SD Card Layout

The PX4 SD Card is used for storing configuration files, flight logs, mission information etc.

:::tip The SD card should be FAT32 formatted for use with PX4 (this is the default for SD cards). We recommend that you reformat cards that are using a different file system. :::

The directory structure/layout is shown below.

Directory/File(s)Description

/etc/

/log/

/mission_log/

Reduced flight logs

/fw/

DroneCAN firmware

/uavcan.db/

DroneCAN DNA server DB + logs

/params

Parameters (if not in FRAM/FLASH)

/dataman

Mission storage file

/fault_<datetime>.txt

Hardfault files

/bootlog.txt

Boot log file

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