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- Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New member, new project (fluxgate compass)
- Replies: 7
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I don't know if this stuff is of interest to anyone else, but just in case anyone's interested in how electronic compass calibration is performed, here's the current state of play at this end ... After studying around two dozen patents from the hundreds devoted to this topic it appears that there ar...
- Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:31 am
- Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
- Topic: Breaking QBasic on new laptop? (Or: Qbasic equivalent?)
- Replies: 19
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- Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New member, new project (fluxgate compass)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13658
Thanks Ted - appreciated. Your 36_Q-Basics tutorial is impressive - looks like it contains just about everything I'll be needing. I've only one query: if you take a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_circle it can be seen that 0 degrees is located at '3 o'clock' and the incremental direction...
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New member, new project (fluxgate compass)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13658
Thanks for the replies - appreciated. I can call-up Help via F1 ok, but I personally find on-screen help difficult to work with, and I'd much rather have the same info in some form of hard-copy. Ted - your Command Tutorial is really good - think I'll print out the relevant page as I come across each...
- Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New member, new project (fluxgate compass)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13658
New member, new project (fluxgate compass)
Greetings to all. An introduction .... If you should do a Google for "DIY Fluxgate Compass" or similar, you'll find that there are NO viable DIY projects that are concerned with the construction of home-brew sensors themselves, or with the writing of the associated software. There are a hu...