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Debugging

Ok, I isolated the steering issue I was having.  The digital compass was jumping over a range of about 60 degrees.  I believe it was because the compass was not completely level which I know is an issue.  Digital compasses which compensate for tilt are out of my price range, though, so I may need to rig up some sort of tilt adjustment. But, the Sparkfun course looks pretty level, so probably not a  big issue.

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2 Responses to “Debugging”

  1. Aret Carlsen says:
    8. April 2010 at 01:31

    A pair of 2D compasses, mounted at a 45-degree angle, might give you tilt compensation without the accelerometers or gyros that the expensive tilt-compensated compasses use. That should give you four numbers which, in a nice little matrix, could allow you to determine how much of the vertical field component is leaking into each of the horizontal components.

    Maybe.

  2. admin says:
    8. April 2010 at 02:17

    thanks Aret, that sounds cool. I’ll have to give that a try on the bench.

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