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[This PR is a sibling to @geastack/targets PR#6; it can be merged on its own, but won't be useful until the targets PR for SPI MicroSD is also in.]

The composer knew one card wiring, SD_MMC 1-bit on the SDMMC host. The Waveshare RGB boards (the 7-inch, the 4.3B) put the card on SPI2 with its chip-select on the CH422G, so no composed definition could declare their slot. storage.microSD.interface now takes "spi" beside "sdmmc-1bit": spiHost (spi2 or spi3), maxFreqKhz (default 20000), the mosi/miso/sck pins and one select line, either pins.cs on a GPIO or chips.expander.outputs.cardSelect on the expander. Both or neither is an error, as is a cardSelect with no storage, and the bus pins join the GPIO conflict table.

The board header gains GEA_BOARD_MICROSD_SPI, an SdSpiConfig storageSpi constant and a cardSelect member on IoExpanderConfig; the SD_MMC constants stay, wired to GPIO_NUM_NC, because the base checks them. The CMake fragment names the interface and asks for esp_driver_sdspi and esp_driver_spi. The matching mount lives in @geastack/targets.

Tested in test/boards.test.mjs (header, CMake, both select styles, the error cases, a lane clash) and documented in the setup guide's composed targets section. Verified on a Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-LCD-4.3B.

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  • New Features
    • Custom board configurations can use microSD storage over SDMMC 1-bit or SPI, with chip select routed through a GPIO or supported expander output.
    • SPI storage supports host and frequency settings, with defaults, and generated board configurations include the selected storage interface.
    • Added setup guidance and a configuration example for microSD storage.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Added validation for incompatible storage settings, missing or conflicting chip-select options, invalid frequencies, and pin collisions.

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Custom targets now support microSD storage over SPI as well as SDMMC 1-bit. The changes validate SPI settings and chip-select routing, generate interface-specific board and CMake configuration, and document wiring options.

Changes: Custom-target microSD configuration

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Configure and validate microSD storage
src/boards/custom-target.mjs, docs/SETUP.md, test/boards.test.mjs
Custom targets accept SPI or SDMMC microSD settings. SPI options include spi2 or spi3, a 400–20,000 kHz frequency range, and exactly one chip-select source: GPIO or expander. Pin-collision checks cover SPI wiring, shared QSPI bus pins, and expander outputs. The setup guide documents wiring and expander chip-select behavior.
Generate board and build configuration
src/boards/custom-target.mjs, test/boards.test.mjs
Generated headers and CMake output include SPI microSD settings when selected. Tests cover SPI and SDMMC output, chip-select routing, and invalid configurations.

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A custom board with an SPI microSD slot that uses an expander card-select on the same host as a QSPI display is accepted, but the shared bus can corrupt card or display transfers. Reject this combination, or require a GPIO chip-select, before merging.

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The composer knew one card wiring, SD_MMC 1-bit on the SDMMC host. The
Waveshare RGB boards (the 7-inch, the 4.3B) put the card on SPI2 with
its chip-select on the CH422G, so no composed definition could declare
their slot. storage.microSD.interface now takes "spi" beside
"sdmmc-1bit": spiHost (spi2 or spi3), maxFreqKhz (default 20000), the
mosi/miso/sck pins and one select line, either pins.cs on a GPIO or
chips.expander.outputs.cardSelect on the expander. Both or neither is
an error, as is a cardSelect with no storage, and the bus pins join the
GPIO conflict table.

The board header gains GEA_BOARD_MICROSD_SPI, an SdSpiConfig storageSpi
constant and a cardSelect member on IoExpanderConfig; the SD_MMC
constants stay, wired to GPIO_NUM_NC, because the base checks them. The
CMake fragment names the interface and asks for esp_driver_sdspi and
esp_driver_spi. The matching mount lives in @geastack/targets.

Tested in test/boards.test.mjs (header, CMake, both select styles, the
error cases, a lane clash) and documented in the setup guide's composed
targets section. Verified on a Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-LCD-4.3B.
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- Line 207: Update the maxFreqKhz validation in the microSD configuration to
reject values above the 20 MHz SDSPI limit by lowering its maximum from 40000 to
20000. Preserve the existing default and minimum.
- Around line 191-192: Extend the validation near sdSpiHost to compare the QSPI
display and SPI microSD MOSI, MISO, and SCK pins when they share an SPI host;
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- Line 194: Update the expander-output validation near expanderPin so cardSelect
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Three checks from review. A QSPI panel and an SPI card slot may share a host only on the
same MOSI, MISO and SCK: the base initialises a host once with the first consumer's
wiring, and both the panel and the card mount continue on ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE, so a
card declared on the panel's host with other pins would silently get the panel's bus and
fail. The normaliser now requires the card's bus pins to equal the panel's data0, data1
and pclk when the hosts match, and the GPIO uniqueness check then leaves those three to
the panel. No two expander outputs may name one line: the card-select contract holds its
line low through the mount, so a backlight or reset on the same line would be held with
it. And maxFreqKhz stops at 20000, the documented SDSPI limit (SDMMC_FREQ_DEFAULT), instead
of accepting 40000 and handing the driver a clock it does not support.
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// and the QSPI panel both continue on ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE), so a second
// wiring would be used by nobody and the later peripheral would fail on a bus
// it never got.
if (storageMicroSD?.interface === 'spi' && displayInterface === 'qspi' && storageMicroSD.spiHost === spiHost) {

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Reject an expander card-select on a host shared with the QSPI display.

The shared-host check accepts an expander-driven card select. It compares only the bus pins. The card select is held low on an expander line, so the card stays selected on a bus that the display also drives. Display transfers can then reach the card. The repository documents this select style as one where the card must be alone on its bus. A GPIO pins.cs is the only card select that the tests accept on a shared host.

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--- "a/src/boards/custom-target.mjs"
+++ "b/src/boards/custom-target.mjs"
@@ -233,8 +233,11 @@
   // and the QSPI panel both continue on ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE), so a second
   // wiring would be used by nobody and the later peripheral would fail on a bus
   // it never got.
   if (storageMicroSD?.interface === 'spi' && displayInterface === 'qspi' && storageMicroSD.spiHost === spiHost) {
+    if (storageMicroSD.pins.cs < 0) {
+      throw new Error(`storage.microSD on ${spiHost} cannot use chips.expander.outputs.cardSelect while the QSPI display shares that host; the held-low select exposes the card to display transfers. Use storage.microSD.pins.cs (a GPIO) or move the card to the other host.`)
+    }
     const shared = [
       ['storage.microSD.pins.mosi', storageMicroSD.pins.mosi, 'chips.display.pins.data0', pin(displayPins.data0, 'chips.display.pins.data0')],
       ['storage.microSD.pins.miso', storageMicroSD.pins.miso, 'chips.display.pins.data1', pin(displayPins.data1, 'chips.display.pins.data1')],
       ['storage.microSD.pins.sck', storageMicroSD.pins.sck, 'chips.display.pins.pclk', pin(displayPins.pclk, 'chips.display.pins.pclk')]
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if (storageMicroSD?.interface === 'spi' && displayInterface === 'qspi' && storageMicroSD.spiHost === spiHost) {
if (storageMicroSD?.interface === 'spi' && displayInterface === 'qspi' && storageMicroSD.spiHost === spiHost) {
if (storageMicroSD.pins.cs < 0) {
throw new Error(`storage.microSD on ${spiHost} cannot use chips.expander.outputs.cardSelect while the QSPI display shares that host; the held-low select exposes the card to display transfers. Use storage.microSD.pins.cs (a GPIO) or move the card to the other host.`)
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Review comment at @src/boards/custom-target.mjs at line 236:
Update the shared-host check for SPI microSD and QSPI display so an
expander-driven card select is rejected when both use the same spiHost; allow
the shared-host path only when the card select uses GPIO storageMicroSD.pins.cs.

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