1)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                              return 1 # timeout
                                      
                                          def readinto(self, buf):
                                              self.cs(0)
                                      
                                              # read until start byte (0xff)
                                              while self.spi.read(1, write=0xff)[0] != 0xfe:
                                                  pass
                                      
                                              # read data
                                              mv = self.dummybuf_memoryview[:len(buf)]
                                              self.spi.write_readinto(mv, buf)
                                      
                                              # read checksum
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      
                                              self.cs(1)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      
                                          def write(self, token, buf):
                                              self.cs(0)
                                      
                                              # send: start of block, data, checksum
                                              self.spi.read(1, token)
                                              self.spi.write(buf)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      
                                              # check the response
                                              if (self.spi.read(1, 0xff)[0] & 0x1f) != 0x05:
                                                  self.cs(1)
                                                  self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                                  return
                                      
                                              # wait for write to finish
                                              while self.spi.read(1, 0xff)[0] == 0:
                                                  pass
                                      
                                              self.cs(1)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      
                                          def write_token(self, token):
                                              self.cs(0)
                                              self.spi.read(1, token)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                              # wait for write to finish
                                              while self.spi.read(1, 0xff)[0] == 0x00:
                                                  pass
                                      
                                              self.cs(1)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      
                                          def count(self):
                                              return self.sectors
                                      
                                          def readblocks(self, block_num, buf):
                                              nblocks, err = divmod(len(buf), 512)
                                              assert nblocks and not err, 'Buffer length is invalid'
                                              if nblocks == 1:
                                                  # CMD17: set read address for single block
                                                  if self.cmd(17, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
                                                      return 1
                                                  # receive the data
                                                  self.readinto(buf)
                                              else:
                                                  # CMD18: set read address for multiple blocks
                                                  if self.cmd(18, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
                                                      return 1
                                                  offset = 0
                                                  mv = memoryview(buf)
                                                  while nblocks:
                                                      self.readinto(mv[offset : offset + 512])
                                                      offset += 512
                                                      nblocks -= 1
                                                  return self.cmd_nodata(b'\x0c') # cmd 12
                                              return 0
                                      
                                          def writeblocks(self, block_num, buf):
                                              nblocks, err = divmod(len(buf), 512)
                                              assert nblocks and not err, 'Buffer length is invalid'
                                              if nblocks == 1:
                                                  # CMD24: set write address for single block
                                                  if self.cmd(24, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
                                                      return 1
                                      
                                                  # send the data
                                                  self.write(_TOKEN_DATA, buf)
                                              else:
                                                  # CMD25: set write address for first block
                                                  if self.cmd(25, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
                                                      return 1
                                                  # send the data
                                                  offset = 0
                                                  mv = memoryview(buf)
                                                  while nblocks:
                                                      self.write(_TOKEN_CMD25, mv[offset : offset + 512])
                                                      offset += 512
                                                      nblocks -= 1
                                                  self.write_token(_TOKEN_STOP_TRAN)
                                              return 0
                                      

                                      I know this is a bit old but I just got an SD card module (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13743) and was trying to get it working with my FiPy. I was running into a lot of issues but was able to make some headway using the library you pasted @robert-hh and thought I would share my results in case other people wanted to get it working.

                                      However, I did have some errors with the library and had to make the following changes:

                                      • The pins you used are not the default pins for the SPI init call. So I created my own SPI instance with the pin allocation you had in the post (since I already had them like that) and passed that instance into the SDCard constructor rather than machine.SPI(0). I also removed the additional spi init calls.

                                      • I had to set the SPI baudrate to 1000000 instead of 100000

                                      • I had to declare the CS pin as an instance outside of the library and pass it in similar to the SPI above.

                                      • The command to check idle state at the start of the library self.cmd(0, 0, 0x95) would never return a value of 1. I don't know where the reference of these commands were but testing the other commands manually all returned values as expected. So I commented out the entire block that checks for the SD card or raises the 'no SD card' error. I found that I still need to run this command regardless, I get the same set of (4?) different values that repeat each time it is called. They never equal 1 but I let the code continue and command out the error block. Not calling the 0x95 command will not allow the next set of command to work correctly.

                                      Doing the above I have gotten my external SD card board working fine with the FiPy. For reference below are my library and how I call it.

                                      """
                                      MicroPython driver for SD cards using SPI bus.
                                      
                                      Requires an SPI bus and a CS pin.  Provides readblocks and writeblocks
                                      methods so the device can be mounted as a filesystem.
                                      
                                      Example usage on xxPy:
                                      
                                          import machine, sdcard, os
                                          sd = sdcard.SDCard(machine.SPI(0), machine.Pin("P9"))
                                          os.mount(sd, '/sd2')
                                          os.listdir('/sd2')
                                      
                                      
                                      """
                                      
                                      from micropython import const
                                      import time
                                      
                                      
                                      _CMD_TIMEOUT = const(100)
                                      
                                      _R1_IDLE_STATE = const(1 << 0)
                                      #R1_ERASE_RESET = const(1 << 1)
                                      _R1_ILLEGAL_COMMAND = const(1 << 2)
                                      #R1_COM_CRC_ERROR = const(1 << 3)
                                      #R1_ERASE_SEQUENCE_ERROR = const(1 << 4)
                                      #R1_ADDRESS_ERROR = const(1 << 5)
                                      #R1_PARAMETER_ERROR = const(1 << 6)
                                      _TOKEN_CMD25 = const(0xfc)
                                      _TOKEN_STOP_TRAN = const(0xfd)
                                      _TOKEN_DATA = const(0xfe)
                                      
                                      
                                      class SDCard:
                                          def __init__(self, spi, cs):
                                              self.spi = spi
                                              self.cs = cs
                                      
                                              self.cmdbuf = bytearray(6)
                                              self.dummybuf = bytearray(512)
                                              for i in range(512):
                                                  self.dummybuf[i] = 0xff
                                              self.dummybuf_memoryview = memoryview(self.dummybuf)
                                      
                                              # initialise the card
                                              self.init_card()
                                      
                                          def init_spi(self, baudrate):
                                              master = self.spi.MASTER
                                              self.spi.init(master, baudrate=baudrate, phase=0, polarity=0)
                                      
                                          def init_card(self):
                                              # init CS pin        
                                              #self.cs.init(self.cs.OUT, value=0)
                                      
                                              # init SPI bus; use low data rate for initialisation
                                              #self.init_spi(100000)
                                      
                                              # clock card at least 100 cycles with cs high
                                              for i in range(16):
                                                  self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      
                                              # CMD0: init card; should return _R1_IDLE_STATE (allow 5 attempts)
                                              
                                              for _ in range(5):
                                                  if self.cmd(0, 0, 0x95) == _R1_IDLE_STATE:
                                                      break
                                              '''
                                              else:
                                                  raise OSError("no SD card")
                                              '''
                                      
                                              # CMD8: determine card version
                                              r = self.cmd(8, 0x01aa, 0x87, 4)
                                              if r == _R1_IDLE_STATE:
                                                  self.init_card_v2()
                                              elif r == (_R1_IDLE_STATE | _R1_ILLEGAL_COMMAND):
                                                  self.init_card_v1()
                                              else:
                                                  raise OSError("couldn't determine SD card version")
                                      
                                              # get the number of sectors
                                              # CMD9: response R2 (R1 byte + 16-byte block read)
                                              if self.cmd(9, 0, 0, 0, False) != 0:
                                                  raise OSError("no response from SD card")
                                              csd = bytearray(16)
                                              self.readinto(csd)
                                              if csd[0] & 0xc0 != 0x40:
                                                  raise OSError("SD card CSD format not supported")
                                              self.sectors = ((csd[8] << 8 | csd[9]) + 1) * 2014
                                              #print('sectors', self.sectors)
                                      
                                              # CMD16: set block length to 512 bytes
                                              if self.cmd(16, 512, 0) != 0:
                                                  raise OSError("can't set 512 block size")
                                      
                                              # set to high data rate now that it's initialised
                                              #self.init_spi(100000)
                                              #self.init_spi(40000000)
                                      
                                          def init_card_v1(self):
                                              for i in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
                                                  self.cmd(55, 0, 0)
                                                  if self.cmd(41, 0, 0) == 0:
                                                      self.cdv = 512
                                                      #print("[SDCard] v1 card")
                                                      return
                                              raise OSError("timeout waiting for v1 card")
                                      
                                          def init_card_v2(self):
                                              for i in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
                                                  time.sleep_ms(50)
                                                  self.cmd(58, 0, 0, 4)
                                                  self.cmd(55, 0, 0)
                                                  if self.cmd(41, 0x40000000, 0) == 0:
                                                      self.cmd(58, 0, 0, 4)
                                                      self.cdv = 1
                                                      #print("[SDCard] v2 card")
                                                      return
                                              raise OSError("timeout waiting for v2 card")
                                      
                                          def cmd(self, cmd, arg, crc, final=0, release=True):
                                              self.cs(0)
                                      
                                              # create and send the command
                                              buf = self.cmdbuf
                                              buf[0] = 0x40 | cmd
                                              buf[1] = arg >> 24
                                              buf[2] = arg >> 16
                                              buf[3] = arg >> 8
                                              buf[4] = arg
                                              buf[5] = crc
                                              self.spi.write(buf)
                                      
                                              # wait for the response (response[7] == 0)
                                              for i in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
                                                  response = self.spi.read(1, write=0xff)[0]           
                                                  if not (response & 0x80):                
                                                      # this could be a big-endian integer that we are getting here
                                                      for j in range(final):
                                                          self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                                      if release:
                                                          self.cs(1)
                                                          self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                                      return response
                                      
                                              # timeout
                                              self.cs(1)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                              return -1
                                      
                                          def cmd_nodata(self, cmd):
                                              self.spi.write(cmd)
                                              self.spi.read(1, write=0xff) # ignore stuff byte
                                              for _ in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
                                                  if self.spi.read(1, write=0xff)[0] == 0xff:
                                                      self.cs(1)
                                                      self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                                      return 0    # OK
                                              self.cs(1)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                              return 1 # timeout
                                      
                                          def readinto(self, buf):
                                              self.cs(0)
                                      
                                              # read until start byte (0xff)
                                              while self.spi.read(1, write=0xff)[0] != 0xfe:
                                                  pass
                                      
                                              # read data
                                              mv = self.dummybuf_memoryview[:len(buf)]
                                              self.spi.write_readinto(mv, buf)
                                      
                                              # read checksum
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      
                                              self.cs(1)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      
                                          def write(self, token, buf):
                                              self.cs(0)
                                      
                                              # send: start of block, data, checksum
                                              self.spi.read(1, token)
                                              self.spi.write(buf)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      
                                              # check the response
                                              if (self.spi.read(1, 0xff)[0] & 0x1f) != 0x05:
                                                  self.cs(1)
                                                  self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                                  return
                                      
                                              # wait for write to finish
                                              while self.spi.read(1, 0xff)[0] == 0:
                                                  pass
                                      
                                              self.cs(1)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      
                                          def write_token(self, token):
                                              self.cs(0)
                                              self.spi.read(1, token)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                              # wait for write to finish
                                              while self.spi.read(1, 0xff)[0] == 0x00:
                                                  pass
                                      
                                              self.cs(1)
                                              self.spi.write(b'\xff')
                                      
                                          def count(self):
                                              return self.sectors
                                      
                                          def readblocks(self, block_num, buf):
                                              nblocks, err = divmod(len(buf), 512)
                                              assert nblocks and not err, 'Buffer length is invalid'
                                              if nblocks == 1:
                                                  # CMD17: set read address for single block
                                                  if self.cmd(17, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
                                                      return 1
                                                  # receive the data
                                                  self.readinto(buf)
                                              else:
                                                  # CMD18: set read address for multiple blocks
                                                  if self.cmd(18, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
                                                      return 1
                                                  offset = 0
                                                  mv = memoryview(buf)
                                                  while nblocks:
                                                      self.readinto(mv[offset : offset + 512])
                                                      offset += 512
                                                      nblocks -= 1
                                                  return self.cmd_nodata(b'\x0c') # cmd 12
                                              return 0
                                      
                                          def writeblocks(self, block_num, buf):
                                              nblocks, err = divmod(len(buf), 512)
                                              assert nblocks and not err, 'Buffer length is invalid'
                                              if nblocks == 1:
                                                  # CMD24: set write address for single block
                                                  if self.cmd(24, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
                                                      return 1
                                      
                                                  # send the data
                                                  self.write(_TOKEN_DATA, buf)
                                              else:
                                                  # CMD25: set write address for first block
                                                  if self.cmd(25, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
                                                      return 1
                                                  # send the data
                                                  offset = 0
                                                  mv = memoryview(buf)
                                                  while nblocks:
                                                      self.write(_TOKEN_CMD25, mv[offset : offset + 512])
                                                      offset += 512
                                                      nblocks -= 1
                                                  self.write_token(_TOKEN_STOP_TRAN)
                                              return 0
                                      
                                      from machine import SPI
                                      from machine import Pin
                                      import machine, sdcard, os
                                      spi = SPI(0, mode=SPI.MASTER, baudrate=1000000, polarity=0, phase=0, pins=('P10','P11','P12'))
                                      cs = Pin('P9', Pin.OUT)
                                      sd = sdcard.SDCard(spi, cs)
                                      os.mount(sd, "/card")
                                      

                                      I could probably tidy up the library to initialise the SPI and CS properly internally but this got me going at least.

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                                        @jmarcelino Would this wiring work?

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                                          @edward-dimmack That should work. I'm using this wiring on my homebrew interface boards.

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