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microSD Card Description and Pin Out

microSD Card is a type of Removable NAND-type small flash memory card format which, introduced in 2003.
microSD measures 11mm x 15mm and 1mm thick. Two pinout tables are provided for microSD below; one table provides the pin out for SD Mode, and one table shows the SPI mode.

Refer to the following page for MicroSD Connector Manufacturers.

MicroSD is short hand for Micro-Secure Digital [Transflash]. Although Transflash was the original name for microSD, the name was changed to microSD once the standard was adpoted. Some manufacturers still use the term microSD/Transflash to describe a product.
Also refer to the SD Card, or the miniSD Card pages. There are 3 speed grades: Class 2, 2MB/s, Class 4, 4MB/s and class 6 card, 6MB/s.


microSD Pinout, SD Mode
Pin # Pin Name Signal Function
1 DAT2 Data Bit 2
2 CD/DAT3 Card Detect / Data Bit 3
3 CMD Command Line
4 Vdd Supply Voltage 2.7v / 3.6v
5 CLK Clock
6 Vss Ground
7 DAT0 Data Bit 0
8 DAT1 Data Bit 1

Memory Board Dimension

Comparison of Removable Memory Card sizes



microSD Pinout, SPI Mode
Pin # Pin Name Signal Function
1 NC No Connect
2 /CS Chip Select
3 DI Master Out/Slave In (MOSI)
4 Vdd Supply Voltage 2.7v / 3.6v
5 CLK Clock
6 Vss Ground
7 DO Master In/Slave Out (MISO)
8 RSV Reserved

The SPI mode is optional in the microSD format.

Flash Memory Stick Formats


The graphic to the right shows:
The SD card, 32mm x 24mm
The miniSD card, 21.5 x 20mm
The microSD card, 15mm x 11mm
Slot adaptors may be purchased to allow a smaller SD
card type to plug into a larger type.

The MicroSD form factors picture is used under GNU License

SD Card Sizes
Comparison of SD Memory Card sizes
SD Card, miniSD Card, microSD Card

Mini and micro SD Card - EMI filtering and 25 kV ESD protection: EMIF06-mSD01F2, STMicroelectronics

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