Sensors

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Compass sensors

HMC5843 - I think this one might be the best, if somebody knows how to do surface mount. It does 3-axis magnetometry which should avoid the requirement that the chip be parallel to the plane of the earth (I think it also uses an accelerometer in this process). Communicates via I2C. $20 at digikey.

Lots of information about it here (looks like no accelerometer). That it needs a resistor and two capacitors might bring the real final the price up.

Glitzo demo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T85Af1o_YAs&feature=channel_page

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The one Skory has is the Hitachi HM55B. $30 at Parallax Big pro: already mounted. Big con: only 2-axis. Medium con (maybe): not I2C, but, the code to read it with an Arduino is straight-forward and already exists.

Mar 16 2009 by Lamont Lucas: I ordered the Honeywell HMC1052L breakout board and sensor from sparkfun. (with board, $15, just the leadless 14 pin QFN package chip is $9). It should be in my hot little hands by thursday so I hope to have it working by sunday. It's a neat two-axis sensor, and the output is two analog voltages for

Mar 16 2009 by Mikolaj Habryn: That looks like an ideal choice - might well be pin compatible with existing breakout boards from sparkfun for the 2-axis ones, too. Soldering LCCs might be a problem, though - simple SMD isn't too bad, but with these, there's no way to inspect the joints. I guess we can try it and see - I think I've tried to do one of these with a hot air


Possible DIP format 3-axis option from sparkfun ($59): http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=244

nice write up on using it with arduino / processing at NYU ITP: http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/sensors/Reports/ThreeAxisMag2

not so nice forum post at sparkfun: http://forum.sparkfun.com/viewtopic.php?t=9541&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=micromag&start=15

Accelerometers

Clocks

Temperature (IR)

Pressure

Humidity

Electric field strength

Audio

Oximetry

Heart Rate

Electro-Magnetic waves (light, radio (RFID), etc)

GPS

Olfactory

Concentration of Fluids (gases, liquids)

Echolocation / Distancing / Lidar

Strain Gauges

EEGs

Radiation (geiger counter)

Polarized Light

Ambient Network Data