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Selecting an SD card

Everyday Use


32GB or less SDHC cards work well and will be the most cost effective.

  • SDXC cards work as well but I've done less testing with these.

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Avoid Samsung EVO cards, they require special handling.

High Reliability


PyCubed's smallsat paper contains a good discussion on this.

Recently, I've been using SanDisk "High Endurance SLC" cards. They're a cost efficient SLC card that's easy to find from Mouser, Digi-Key, etc...

  • example PN:

    SDSDQED-008G-XI