7 multimedia card operations – Rainbow Electronics AT91CAP9S250A User Manual

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The SD Memory Card bus includes the signals listed in

Table 41-3

.

Notes:

1. I: input, O: output, PP: Push Pull, OD: Open Drain.
2. When several MCI (x MCI) are embedded in a product, MCCK refers to MCIx_CK, MCCDA

to MCIx_CDA, MCDAy to MCIx_DAy.

Figure 41-6. SD Card Bus Connections with One Slot

Note:

When several MCI (x MCI) are embedded in a product, MCCK refers to MCIx_CK, MCCDA to MCIx_CDA MCDAy to MCIx_DAy.

When the MCI is configured to operate with SD memory cards, the width of the data bus can
be selected in the MCI_SDCR register. Clearing the SDCBUS bit in this register means that
the width is one bit; setting it means that the width is four bits. In the case of multimedia cards,
only the data line 0 is used. The other data lines can be used as independent PIOs.

41.7

MultiMedia Card Operations

After a power-on reset, the cards are initialized by a special message-based MultiMedia Card
bus protocol. Each message is represented by one of the following tokens:

• Command: A command is a token that starts an operation. A command is sent from the

host either to a single card (addressed command) or to all connected cards (broadcast
command). A command is transferred serially on the CMD line.

• Response: A response is a token which is sent from an addressed card or (synchronously)

from all connected cards to the host as an answer to a previously received command. A
response is transferred serially on the CMD line.

• Data: Data can be transferred from the card to the host or vice versa. Data is transferred

via the data line.

Table 41-3.

SD Memory Card Bus Signals

Pin
Number

Name

Type

(1)

Description

MCI Pin Name

(2)

(Slot z)

1

CD/DAT[3]

I/O/PP

Card detect/ Data line Bit 3

MCDz3

2

CMD

PP

Command/response

MCCDz

3

VSS1

S

Supply voltage ground

VSS

4

VDD

S

Supply voltage

VDD

5

CLK

I/O

Clock

MCCK

6

VSS2

S

Supply voltage ground

VSS

7

DAT[0]

I/O/PP

Data line Bit 0

MCDz0

8

DAT[1]

I/O/PP

Data line Bit 1 or Interrupt

MCDz1

9

DAT[2]

I/O/PP

Data line Bit 2

MCDz2

2345

6

17

MCDA0 - MCDA3

MCCDA

MCCK

8

SD CARD

9

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