PARTS LIBRARY :: Seeedstudio SD Shield

Method
This is incredibly simple to use, but I had problems. I bought the shield, downloaded the library on the page then couldn't get it working.

It turns out the library on the Seeedstudio page is for a microSD. I used a 2GB microSD card in an SD sized adapter and it worked fine. I'm sure you can use other libraries with this shield but I haven't tried yet. I thought I'd get this page made in case anyone else is having the same trouble.

Things to consider:

• The library linked on the Seedstudio SD Shield page is for a microSD card.
• You need to create a file on the microSD card. If you're running the example code it needs to be called data.log.
• You need to put something in the file. I read that it needs to be at least 1KB but in practice putting an asterist and a line break in worked fine.
• SDHC cards (probably) won't work. I haven't tested them but everywhere I've looked says it they don't work.

Create your file, plug the card into your shield and your shield into your arduino.
Open the example sketch FileLoggerDemo and change #define MEM_PW 8 to #define MEM_PW 9.
That's it. Load the sketch onto your arduino, open the serial monitor and type W.