[PSUBS-MAILIST] Compass Choice

[Douglas Suhr]

Nice find Alan. I'm going to spend some time looking over that site. I have
to admit though, I feel the same as you in terms of not wanting to run my
compass off a computer. To me, computers should be benefitted from but not
relied upon unconditionally. ~ Douglas S.


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Alan James <alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi Jon,
> I found this off the shelf unit for $250- (made in USA) It is designed for
> marine applications
> & has yaw, pitch & roll which is a G.L. requirement. So it's looking
> attractive.
> http://www.ocean-server.com/compass.html
> It looks like I would have to run it off a computer though, which I didn't
> want to do,
> but may be forced down this path.
> Alan
>
>
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>  *From:* Jon Wallace <jonw at psubs.org>
>
> *To:* Personal Submersibles General Discussion <
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 14, 2014 2:09 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Compass Choice
>
>
> A tilt-compensated electronic compass (three axis, plus three axis
> accelerometer) would work connected to a small microcontroller like the
> Arduino UNO.  The HMC6352 was the standard but Honeywell stopped
> producing them.  There are others however but probably more expensive.
> The display could be a nice four digit LED (under two inches).
>
> Jon
>
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