Guest Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 How can i make an electronics compass?It can consist of a circle of LEDs and the LED facing north will light up.OR:-A single LED and moment the device faces north the LED lights up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixos Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 You must start by identifing the magnetic compass sensor you will use. Some common sensors are:KMZ52 from PhilipsHM55B from Hitachi1490 Compass SensorThen you can take a look to some schematics/application notes to see how this can be intergrated to your system:1490 Digital Compasshttp://www.imagesco.com/articles/1490/01.htmlElectronic Compass Design using KMZ51 and KMZ52http://www.web-ee.com/primers/files/AN00022_COMPASS.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yevgenip Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 You are not the first in this forum who wants to make a compass. I suggest using a regular mechanic compass - much easier if you only want to look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Hi Siddharth,I think that would be a very interesting project to take on :D, although I think it would be difficult to make an electronic compass, that could improve on the simplicity and reliability of a mechanical compass.I know which one I would choose, if I was heading into the outback ;).Good luck, I hope you are planning on posting your progress here 8). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 It is just my curiosity.I just would like to find ideas to make one; how to approach it.If a particular method is simple cheap then i'll make one1490 looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotwaterwizard Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Try These Links! ???Electronic Compasshttp://users.frii.com/dlc/robotics/projects/botproj.htmhttp://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~danieln/digital_compass.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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