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sd card project

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Hello

I am using a pic 16f1937 and trying to communicate with the sd card. can I use microchips fat 16 library or is it just for 18 and 24 series pics
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Re: sd card project

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Hello,

The 16F1937 device has 512 bytes of RAM. The absolute minimum amount of RAM in order to use an SD card is 512 bytes, the size of a single file sector. So you are out of memory before you have even begun.

I would therefore recommend a device with more RAM memory available.
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