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Pros & Cons
Pros
This seems like another unnecessary complication. Very convenient and saves time with wires. Some projects need extra memory, this fits the bill!
This wiki page will be referred to from now on as the wiki instructions. The default is 4 but it should be changed to 10 as noted. Communication with the sd card is via spi and the spi pins on the mega are different than on a duemilanove, for example,... Read More
Cons
Icsp connector prevents shield from seating completely on the header. Tried all the usual suspects but to no avail.
Highlights
Quality
Easy set up works with the sample libraries just fine
Very convenient and saves time with wires
The shield is missing pins for scl and sda
Digging more deeply i found that this shield would not work 34asis34 with the mega
Price
In general i like to stick with the mega and you can find it somewhere online for about 15
Shipping
Havent used it but product and shipping met my expectations
It came quickly but there wasnt any box instructions or schematic
Packaging/appearance
I looked at the traces on the board and chip select is 4 looked a the sketch and it had 4 as the chip select already
Competitiveness
In general the arduino designers did a good job with pin layout among the different arduino boards
Unlike another review stated i did not need to change the chipselect from 4 to 10 in the cardinfo example or any of the sd card... Read More
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- This product had a total of 65 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 15 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It took me a week to realize the cs pin is hardwired to d4
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you follow the description and use d10 the sd card reader behavior will be undetermined
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I looked at the traces on the board and chip select is 4 looked a the sketch and it had 4 as the chip select already
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Sd is for the full size sd slot and tf is for the smaller sd cards
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I just dropped it on aligning the 5v and grnd pins and the rest all fell in to place
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have the elegoo mega2560 that being said my digital pins are just labeled as numbers while the shield has a d in front of the letters which is a minor difference
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All of the arduino ide examples for sd cards work without any change
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Needing some way to store and log data i decided that an sd shield was the quickest easiest way to start
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