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2011-05-26 , 23:49
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Originally Posted by object View Post
Can you attach a real compass to front camera some how in a better way than this and use the camera to generate compass data?
The rear camera can focus down to 6 cm. You could move that tiny compass to the other side, mount it 6 cm away, capture an image, and write some image processing software to derive the needle's orientation.