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PICO C-code - (part 2) MicroPython and then down into C-Code for sdcard integration

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Following on from my previous post about PICO, VGA and using the PICO DEMO board .... I had concluded that I was able to use the pico demo board to get a VGA output - awesome! I had concluded that I was able to build the MCUME emulator code and that it was failing to read the SDCard.....with a "Card not ready yet" error message (3). As I'm a stubborn old-git, I refused to let something like a simple error message prevent me from proceeding. I tried a few more things, even use a bit of MicroPython in an attempt to read the card - that failed too. However, I then noticed on the website for the product that it states: Please note that VGA Demo Base only currently works with the C/C++ Pico SDK! At which point I did a Homer Simpson and face-palmed my forehead. Okay, time to get blowing off the C code cobwebs properly then.... I then tried a few variants of other people C code and found that didn't work either. I kept coming back to the PIN diagram: and the reference from...