From 270cb41b88ddebd043fb6ddd5372ea718573525a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Helgeson Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 10:47:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Created SD Cards (markdown) --- SD-Cards.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) create mode 100644 SD-Cards.md diff --git a/SD-Cards.md b/SD-Cards.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f04ca92 --- /dev/null +++ b/SD-Cards.md @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +**FIRST** - Format every card first with the [SD Card Formatter Utility](https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/) - this will fix 99% of issues. Afterwards use your OS Formatter utility to format the card as exFAT. + +Any SD Card should work, but go for one that is a name brand. Newer/faster SD cards will help when moving large images on or off the SD card, but wont change the performance while using it as a SCSI device. I personally use 16GB SD cards from the MicroCenter checkout line for ~$3/each. + +There is some debate that that some SD cards do not support SPI - [but that seems to be debunked](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/11833/do-all-microsd-cards-support-spi-mode). +