Signal Interface PICtail Daughter Board for SD and MMC Cards

Function I/O
Pin (PICtail Pin
Daughter Board) (PICtail Plus)
SCK O RC3/RB1 RF6/RG6
SDI I RC4/RB0 RF7/RG7
SDO O RC5/RC7 RF8/RG8
CD I RB4 RF0/RG0
WD I RA4 RF1/RG1
CS O RB3 RB1/RB9
Other Information
To obtain additional information about how this demonstration board can be used, including application examples and
source code, please refer to AN1189 Implementing a Mass Storage Device Using Microchip USB Device Firmware
Framework and AN1045 Implementing File I/O Functions Using Microchips Memory Disk Drive File System
Library.
References
FAT File System Specification available by license, http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/tech/fat.asp.
MMC Specifications: some are available by license and others are available for purchase,
http://www.mmca.org/compliance.
SD Card Specification available by license, http://www.sdcard.org.
Americas Asia/Pacific
Atlanta - 678-957-9614 Australia - Sydney - 61-2-9868-6733
Boston - 774-760-0087 China - Beijing - 86-10-8528-2100
Chicago - 630-285-0071 China - Chengdu - 86-28-8665-5511
Dallas - 972-818-7423 China - Hong Kong SAR - 852-2401-1200
Detroit - 248-538-2250 China - Nanjing- 86-25-8473-2460
Kokomo - 765-864-8360 China - Qingdao - 86-532-8502-7355
Los Angeles - 949-462-9523 China - Shanghai - 86-21-5407-5533
Phoenix - 480-792-7200 China - Shenyang - 86-24-2334-2829
Santa Clara - 408-961-6444 China - Shenzhen - 86-755-8203-2660
Toronto - 905-673-0699 China - Wuhan - 86-27-5980-5300
China - Xiamen - 86-592-2388138
China - Xian - 86-29-8833-7252
China - Zhuhai - 86-756-3210040
India - Bangalore - 91-80-4182-8400
India - New Delhi - 91-11-4160-8631
India - Pune - 91-20-2566-1512
Japan - Yokohama - 81-45-471-6166
Korea - Daegu - 82-53-744-4301
Korea - Seoul - 82-2-554-7200
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - 60-3-6201-9857
Malaysia - Penang - 60-4-227-8870
Philippines - Manila - 63-2-634-9065
Singapore - 65-6334-8870
Taiwan - Hsin Chu - 886-3-572-9526
Taiwan - Kaohsiung - 886-7-536-4818
Taiwan - Taipei - 886-2-2500-6610
Thailand - Bangkok - 66-2-694-1351
Description
SPI Clock Out
SPI Data In
SPI Data Out
Physical Card Insertion Detect Signal
Physical Write-Protect Switch Status Signal
Low Asserting SPI Chip Select
daughter board to a board with the PICtail Plus connector, like the Explorer 16 Development Board, the connector
should be inserted in the first slot of the demonstration board (aligned with Pin #1) to communicate using the SPI1
module, or in the second slot of the demonstration board (aligned with Pin #33) to communicate using the SPI2
Europe
Austria - Weis - 43-7242-2244-39
Denmark - Copenhagen - 45-4450-2828
France - Paris - 33-1-69-53-63-20
Germany - Munich - 49-89-627-144-0
Italy - Milan - 39-0331-742611
Netherlands - Drunen - 31-416-690399
Spain - Madrid - 34-91-708-08-90
UK - Wokingham - 44-118-921-5869
01/02/08
Overview
The PICtail Daughter Board for SD and MMC Cards is a demonstration board for evaluating reading and writing data on
SD or MMC cards. It is an expansion board compatible with a number of PICDEM demonstration boards. A complete
list of compatible PICDEM demonstration boards is available on Microchips web site.
Note: The implementation and use of the FAT file system, SD card specifications, MMC card specifications and other
third party tools may require a license from various entities, including, but not limited to Microsoft Corporation, SD
Card Association and MMCA. It is your responsibility to obtain more information regarding any applicable licensing
obligations. Some third party web sites have been listed in References for your convenience.
Getting Started
To get started, a compatible PICDEM demonstration board is required. In general, a board is compatible if it has a
PICtail Daughter Board interface expansion port or a PICtail Plus board interface expansion port. Most PICDEM
demonstration boards do not have the female PICtail Daughter Board header installed, so a 14x2 female connector is
included with this kit for the user to install onto the PICDEM demonstration board if necessary. When connecting this
module. Note that the pins used for other signals will change as well, depending on the slot selected.
Features
Supports a wide range of SD cards
Supports auto-triggering of files on SD cards
Operates on a wide range of voltages from 3.3V-5.0V DC
Includes PICtail Daughter Board and PICtail Plus Board connection interfaces
Compatible with many boards with PICtail Daughter Board and PICtail Plus interface, including Explorer 16
Development Board, PIC18 Explorer and PICDEM FS USB demo boards
Board Configurations
A total of 7 jumper locations are available. As shipped from the factory, some of the jumper locations are bridged by
circuit traces forming a default setup. To change this, the user will need to cut the traces and install pins and a block
jumper. Afterward, the features can be enabled or disabled easily by installing or removing the jumper.
Note: Jumpers, JP1-JP6, are only used to configure pin settings for the PICtail Daughter Board connector. To switch
between sets of operating pins on a PICtail Plus header, the card edge connector must be swapped between the first
and second slot of the PICtail Plus socket. Jumper, JP7, is also used only by the PICtail Daughter Board connector.
Jumper Position Function
JP1 Pin 1-2 PIC18 Explorer Board enabled (SCK connected to RC3)
Pin 2-3 PICDEM FS USB enabled (SCK connected to RB1)
JP2 Pin 1-2 PIC18 Explorer Board enabled (SDI connected to RC4)
Pin 2-3 PICDEM FS USB enabled (SDI connected to RB0)
JP3 Pin 1-2 PIC18 Explorer Board enabled (SD0 connected to RC5)
Pin 2-3 PICDEM FS USB enabled (SD0 connected to RC7)
JP4 Pin 1-2 No Connect (user can select an available port)
Pin 2-3 (Default) Card Detect (CD) signal connected to RB4
JP5 Pin 1-2 No Connect (user can select an available port)
Pin 2-3 (Default) Write-Protect (WD) signal connected to RA4
JP6 Pin 1-2 No Connect (user can select an available port)
Pin 2-3 (Default) Chip Select (CS) signal connected to RB3
JP7 Pin 1-2 User can use RA5 as Shutdown (SHDN) signal for MCP1253
Pin 2-3 (Default) Shutdown disabled (connected to VCC)

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Firmware
USB mass storage examples can be downloaded from http://www.microchip.com/usb. USB products will require a
vendor ID and product ID. For more information, consult Application Note, AN1189 (DS01189). Application Note,
AN1045 (DS01045), provides a method for interfacing directly to SD cards formatted with a FAT file system. It can be
downloaded from:
http://www.microchip.com/Stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1824&appnote=en532040

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Board Schematic

J4
R11
.15in
1 2 U1 powered +3.3V
RE2 RE2 RA5 RA5 12 11 by +3.3V 180
3 4
RE3 MCLR RA4 RA4 +3.3V 13 U1:D R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 C3
5 6
RA7 OSC1 RA3 RA3
.01 MF
40 - 44 pins

8 - 14 - 18 - 20 - 28 pins

CS CS_ D1

PICtail Daughter Board

7 8 2 3
RA6 OSC2 RC5 RC5 Activity
U1:A 10K 10K 10K 10K 10K
9 10 1
RC7 RC7 RC4 RC4
11 12
RC6 RC6 RC3 RC3 SDO 5 6 SDO_ J1
13 14 J1A
RB7 RB7 RA0 RA0 4 U1:B 1 1
15 16 CS_
RB6 RB6 RA1 RA1 Cut to 2 2
17 18 SCK 9 8 SCK_ SDO_
RB5 RB5 RA2 RA2 measure
3 3
19 20 10 U1:C current
RB4 RB4 RC0 RC0 4 4
21 22 +3.3V
RB3 RB3 RC1 RC1 5 5
23 24 SCK_
RB2 RB2 RC2 RC2 6 6
25 26
RB1 RB1 VCC VPIC (+5V) SDI 3 2 SDI_ 7 7
27 28 SDI_
RB0 U2:A 1 8 8
9 9
CD 6 5 CD_
1 2 10
RD1 RD1 RD0 RD0 U2:B 4
3 4 10 11
RD3 RD3 RD2 RD2 CD_
5 6 WD 8 9 WD_ 11 12
RD5 RD5 RD4 RD4 WD_
7 8 U2:C 10 U2 powered 12
RD7 RD7 RD6 RD6
by VCC
9 10
RE1 RE1 RE0 RE0 11 12
11 12
VCC VPIC (+5V) U2:D 13 VCC
J10

Bottom J2 Top
1 2 JP7 +3.3V
RB2/RG9 RF2/RF4 1
3 4
RF6/RG6 SCK RF3/RF5 2
JP1 JP4 5 6 U3 R12
1 1 RF7/RG7 SDI RG2/RA2 3 C5
PIC18-EXP RC3 NC 7 8 RA5 1 8
RF8/RG8 SDO RG3/RA3 PGOOD SELECT 10 MF 180
2 2
SCK CD 9 10 2 7
3 3 VOUT SHDN
FS-USB RB1 RB4 11 12 3 6
RB0/RB8 CS RB1/RB9 VCC VIN C+ D2
13 14 R9 4 5 C4
RB3/RA9 RB4/RA10 GND C-
JP2 JP5 15 16 10K
1 1 C2 1 MF
PIC18-EXP RC4 NC 17 18 MCP1253
RE9/RA15 RE8/RA14 10 MF
2 2
SDI WD 19 20
3 3 RD14/RF12 RD15/RF13
FS-USB RB0 RA4 21 22
+3.3V VCC VCC +3.3V
23 24
+5V +5V
JP3 JP6 25 26
1 1 +9V +9V
PIC18-EXP RC5 NC 27 28
2 2 RG0/NC CD RF0/RG0
SDO CS 29 30
3 3 RG1/NC WD RF1/RG1
FS-USB RC7 RB3
Card edge connector

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