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Re: Electronic Compass
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Date:
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Tue, 6 Aug 1996 15:48:31 GMT
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Original-From:
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Tom G. Brusehaver/Consultant Euler Solutions <tgb@bnu/antispam/003.cncc.bnr.com>
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tgb@bnr.ANTISPAMcom
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> Now, has anyone interfaced the Vector 2X to the Handyboard via the SPI? I
> thought I read someone had trouble doing that, and ended up using another
> method to communicate.
I was the one who had the Vector-2X working with the Miniboard not
using the SPI bus. I won't try and talk you out of it, it may just
work for you.
Make sure you get the current documentation from Precision, the
original docs I got from them had TONS of errors (on page one it would
say a pin is active high, and on page five it would say the pin is
active low!). They have a fax-back number that has a goofey input
sequence, and you need to type slow.
I think Randy Seargents web page has the current documentation.
--
tgb@bnr.com
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| OK, I finally got the prices for the KVH C100 and the Vector 2X electronic compasses, both referred to as low cost. The KVH is $700, the Vector 2X is $50. EASY decision, even though the Vector's accuracy isn't as good. It'll be here tomorrow. Now, (...) (28 years ago, 6-Aug-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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