Question about using SD card in OSHW

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Hello,

I’m trying to use my SD card on the FEZ Cerbuino and it works fine when the card is plugged in. But i was wondering of there is a way to check of the card is present or not with the OSHW version?

I have found there where some possibilities in the Premium version, but i do think that i over looked the options for the OSHW. Did i?

my current code looks like:

          GHI.OSHW.Hardware.StorageDev.MountSD();
            if (VolumeInfo.GetVolumes()[0].IsFormatted)
            {
                _root = VolumeInfo.GetVolumes()[0].RootDirectory;
            }
            if (File.Exists(_root + @ "\config.json"))
            {
                var sr = new StreamReader(File.OpenRead(_root + @ "\config.json"));
                text = sr.ReadToEnd();
                sr.Close();
            }
            else
            {
                DeviceID = Guid.NewGuid();
                CurrentTime = DateTime.Now;
                text = serializer.Serialize(this);
                var sw = new StreamWriter(File.Create(_root + @ "\config.json"));
                sw.WriteLine(text);
                sw.Close();
            }
            GHI.OSHW.Hardware.StorageDev.UnmountSD();

Someone can give me a shot in the right direction. Also I love to see an option that i can detect of the Card is plugged in or is just removed. I know there are options in the Premium as well.

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This is what I use on my Cerbuino:


public sdCardHandler(SDCard sdCard)
        {
            _sdCard = sdCard;

            _sdCard.SDCardMounted += new SDCard.SDCardMountedEventHandler(sdCard_SDCardMounted);
            _sdCard.SDCardUnmounted += new SDCard.SDCardUnmountedEventHandler(sdCard_SDCardUnmounted);
            Microsoft.SPOT.IO.RemovableMedia.Eject += new Microsoft.SPOT.IO.EjectEventHandler(RemovableMedia_Eject);
            Microsoft.SPOT.IO.RemovableMedia.Insert += new Microsoft.SPOT.IO.InsertEventHandler(RemovableMedia_Insert);

        }

 #region events
        void sdCard_SDCardUnmounted(SDCard sender)
        {
            // The SD card has been unmounted
            // DO NOT try to access it without mounting it again first
            _isMounted = false;
            DebugPrint("Event Unmounted");
        }

        void sdCard_SDCardMounted(SDCard sender, GT.StorageDevice SDCard)
        {
            // SD card has been successfully mounted. You can now read/write/create/delete files
            // Unmount before removing
            _isMounted = true;
            // Get the root directory
            _rootDirectory = _sdCard.GetStorageDevice().RootDirectory + @ "\"
            DebugPrint("Event Mounted. RootDir : " + _rootDirectory);
        }
        
        void RemovableMedia_Insert(object sender, Microsoft.SPOT.IO.MediaEventArgs e)
        {
            _isInserted = true;
            DebugPrint("Event Inserted : " + e.Volume.Name);
        }

        void RemovableMedia_Eject(object sender, Microsoft.SPOT.IO.MediaEventArgs e)
        {
            _isInserted = false;
            _isMounted = false;
            DebugPrint("Event Ejected : " + e.Volume.Name);
        }
        #endregion
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Did this help?

4

Sorry, it looks good and I’'m going to test it soon.

5

Here is a more complete example that you can run directly on the Cerberus:


using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Threading;
using Microsoft.SPOT;
using Microsoft.SPOT.Presentation;
using Microsoft.SPOT.Presentation.Controls;
using Microsoft.SPOT.Presentation.Media;
using Microsoft.SPOT.Touch;
using System.IO;
using Gadgeteer.Modules.GHIElectronics;

using Gadgeteer.Networking;
using GT = Gadgeteer;
using GTM = Gadgeteer.Modules;

namespace GadgeteerApp2
{
    public partial class Program
    {  
        void ProgramStarted()
        {

            Debug.Print("Program Started");
            sdCard.SDCardMounted += new SDCard.SDCardMountedEventHandler(sdCard_SDCardMounted);
            sdCard.SDCardMounted += new SDCard.SDCardMountedEventHandler(sdCard_SDCardMounted);
            sdCard.SDCardUnmounted += new SDCard.SDCardUnmountedEventHandler(sdCard_SDCardUnmounted);
            Microsoft.SPOT.IO.RemovableMedia.Eject += new Microsoft.SPOT.IO.EjectEventHandler(RemovableMedia_Eject);
            Microsoft.SPOT.IO.RemovableMedia.Insert += new Microsoft.SPOT.IO.InsertEventHandler(RemovableMedia_Insert);

            sdCard.MountSDCard();
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500);
        }

        void sdCard_SDCardUnmounted(SDCard sender)
        {
            Debug.Print("Event Unmounted");
        }

        void sdCard_SDCardMounted(SDCard sender, GT.StorageDevice SDCard)
        {
            Debug.Print("Mounted");
            writeSDcard();
        }
        

        void RemovableMedia_Insert(object sender, Microsoft.SPOT.IO.MediaEventArgs e)
        {
            Debug.Print("Event Inserted : " + e.Volume.Name);
        }

        void RemovableMedia_Eject(object sender, Microsoft.SPOT.IO.MediaEventArgs e)
        {
            Debug.Print("Event Ejected : " + e.Volume.Name);
        }

        void writeSDcard()
        {
            //Get the root directory
            string rootDirectory = sdCard.GetStorageDevice().RootDirectory;
            Debug.Print("Writing to : " + rootDirectory);
            //Use Streamwriter to write a text file
            StreamWriter textFile = new StreamWriter(rootDirectory + @ "\hello.txt");
            textFile.WriteLine("Hello SD card");
            textFile.Close();
        }

    }
}
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thanks