#include // On the Ethernet Shield, CS is pin 4. Note that even if it's not // used as the CS pin, the hardware CS pin (10 on most Arduino boards, // 53 on the Mega) must be left as an output or the SD library // functions will not work. const int chipSelect = 4; void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); Serial.print("Initializing SD card..."); // make sure that the default chip select pin is set to // output, even if you don't use it: pinMode(10, OUTPUT); // see if the card is present and can be initialized: if (!SD.begin(chipSelect)) { Serial.println("Card failed, or not present"); // don't do anything more: return; } Serial.println("card initialized."); // make a string for assembling the data to log: String dataString = "Hello World"; // open the file. note that only one file can be open at a time, // so you have to close this one before opening another. File dataFile = SD.open("datalog.txt", FILE_WRITE); // if the file is available, write to it: if (dataFile) { dataFile.println("Hello World"); dataFile.close(); // print to the serial port too: // Serial.println(dataString); } // if the file isn't open, pop up an error: // else { // Serial.println("error opening datalog.txt"); // } } void loop() { }