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3-2 SanDisk miniSD Card Product Manual, Rev. 1.1 © 2003 SANDISK CORPORATION
as well, while they are not used. It is defined so, in order to keep compatibility to
MultiMediaCards.
3) After power up this line is input with 50KOhm pull-up (can be used for card detection or SPI
mode selection). The pull-up should be disconnected by the user, during regular data transfer,
with SET_CLR_CARD_DETECT (ACMD42) command
4) NC pins should be left open.
3.1.2. miniSD Card Registers
Table 3-2. miniSD Card Registers
Name Width Description
CID 128 Card identification number: individual card number for identification.
RCA
1
16 Relative card address: local system address of a card, dynamically
suggested by the card and approved by the host during initialization.
CSD 128 Card specific data: information about the card operation conditions.
SCR 64 SD Configuration Register: information about the miniSD Card’s special
features capabilities.
OCR 32 Operation Condition Register
NOTE: 1) The RCA register is not available in SPI Mode.
The host may reset the cards by switching the power supply off and on again. The card has its own power-on
detection circuitry that puts the card into an idle state after the power-on. The card can also be reset by sending the
GO_IDLE (CMD0) command.