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SD Card "Guaranteed" to Work with Data Logger Shield NOT Wor

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The SD card that I purchased from Adafruit that is guaranteed to work... is not working with the Data Logger Shield. May I have some assistance please? Thank you :)

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Re: SD Card "Guaranteed" to Work with Data Logger Shield NOT

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Have you successfully used other cards with this shield before? Run the "cardinfo" example sketch from the SD library and post the results from the serial monitor here.

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Re: SD Card "Guaranteed" to Work with Data Logger Shield NOT

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I tried two other SD cards before the one I obtained from Adafruit, neither of them worked. I got the same results seen here:

https://learn.adafruit.com/system/asset ... 1396838589


The card was inserted correctly and I changed the chipSelect pin to match the Adafruit Data Logger Shield. Pin 10, right?

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I tried two other SD cards before the one I obtained from Adafruit, neither of them worked.
Sounds like a shield problem then. Post some clear photos of the front and back of the shield and we'll see if we can spot any problems.

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Re: SD Card "Guaranteed" to Work with Data Logger Shield NOT

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Here are the pictures:
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Re: SD Card "Guaranteed" to Work with Data Logger Shield NOT

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You don't have enough solder on those header pins. The SPI pins that drive the SD card appear to have no solder at all.
Re-work the board with some more solder. The solder joint cross section should look like the diagram below.

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-gui ... n-problems

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