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  interfacing V2X compass
 
HB Folks, I'm currently using the HB to interface to a Vector 2X compass. I'm using the compass in RAW slave mode, so it's different than the hardware interface that's documented on the HB web site. But I did notice that the documented interface (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: interfacing V2X compass
 
Rick, I had the same problem. Also the compass would occassionally lock up and require a reset. I tied the reset pin to a digital out and added a routine to take all the necessary pins high and then cycle the reset pin. I reset on initialization and (...) (26 years ago, 25-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: interfacing V2X compass
 
(...) I ended up doing the same thing. I appreciate hearing that someone else had thesame problem, and used the same solution. It sure is frustrating that you can't trust the documentation that came with the compass; if you need to reset the thing (...) (26 years ago, 25-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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