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UG585 (v1.11) September 27, 2016
Chapter 13
SD/SDIO Controller
13.1 Introduction
The SD/SDIO controller communicates with SDIO devices, SD memory cards, and MMC cards with up
to four data lines. On the SD interface, one (DAT0) or four (DAT0-DAT3) lines can be used for data
transfer. The SDIO interface can be routed through the MIO multiplexer to the MIO pins or through
the EMIO to SelectIO pin in the PL. The controller can support SD and SDIO applications in a wide
range of portable low-power applications such as 802.11 devices, GPS, WiMAX, UWB, and others.
The SD/SDIO controller block diagram is shown in Figure 13-1.
The SD/SDIO controller is compatible with the standard SD Host Controller Specification Version 2.0
Part A2 with SDMA (single operation DMA), ADMA1 (4 KB boundary limited DMA), and ADMA2
(ADMA2 allows data of any location and any size to be transferred in a 32-bit system memory -
scatter-gather DMA) support. The core also supports up to seven functions in SD1, SD4, but does not
support SPI mode. The Zynq-7000 AP SoC is expected to work with eMMC devices because the
protocol is the same as SD, but this has not been extensively verified. Users must be careful to meet
all timing requirements as they might or might not comply with eMMC. It does support SD
high-speed (SDHS) and SD High Capacity (SDHC) card standards. The user should be familiar with
the SD2.0/SDIO 2.0 specifications. These are listed in Appendix A, Additional Resources. The
SD/SDIO controller also supports MMC3.31 standard. eMMC flash memories are not primary boot
devices for Zynq-7000 family, but can be used as secondary boot devices. For details, refer to UG821,
Zynq-7000 Software Developers Guide.
The SD/SDIO controller is accessed by the ARM processor via the AHB bus. The controller also
includes a DMA unit with an internal FIFO to meet throughput requirements.