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Re: Dinsmore Compass 1490
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Sat, 6 Feb 1999 18:53:17 GMT
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You say these devices just use hall effect devices to detect the
direction, do you have any technical information that would assist in
producing a digital compass from scratch ?.

Why would you want to? They would be as expensive to build than to
buy.  The Dinsmore device is only $12, and PNI Vector2X is $49.
(retail, probably cheaper somewhere).

The Dinsmore device has a compass mechanism (real basic, like you take
camping), and when the N arrow points to a hall effect device it is
triggered. You could probably build a dinsmore like device using a
larger camping compass, and have a bunch of hall effect devides glued
to the sides.



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  RE: Dinsmore Compass 1490
 
You say these devices just use hall effect devices to detect the direction, do you have any technical information that would assist in producing a digital compass from scratch ?. Thanks John Hatton mailto:johnhatton@email.com (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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