Has anyone tried to solder the Micro SD (also called Trans Flash) to a PCB?
What I am seeing is that on the protoboard in a holder the circuit works fine. But on the PCB with a PIC on the other side of the board, the MicroSD does not work at all.
Thank you for the suggestion, but that did not work.
(I have a 68uF cap on the power-ground line, but not near the microSD).
Soldering a 224 cap right onto the mirco SD did not help.
Probably not much help to you?, but if it worked on the breadboard, and it doesn't now, then the most likely reason is a constructional error. Check every single connection goes from where it's supposed to, and doesn't go anywhere it's not - be particulalrly on the lookout for 'invisible' shorts between tracks!.
I shall recheck all the connections starting next week (after a break)!
However I did manage to get it to work if I solder THICK wires that are LONG. i.e. these wires go from PCB to micro SD. the wires were approximately 5cm long and well off the board.
I then used very thin wires. same setup- it DID NOT work.
Then I soldered these thin wires to a holder of the microSD, and it worked!
So I am pretty sure that at least the rest of the circuit is workign properly. I am really confused as to why things are so not consistent.