Unable to get SDCARD working ESP32-S3-Box-3 on Arduino

austonpramodh
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Unable to get SDCARD working ESP32-S3-Box-3 on Arduino

Postby austonpramodh » Sat Oct 04, 2025 4:10 am

I tried SDIO and SPI mode.

on SDIO Mode

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// SDIO
#define SD_CLK 11
#define SD_CMD 14
#define SD_DAT0 9
#define SD_DAT1 13
#define SD_DAT2 42
#define SD_DAT3 12

#include "SD_MMC.h"

void setup()
{
    Serial.begin(115200);
    while (!Serial)
        ;
    delay(3000);
    SD_MMC.setPins(SD_CLK, SD_CMD, SD_DAT0, SD_DAT1, SD_DAT2, SD_DAT3);
    if (!SD_MMC.begin("/sdcard", true))
    { // second param = 1-bit mode
        Serial.println("Card Mount Failed");
        return;
    }
    uint8_t cardType = SD_MMC.cardType();
    Serial.print("SD Card Type: ");
    if (cardType == CARD_MMC)
        Serial.println("MMC");
    else if (cardType == CARD_SD)
        Serial.println("SDSC");
    else if (cardType == CARD_SDHC)
        Serial.println("SDHC");
}

void loop()
{
    // do nothing
}
Error:

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E (3028) sdmmc_io: sdmmc_io_reset: unexpected return: 0x108
E (3028) vfs_fat_sdmmc: sdmmc_card_init failed (0x108).
[  3151][E][SD_MMC.cpp:148] begin(): Failed to initialize the card (0x108). Make sure SD card lines have pull-up resistors in place.
Card Mount Failed
On SPI mode

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#define SD_CS 12   // DAT3 - MicroSD - 2
#define SD_MOSI 14 // CMD - MicroSD - 3
#define SD_MISO 9  // DATO - MicroSD - 7
#define SD_SCLK 11 // CLK - MicroSD - 5

#include <Arduino.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <SD.h>

SPIClass SPISD(HSPI);

void setup() {
    Serial.begin(115200);
    while(!Serial);

    Serial.println("=== SPI SD Test ===");

    // Initialize SPI
    SPISD.begin(SD_SCLK, SD_MISO, SD_MOSI, SD_CS);

    // Slow frequency for init
    SPISD.setFrequency(400000); // 400 kHz for initialization

    if (!SD.begin(SD_CS, SPISD)) {
        Serial.println("❌ SPI SD Card init failed");
        return;
    }

    Serial.println("✅ SPI SD Card initialized!");
}

void loop() {
    // Empty
}
Error:

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[  3325][W][sd_diskio.cpp:174] sdCommand(): no token received
[  3425][W][sd_diskio.cpp:174] sdCommand(): no token received
[  3524][E][sd_diskio.cpp:199] sdCommand(): Card Failed! cmd: 0x00
[  3525][W][sd_diskio.cpp:516] ff_sd_initialize(): GO_IDLE_STATE failed
[  3525][E][sd_diskio.cpp:805] sdcard_mount(): f_mount failed: (3) The physical drive cannot work
[  3534][W][sd_diskio.cpp:174] sdCommand(): no token received
[  3640][W][sd_diskio.cpp:174] sdCommand(): no token received
[  3741][W][sd_diskio.cpp:174] sdCommand(): no token received
[  3841][E][sd_diskio.cpp:199] sdCommand(): Card Failed! cmd: 0x00
❌ SPI SD Card init failed
SDCard i am using :- https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/me ... am/b2bapp/

Schematics: https://github.com/espressif/esp-box/bl ... 230922.pdf

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Re: Unable to get SDCARD working ESP32-S3-Box-3 on Arduino

Postby Xuxin » Thu Oct 09, 2025 11:39 am

Hello,please try to enable power io, txd(io44), it should set level 0

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