Thread: TOHKBD rev2
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#1693
Originally Posted by MartinK View Post
I was trying this just yesterday and my compass works just fine, correctly pointing north with TOHKBD attached. I even tried to move detached keyboard part around the Jolla but even that did not influence the readings.

Could be that it is also using the accelerometer/gyroscope data for additional filtering ? Like ignoring magnetometer signals indicating rotation if the gyroscope reports no rotation ?
Fairly sure it does. Also when GPS is on and you use the compass it probably calibrates the "true north" based on knowing the location change and device orientation.
 

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