Chris Smolinski wrote:
>
> I've been looking for a fluxgate magnetometer (to monitor the Earth's
> magnetic field for radio propagation studies), and noticed that Jameco
> sells a compass module (pg 21) for $49. The blurb says that it has a 3 wire
> (SPI/microwire) interface for raw magnetometer output.
>
> Has anyone interfaced one of these to a PIC? I'd like to have the PIC get
> the data from the compass, then send it to the Mac via ADB (I've already
> got ADB working).
>
> If there's anyone who's played with magnetometers and can offer some advice
> (or maybe recommend another inexpensive commercial unit, or a
> build-it-yourself option) I'd appreciate it.
>
> Chris
>
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Try going to the junkyard and getting a chrysler corp car compass this
is a pretty simple flux gate magnetometer