From: Gene S. Berkowitz on
In article <yc2qquzup029$.1no0v6dzwv9fs.dlg(a)40tude.net>,
antonio12358(a)hotmail.com says...
> Un bel giorno larwe digitò:
>
> >> The only remarkable difference that I know is that the support of SPI mode
> >> (which is very handy for small microprocessors applications) is only
> >> optional for microSD.
> >
> > This is true but in practice I have never seen one that took advantage
> > of this.
>
> Then I must be very unlucky, I tried with a single microSD and it didn't
> work. :)
>
> I don't remember the brand now. It could be Sandisk but I may be mistaken..

SanDisk MicroSD does support SPI mode. I was not able to get SPI
mode to work reliably with a Kingston MicroSD.

--Gene
From: don on
Gene S. Berkowitz wrote:
> In article <yc2qquzup029$.1no0v6dzwv9fs.dlg(a)40tude.net>,
> antonio12358(a)hotmail.com says...
>> Un bel giorno larwe digit�:
>>
>>>> The only remarkable difference that I know is that the support of SPI mode
>>>> (which is very handy for small microprocessors applications) is only
>>>> optional for microSD.
>>> This is true but in practice I have never seen one that took advantage
>>> of this.
>> Then I must be very unlucky, I tried with a single microSD and it didn't
>> work. :)
>>
>> I don't remember the brand now. It could be Sandisk but I may be mistaken.
>
> SanDisk MicroSD does support SPI mode. I was not able to get SPI
> mode to work reliably with a Kingston MicroSD.
>
> --Gene

I am using a Lexar 2GB microSD on this board:
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8627

don