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Compass Sensor Block released


HiTechnic has now released its custom block for the Compass Sensor. Download it and check it out here.

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Jonathan Daudelin said…
Nice, a drawing for HiTechnic products when you download it... :-)

-Jonathan
Nov 21, 2006, 4:27:00 AM
James Floyd Kelly (Jim) said…
Yep... free stuff is always good! I just used one of the REALLY long HiTechnic cables and it made all the difference in how the bot worked.

Jim
Nov 21, 2006, 4:44:00 AM
Christopher R. Smith (Littlehorn) said…
Jim,... Compass Sensor-wise?

Christopher
Nov 21, 2006, 6:32:00 AM
James Floyd Kelly (Jim) said…
Yes, I mounted the compass far away from the main body of Sneeker... ran some tests on it just to make certain it wasn't getting any weird results from the motor and camera. Then I moved it closer to the body and compared... no major changes as long as I keep the Compass about 7 inches or so away from any motor.
Nov 21, 2006, 6:59:00 AM
Brian Davis said…
Jim - did you try to calibrate the compass sensor? I think the calibration ability is accessible now...
1) signal compass sensor to enter calibration mode
2) turn robot completely around 1 or more times
3) do a regular reading from the sensor (to trip it out of calibration mode)

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Brian Davis (who hasn't actually tried that yet himself)
Nov 21, 2006, 9:19:00 AM
Anonymous said…
hi all..i have some problems with my nxt compass sensor..well i tried to connect it on my nxt and it gets this weird numbers..it shows to me ?253? wat is this? can anyone tell me where to find some sample programs to check if it is ok?
ty very much,
Feb 4, 2009, 12:28:00 AM
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