I’ve not used the SD card on the wireless board but I have got the SD card working with MicroPython.
You do not even need an SD card reader. I soldered some pins onto the pad of the micro SD card adapter and connected directly to the Pico pins. In my example I used the other SPI set. You can find the full method here:
Raspberry Pi Pico - Review | element14 | RoadTests & Reviews
This is a long review but the section you need is about 80% through and headed
Pico, MicroPython and SD card storage
Here is the code, just adjust the pins to the wireless board connections:
import sdcard
import machine
import uos
sd_spi = machine.SPI(1, sck = machine.Pin(10, machine.Pin.OUT), mosi = machine.Pin(11, machine.Pin.OUT), miso = machine.Pin(12, machine.Pin.OUT))
sd = sdcard.SDCard(sd_spi, machine.Pin(9))
uos.mount(sd, "/sd")
print("Size: {} MB".format(sd.sectors/2048)) # to display card's capacity in MB
print(uos.listdir("/sd"))
print("\n=======================\n")
print("Basic SDcard Test \n")
with open("/sd/test2.txt", "w") as f: # Write - new file
f.write("First Message\r\n")
with open("/sd/test2.txt", "a") as f: # Append
f.write("Tony Goodhew\r\n")
with open("/sd/test2.txt", "a ") as f:
f.write("Leicester City Cup Winners!\r\n")
with open("/sd/test2.txt", "a ") as f:
for i in range(10):
f.write(str(i) + ", " + str(i*i*i) + ", " + str(i*i*i*i) + "\r\n")
with open("/sd/test2.txt", "a ") as f:
f.write("Looping all done!\r\n")
with open("/sd/test2.txt", "r") as f:
print("Printing lines in file: Method #1\n")
line = f.readline()
while line != '': # NOT EOF
print(line)
line = f.readline()
with open("/sd/test2.txt", "r") as f:
lines = f.readlines()
print("Printing lines in file: Method #2")
for line in lines:
print(line)
uos.umount("/sd")
You can get the SD card library here:
"""
MicroPython driver for SD cards using SPI bus.
Requires an SPI bus and a CS pin. Provides readblocks and writeblocks
methods so the device can be mounted as a filesystem.
Example usage on pyboard:
import pyb, sdcard, os
sd = sdcard.SDCard(pyb.SPI(1), pyb.Pin.board.X5)
pyb.mount(sd, '/sd2')
os.listdir('/')
Example usage on ESP8266:
import machine, sdcard, os
sd = sdcard.SDCard(machine.SPI(1), machine.Pin(15))
os.mount(sd, '/sd')
os.listdir('/')
"""
from micropython import const
import time
_CMD_TIMEOUT = const(100)
_R1_IDLE_STATE = const(1 << 0)
# R1_ERASE_RESET = const(1 << 1)
_R1_ILLEGAL_COMMAND = const(1 << 2)
# R1_COM_CRC_ERROR = const(1 << 3)
# R1_ERASE_SEQUENCE_ERROR = const(1 << 4)
# R1_ADDRESS_ERROR = const(1 << 5)
# R1_PARAMETER_ERROR = const(1 << 6)
_TOKEN_CMD25 = const(0xFC)
_TOKEN_STOP_TRAN = const(0xFD)
_TOKEN_DATA = const(0xFE)
class SDCard:
def __init__(self, spi, cs):
self.spi = spi
self.cs = cs
self.cmdbuf = bytearray(6)
self.dummybuf = bytearray(512)
self.tokenbuf = bytearray(1)
for i in range(512):
self.dummybuf[i] = 0xFF
self.dummybuf_memoryview = memoryview(self.dummybuf)
# initialise the card
self.init_card()
def init_spi(self, baudrate):
try:
master = self.spi.MASTER
except AttributeError:
# on ESP8266
self.spi.init(baudrate=baudrate, phase=0, polarity=0)
else:
# on pyboard
self.spi.init(master, baudrate=baudrate, phase=0, polarity=0)
def init_card(self):
# init CS pin
self.cs.init(self.cs.OUT, value=1)
# init SPI bus; use low data rate for initialisation
self.init_spi(100000)
# clock card at least 100 cycles with cs high
for i in range(16):
self.spi.write(b"\xff")
# CMD0: init card; should return _R1_IDLE_STATE (allow 5 attempts)
for _ in range(5):
if self.cmd(0, 0, 0x95) == _R1_IDLE_STATE:
break
else:
raise OSError("no SD card")
# CMD8: determine card version
r = self.cmd(8, 0x01AA, 0x87, 4)
if r == _R1_IDLE_STATE:
self.init_card_v2()
elif r == (_R1_IDLE_STATE | _R1_ILLEGAL_COMMAND):
self.init_card_v1()
else:
raise OSError("couldn't determine SD card version")
# get the number of sectors
# CMD9: response R2 (R1 byte + 16-byte block read)
if self.cmd(9, 0, 0, 0, False) != 0:
raise OSError("no response from SD card")
csd = bytearray(16)
self.readinto(csd)
if csd[0] & 0xC0 == 0x40: # CSD version 2.0
self.sectors = ((csd[8] << 8 | csd[9]) + 1) * 1024
elif csd[0] & 0xC0 == 0x00: # CSD version 1.0 (old, <=2GB)
c_size = csd[6] & 0b11 | csd[7] << 2 | (csd[8] & 0b11000000) << 4
c_size_mult = ((csd[9] & 0b11) << 1) | csd[10] >> 7
self.sectors = (c_size + 1) * (2 ** (c_size_mult + 2))
else:
raise OSError("SD card CSD format not supported")
# print('sectors', self.sectors)
# CMD16: set block length to 512 bytes
if self.cmd(16, 512, 0) != 0:
raise OSError("can't set 512 block size")
# set to high data rate now that it's initialised
self.init_spi(1320000)
def init_card_v1(self):
for i in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
self.cmd(55, 0, 0)
if self.cmd(41, 0, 0) == 0:
self.cdv = 512
# print("[SDCard] v1 card")
return
raise OSError("timeout waiting for v1 card")
def init_card_v2(self):
for i in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
time.sleep_ms(50)
self.cmd(58, 0, 0, 4)
self.cmd(55, 0, 0)
if self.cmd(41, 0x40000000, 0) == 0:
self.cmd(58, 0, 0, 4)
self.cdv = 1
# print("[SDCard] v2 card")
return
raise OSError("timeout waiting for v2 card")
def cmd(self, cmd, arg, crc, final=0, release=True, skip1=False):
self.cs(0)
# create and send the command
buf = self.cmdbuf
buf[0] = 0x40 | cmd
buf[1] = arg >> 24
buf[2] = arg >> 16
buf[3] = arg >> 8
buf[4] = arg
buf[5] = crc
self.spi.write(buf)
if skip1:
self.spi.readinto(self.tokenbuf, 0xFF)
# wait for the response (response[7] == 0)
for i in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
self.spi.readinto(self.tokenbuf, 0xFF)
response = self.tokenbuf[0]
if not (response & 0x80):
# this could be a big-endian integer that we are getting here
for j in range(final):
self.spi.write(b"\xff")
if release:
self.cs(1)
self.spi.write(b"\xff")
return response
# timeout
self.cs(1)
self.spi.write(b"\xff")
return -1
def readinto(self, buf):
self.cs(0)
# read until start byte (0xff)
for i in range(_CMD_TIMEOUT):
self.spi.readinto(self.tokenbuf, 0xFF)
if self.tokenbuf[0] == _TOKEN_DATA:
break
time.sleep_ms(1)
else:
self.cs(1)
raise OSError("timeout waiting for response")
# read data
mv = self.dummybuf_memoryview
if len(buf) != len(mv):
mv = mv[: len(buf)]
self.spi.write_readinto(mv, buf)
# read checksum
self.spi.write(b"\xff")
self.spi.write(b"\xff")
self.cs(1)
self.spi.write(b"\xff")
def write(self, token, buf):
self.cs(0)
# send: start of block, data, checksum
self.spi.read(1, token)
self.spi.write(buf)
self.spi.write(b"\xff")
self.spi.write(b"\xff")
# check the response
if (self.spi.read(1, 0xFF)[0] & 0x1F) != 0x05:
self.cs(1)
self.spi.write(b"\xff")
return
# wait for write to finish
while self.spi.read(1, 0xFF)[0] == 0:
pass
self.cs(1)
self.spi.write(b"\xff")
def write_token(self, token):
self.cs(0)
self.spi.read(1, token)
self.spi.write(b"\xff")
# wait for write to finish
while self.spi.read(1, 0xFF)[0] == 0x00:
pass
self.cs(1)
self.spi.write(b"\xff")
def readblocks(self, block_num, buf):
nblocks = len(buf) // 512
assert nblocks and not len(buf) % 512, "Buffer length is invalid"
if nblocks == 1:
# CMD17: set read address for single block
if self.cmd(17, block_num * self.cdv, 0, release=False) != 0:
# release the card
self.cs(1)
raise OSError(5) # EIO
# receive the data and release card
self.readinto(buf)
else:
# CMD18: set read address for multiple blocks
if self.cmd(18, block_num * self.cdv, 0, release=False) != 0:
# release the card
self.cs(1)
raise OSError(5) # EIO
offset = 0
mv = memoryview(buf)
while nblocks:
# receive the data and release card
self.readinto(mv[offset : offset + 512])
offset += 512
nblocks -= 1
if self.cmd(12, 0, 0xFF, skip1=True):
raise OSError(5) # EIO
def writeblocks(self, block_num, buf):
nblocks, err = divmod(len(buf), 512)
assert nblocks and not err, "Buffer length is invalid"
if nblocks == 1:
# CMD24: set write address for single block
if self.cmd(24, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
raise OSError(5) # EIO
# send the data
self.write(_TOKEN_DATA, buf)
else:
# CMD25: set write address for first block
if self.cmd(25, block_num * self.cdv, 0) != 0:
raise OSError(5) # EIO
# send the data
offset = 0
mv = memoryview(buf)
while nblocks:
self.write(_TOKEN_CMD25, mv[offset : offset + 512])
offset += 512
nblocks -= 1
self.write_token(_TOKEN_STOP_TRAN)
def ioctl(self, op, arg):
if op == 4: # get number of blocks
return self.sectors
Call it sdcard.py
There is another on here:
micropython-infineon/sdcard.py at master · micropython/micropython-infineon · GitHub
(I’m not sure which chip (Pi Pico or ESP) is driving the SDcard reader on the Wireless board. The method above should work if it is the Pico.)
I hope this helps
Have fun