it's pretty fast. For this we don't need it to be very fast, so I haven't
done any tests to see exactly how fast it can go, but there isn't any
noticible delay between rotating the thing and the rotation showing up, at
least at human speeds. Here's the link

http://www.robot-electronics.co.uk/shop/Compass_CMPS032004.htm

really easy to interface w/ too, great module.

On 4/5/06, Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.ca> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 02:14:04PM -0700, Jake Brownson wrote:
> > Thought I'd add a little update to this thread. The project is
> progressing
> > fairly well. We are still using the accelerometer as an incinometer, and
> are
> > using a $50 compass module for the rotation information. Most of it is
> > basically working with the exception of the wind sensor. We have 4 more
> > weeks to get it working completely.
>
> One question for you... With your compass module, how fast a rotation
> can it measure? Is it an instant thing, or sluggish?
>
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