Anyone had make the SD card work with the esp32-s3-devkitc-1?

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Hi, I am trying to interface the esp32-s3-devkitc-1 below:

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to a SD card using this reader:
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I've tried connecting to the SPI pins below:
MOSI: 11
MISO: 13
SCK: 12
SS: 10

or even remapping them with no luck.
The sketch is the basic one from arduino lib:

    if (!SD.begin())
    {
        Serial.println("Card Mount Failed");
        return false;
    }

I've got the error below if I connect the SD Card to 5v:
[ 1679][E][sd_diskio.cpp:806] sdcard_mount(): f_mount failed: (3) The physical drive cannot work
[ 2188][E][sd_diskio.cpp:126] sdSelectCard(): Select Failed

Or the error below if I connect to the 3.3V:
[ 1897][E][sd_diskio.cpp:806] sdcard_mount(): f_mount failed: (13) There is no valid FAT volume

The SD Card is correctly formatted FAT32 32k, and the same reader works perfectly when connecting to a ESP32 (the common wroom 32d).

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Thats a reader normally used on 5V logic Arduinos, and not a 3.3V Logic ESP32S3.

You really need one of the SD card holders intended for 3.3V logic micros;

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thanks! I'll give it a try

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Powered with 5V?

I can't really see your SD module in that picture, but if it has a little 14-pin chip, probably a 74LVC125A or something similar, it should still work with a 3.3V processor. It will be translating 3.3V to 3.3V, but it should still work. But it has to be powered with 5V, unless it has a separate 3.3V power input, which most don't.

But I don't know why it doesn't work with the devkit if it works with the other ESP32.

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