Take a look at the Devantech Compass module:
http://www.robot-electronics.com/

I am one of their U.S. distributors.

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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Brian Kraut
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 9:55 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [EE]: Electronic Compass


Crossbow used to have a low cost electronic compass that Jameco sold.  I
don't see the compass in their catalog anymore, but they do have their
accelorometers which could be used.

Sean H. Breheny wrote:

> Hi Jay,
>
> Thanks for the info. I took a quick look there and have not found it yet.
> The only results I get under compass are two prepackaged units with
> displays. Can you give me a part number?
>
> Sean
>
> At 08:10 PM 8/2/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> > Can anyone point me to a good electronic compass module with serial
>> output
>> > suitable for use in an embedded system? I thought these were
>> plentiful but
>> > when I did a search all I found were really expensive ($300) ones from
>> > Honeywell and then really cheap older designs (like the Vector and
>> Dinsmore).
>>
>> Jameco has one which has an SPI interface and has fairly decent
>> resolution.
>> It runs $50.
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