I am trying to use the SDuFat lib on my Atmega1280 without success. I build the schematics from http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1235125412/all on a bread board. I tried with 32MB, 8GB SD and 32MB MMC card. I triple check every connection.
Thanks in advance for your time and help.
it would help if you
a) told us what problems you ar ehaving
b) showed us your code
I am using the example code that comes with the library.
When I try to use any functionality on the demo firmware it doesn't do anything in the Card.
Sorry about the vague explication.
/*
* SD_uFAT Basic - Basic use of SD Cards
*
* Copyright (C) 2008 Libelium Comunicaciones Distribuidas S.L.
* http://www.libelium.com
*
* This example allows manipulating one file stored in the SD card called "hola.txt"
* I have chosen "hola", meaning "hello" in Spanish, just because I was a little
* tired of the classic "hello world". The file should be stored in the card and comes
* in the ZIP file containing this example. You manipulate the file by simple commands
* over the serial port. Here a list:
*
* - H: prints a help message with all commands implemented in the example
* - L: lists the file's info, calls the ls("hola.txt") function
* - D: deletes the file, calls del("hola.txt")
* - P: prints a string to the file, in this case "hola caracola"
* - W: allows you intialize the file entering text by hand through the serial terminal
* (beware, it erases the file)
* - R: dumps the contents of "hola.txt" to the serial port
* - A: append data interactively to the end of the file
*
* BUT HOW DOES IT WORK?
* I use the SD uFAT approach, this example offers a series of functions
* to manipulate the content of SD cards. The only premise is that the
* files in the card must be pre-existing. A good way is to add text
* documents created with gedit (LIN), textedit (MAC) or notepad (WIN)
*
* The documents could be filled up with any characters of your choice
* and should have a certain size. The uFAT approach to controlling SD
* cards won't allow listing directories, or modifying the file size. I
* fill up my files with blank spaces (0x20), it makes easier to look at
* the files in a text editor later
*
* The end of files will be marked with the character End Of Text, we choose
* it to be 0x03 as in ASCII. This will be the programatical trick to look
* for the end of file. Just to make things easier for you, it is possible
* to download some pre-made empty files in different sizes with the 0x03
* character in first position from http://blushingboy.net, also there are some
* coming in the ZIP where you got this example from
*
* The functions implemented for this library can be categorized in basic,
* advanced, and experimental (unstable); they are:
*
* BASIC
* - ls(filename): lists the size, amount of sectors, and real use of a file
* - del(filename): erases a file by putting a NULL character at the beginning
* of all its sectors
* - print(filename, string): appends a string at the end of a file [1]
* - println(filename, string): appends a string + EOL at the end of a file
* - cat(filename): prints out the contents of a file to the serial port
* - append(filename): will listen to the serial port and append the data to the file
*
* ADVANCED
* - usedBytes(filename): answers how many bytes are actually in use in the card
* - startSector(filename): answers the sector on the SD card where a file starts
* - verbose(mode): mode == ON (default) will print out help strings to the port
* mode == OFF will get the functions to work in silent mode
*
* EXPERIMENTAL (unstable or not implemented)
* - append(filename1, filename2): appends filename2 at the end of filename1
* - indexOf(filename, string): looks for a string in a file answering the position
* - indexOfLine(filename, int): gets the offset in the file to the line determined by the parameter
*
* HOW TO USE THIS PROGRAM
* The way to interact with this example is through a serial monitor. Arduino's is good
* but any others will also work. I recommend the following: GtkTerm (LIN), ZTerm (MAC),
* and Brayterminal (WIN). All are free or freeware and can be obtained from different
* sources
*
* MAKING YOUR OWN CODE OUT OF THIS ONE
* To make this example I have been streching the variable space to the limit, you can
* easily implement programs reading analog sensors or buttons and store that data
* as in the SD card. You can probably read information from the serial port
* or sensors hanging on I2C and push it into the card. If you ran into problems, just
* remember the issue about the variable space. You cannot reduce the buffer[512] variable,
* but you could work out with DATABUFFERSIZE (defaulting to 32) to get some extra room
*
* HACKING THE LIBRARY
* The code compiles to a small sized library (7KB), however, it can be even smaller if you
* you just erase the functions you don't need from the library, customizing it to fit
* your needs. Also, even if the buffer[512] cannot be changed in size, you can use it for
* other things during the time it is not used to access the SD card. In this way it could be
* e.g. the temporary memory for a graphical display, swap for some of your processes, etc
*
* This code has been kindly commissioned by Libelium.com and has been executed
* by D.J. Cuartielles -aka BlushingBoy-. The code was written in Sweden, Spain
* Mexico, Korea, and Singapore. It is based on previous work by others
*
*LICENSE
* SD_uFAT Basic - Basic use of SD Cards
*
* Copyright (C) 2008 Libelium Comunicaciones Distribuidas S.L.
* http://www.libelium.com
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*
* However, D.J. Cuartielles has to credit the following people, since
* the library with this example is a wrapper on code written by others,
* who deserve all the credit for their effort making this possible:
*
* ** sd2iec - SD/MMC to Commodore serial bus interface/controller
* Copyright (C) 2007,2008 Ingo Korb <ingo@akana.de>
*
* ** Inspiration and low-level SD/MMC access based on code from MMC2IEC
* by Lars Pontoppidan, Aske Olsson, Pascal Dufour, DTU, Denmark
*
* (c) 2009 David J. Cuartielles -aka BlushingBoy- for Libelium.com
*/
#include "SDuFAT.h"
// define the pin that powers up the SD card
#define MEM_PW 8
// help string to be sent to the serial port
#define HELP "H help\nL file info\nD delete\nP append string\nW init file and write\nR dump to serial\nA append text\n"
// variable used when reading from serial
byte inSerByte = 0;
void setup(void)
{
// on my MicroSD Module the power comes from a digital pin
// I activate it at all times
pinMode(MEM_PW, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(MEM_PW, HIGH);
// configure the serial port to command the card and read data
Serial.begin(19200);
}
void loop(void)
{
// Arduino expects one of a series of one-byte commands
// you can get some help by sending an 'H' over the serial port
if (Serial.available() > 0) {
int result = 0;
inSerByte = Serial.read();
switch (inSerByte) {
case 'H':
Serial.println(HELP);
result = 3; // special output for help message
break;
case 'L':
result = SD.ls("hola.txt");
break;
case 'R':
result = SD.cat("hola.txt");
break;
case 'W':
result = SD.write("hola.txt");
break;
case 'A':
result = SD.append("hola.txt");
break;
case 'P':
result = SD.println("hola.txt","\nhola caracola");
break;
case 'D':
result = SD.del("hola.txt");
break;
default:
result = 2; // value for unknown operation
break;
}
// print a status message for the last issued command
// for help (result == 3) won't print anything
if (result == 1) SD.printEvent(ERROR, "hola.txt");
else if (result == 2) SD.printEvent(WARNING, "unknown command");
else if (result == 0) SD.printEvent(SUCCESS, "hola.txt");
}
}
The SPI pins are different on the 1280, SS=Arduino pin 53, SCK=pin 52, MOSI=pin 51, MISO=pin 50
MarkT:
The SPI pins are different on the 1280, SS=Arduino pin 53, SCK=pin 52, MOSI=pin 51, MISO=pin 50
Yes I used those pins for connecting to the SD card. I also tried the SD.h lib with the ReadWrite example without any success. It returns "initialization failed!"
Sorry about the noob questions but I am stuck. I am going to buy break out board from ebay and see if it solves anything.
Thanks for your time and help.
Try the card info example with the SD.h library? It tries to print info about the card. You have fairly short wires for the SPI bus? By triple-checking I assume you've used a multimeter to check for continuity and shorts? You have a 3.3V supply that can provide 100mA or so?