Thread: DIY digital compass: electronics experts needed!
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sarahn is offline sarahn
2009-11-03 , 05:02
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#80
Originally Posted by wickeddeus View Post
I don't know if this has been suggested yet but why not use the same digital compass that is currently in the Iphone 3GS (and all of the Android phones, I believe)? The unit is Asahi Kasei's AK8973S.
In theory nothing. In practice, do you know if you can buy less than a few thousand? It is also extremely unlikely that chip will not also require glue logic.

I picked parts based on what was available for easy prototyping and what was available in quantities of 1 on digikey.