Comments on: HMC6352 Electronic Compass on Arduino http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460 Blogging is believing Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:53:45 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mathieu http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460&cpage=1#comment-399558 Mathieu Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:47:28 +0000 http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460#comment-399558 Hi Stephen, The sensor gives you direction from North, so no, it doesn't need to be set up in any way when you power it up. As for multiple LEDs, I recently scored some free TLC5940s which you can use to drive as many LEDs as you like. I made a version of this with 16 of them. :-) Lastly, as for my T&Cs, the point I'm trying to make is that such T&Cs making ridiculous claims are themselves BOGUS AGREEMENTS and should disappear from our civilization's legal space. Hi Stephen,

The sensor gives you direction from North, so no, it doesn’t need to be set up in any way when you power it up.

As for multiple LEDs, I recently scored some free TLC5940s which you can use to drive as many LEDs as you like. I made a version of this with 16 of them.

-)

Lastly, as for my T&Cs, the point I’m trying to make is that such T&Cs making ridiculous claims are themselves BOGUS AGREEMENTS and should disappear from our civilization’s legal space.

]]> By: Electronic compass on an Arduino | SquareCows http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460&cpage=1#comment-399540 Electronic compass on an Arduino | SquareCows Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:40:06 +0000 http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460#comment-399540 [...] like the looks of this electronic compass sensor paired with an Arduino protoshield. It would be fun to drive a servomotor with this data, to create a digital/analog [...] [...] like the looks of this electronic compass sensor paired with an Arduino protoshield. It would be fun to drive a servomotor with this data, to create a digital/analog [...]

]]> By: Stephen http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460&cpage=1#comment-399539 Stephen Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:33:48 +0000 http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460#comment-399539 That is very cool - does it have to be constantly powered on though or at least set up when it's powered on so it knows what direction north is? And obviously the number of LEDs you use to display the direction of north is only limited by your output ports. It would be crazy to see this done with 360 LEDs for +- .5 degree accuracy. When you build the orientation independent compass which feeds data to a serial port you've got a seriously effective component for an autopilot system. Your terms and conditions at the bottom of your blog don't ask for much at all do they, "You further represent that you have the authority to release me from any BOGUS AGREEMENTS on behalf of your employer." That is very cool – does it have to be constantly powered on though or at least set up when it’s powered on so it knows what direction north is?

And obviously the number of LEDs you use to display the direction of north is only limited by your output ports.

It would be crazy to see this done with 360 LEDs for +- .5 degree accuracy.

When you build the orientation independent compass which feeds data to a serial port you’ve got a seriously effective component for an autopilot system.

Your terms and conditions at the bottom of your blog don’t ask for much at all do they, “You further represent that you have the authority to release me from any BOGUS AGREEMENTS on behalf of your employer.”

]]> By: Mathieu http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460&cpage=1#comment-399221 Mathieu Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:33:10 +0000 http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460#comment-399221 Hum... Don't think I kept the code for this little sketch, but there is a lot of code on the web for running that sensor on an Arduino. There's a 3-axis magnetometer waiting for me at home so the next step will be a orientation-independent compass. Hum… Don’t think I kept the code for this little sketch, but there is a lot of code on the web for running that sensor on an Arduino. There’s a 3-axis magnetometer waiting for me at home so the next step will be a orientation-independent compass.

]]> By: Michele http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460&cpage=1#comment-399201 Michele Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:28:54 +0000 http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460#comment-399201 Hi, this is great!!! Would you share the Arduino code? Thanks Michele Hi,

this is great!!! Would you share the Arduino code?

Thanks

Michele

]]> By: schuey http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460&cpage=1#comment-230276 schuey Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:30:27 +0000 http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460#comment-230276 a new hobby ! :) a new hobby ! )

]]> By: condo geecko http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460&cpage=1#comment-225019 condo geecko Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:31:29 +0000 http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460#comment-225019 The serial hobbyist strikes again! (8-> The serial hobbyist strikes again! (8->

]]> By: Mathieu http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460&cpage=1#comment-221856 Mathieu Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:14:33 +0000 http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460#comment-221856 Doing good, thank you :-) Enjoying your photos, by the way, sorry to hear Gert hurt himself in the pursuit of a shot. Doing good, thank you -) Enjoying your photos, by the way, sorry to hear Gert hurt himself in the pursuit of a shot.

]]> By: Di http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460&cpage=1#comment-221696 Di Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:32:24 +0000 http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460#comment-221696 I guess it goes without saying that it's entirely possible that it reminds me of nothing but the inside of my transistor radio after it fell from my top bunk while I was reading at night ... Hey, how's things? I haven't checked by for a while because you cooked and disappeared. I guess it goes without saying that it’s entirely possible that it reminds me of nothing but the inside of my transistor radio after it fell from my top bunk while I was reading at night …

Hey, how’s things? I haven’t checked by for a while because you cooked and disappeared.

]]> By: Mathieu http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460&cpage=1#comment-219844 Mathieu Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:08:14 +0000 http://ban-sidhe.com/blog/?p=1460#comment-219844 Well, I was thinking glider rather than helicopter, since I don't know how to pilot the latter, but yeah, that is one long term goal of mine. There are GPL'd projects out there with both hardware and software open-sourced, but it's more fun to build your way up step by step. Well, I was thinking glider rather than helicopter, since I don’t know how to pilot the latter, but yeah, that is one long term goal of mine. There are GPL’d projects out there with both hardware and software open-sourced, but it’s more fun to build your way up step by step.

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