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From: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of blue_eagle74
Sent: 20 February 2010 05:04 To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AVR-Chat] Re: small sd card

> I have seen that document on avr freaks. I WILL have to
> do some more reading in the SanDisk Secure Digital Card
> Product Manual. I was under the impression I could
> communicate to the card just like the eeprom I am using
> by giving a command to write and the address to start at.
> I have much more to learn. Thanks for your help.     
> 

Hi Brian,
you can, if you want, just write to the card like that and use it as a
big serial eeprom. But, if you want to use it with a PC card reader, the
PC will not be able to read it if you do that. It will just come up as
an unformatted disk.

-- 
Tim Mitchell

>
> ----Original Message----
> From: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of blue_eagle74
> Sent: 20 February 2010 05:04 To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [AVR-Chat] Re: small sd card
> 
> > I have seen that document on avr freaks. I WILL have to
> > do some more reading in the SanDisk Secure Digital Card
> > Product Manual. I was under the impression I could
> > communicate to the card just like the eeprom I am using
> > by giving a command to write and the address to start at.
> > I have much more to learn. Thanks for your help.     
> > 
> 
> Hi Brian,
> you can, if you want, just write to the card like that and use it as a
> big serial eeprom. But, if you want to use it with a PC card reader, the
> PC will not be able to read it if you do that. It will just come up as
> an unformatted disk.
> 
> -- 
> Tim Mitchell
>