Nice SD Card board on ebay

[Altitude]

Thought I'd share this. 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1x-SD-Card-Module-mini-reader-socket-module-/170826337065?ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160

 

I just snapped up a couple of these and it should be an easy connection to a Core board (will report back confirming that).  They have a 3.3V/5V switch, regulator, and a micro SD slot on the back.  I like these a lot better than some of the other aurdino one since they have the holes on the side of the slot like seppomans board did so mounting it to the panel via L brackets is possible

 

These DO NOT work out of the box, the transistor buffers screw things up for some reason and need to be removed like here.  I used 0 ohm 0603 resistors but a piece of lead wire will work fine.  Once this is done, it works fine.

 

Edited September 12, 2013 by Altitude

[slo]

Did it hook up nicely?, been looking for readers myself and only come up with the aurdino ones.

[Altitude]

not yet, but there isnt anything there that would make me think it wont work..  I mainly chose it for the mounting holes on the side so it can be easily mounted with L brackets to a panel

[ilmenator]

Looks nice, but is a bit pricy :pinch: - but convenient, I admit!

[blingy]

I have one in the mail, I will post results if I beat Altitude to it. :)

[slo]

Same thing even cheaper, free shipping

 

http://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10000002/1000600-sd-card-breakout-board-33v5v

 

George

[Shuriken]

Same thing even cheaper, free shipping

 

http://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10000002/1000600-sd-card-breakout-board-33v5v

 

George

This one is missing the mounting holes at the front.

 

The one Alitude has linked is cheaper here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SD-Micro-SD-Card-Breakout-Module-5V-3-3V-Compatible-e-/281116152546?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4173d412e2

Edited August 4, 2013 by Shuriken

[Altitude]

This one is missing the mounting holes at the front.

 

that's a deal breaker imho.. The one I linked was the only one I found that could be panel mounted

[Altitude]

updated.

[blingy]

I didn't remove the transistors but mine works fine.

[Altitude]

hmm.  What core? I tried 2 that I had with seqv4l and lpc17 and both didnt work..

[blingy]

Lpc17 core

[rosch]

have you tried with Ambika?

[Altitude]

have you tried with Ambika?

 

Ambika has the SD slot on the mainboard, this wouldn't be needed

[rosch]

in my case i need it, since i make mine in a 1U rack case and like to bring it to the front. this one with holes would be more convenient than the sparkfun i have that requires cable tie mounting.

i'll come to finish Ambika soon, then i'll try with transistors first. they're easily wiped off if i need to mod.

the greater problem at least for me is that i'm not sure which pads on ambika go to which pin (different number of pins with the sparkfun, haven't checked this one yet)

Edited September 16, 2013 by rosch

[Altitude]

Ah, in your case you probably want them on since they serve as a line buffer

[rosch]

perfect :)

[Shuriken]

I can confirm this is still a good option. I recently ordered two boards from above buyer. Connected the board without removing buffers to LPC17 and i could see the sdcard being formated in MIOS Studio.

[Lamouette]

Working for me too ! Thanks altitude for the tip ! Bye :rofl: