FPGA-SDcard-Reader

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An FPGA SD-card reader with a FAT file-system layer.

Install with lfpga lfpga add fpga-sdcard-reader

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LicenseGPL-3.0
Languagesverilog
Targetsdevice-agnostic
Categorymemory

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Last checked 2026-07-05 by the LibFPGA toolchain.

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About

An SD/SDHC card reader in pure Verilog that goes all the way to reading files by name from a FAT16/FAT32 partition, no soft CPU needed. Ideal for pulling configuration, images or samples off an SD card directly in hardware.

sd-cardstoragefatsdio

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