<div dir="ltr">Nice find Alan. I'm going to spend some time looking over that site. I have to admit though, I feel the same as you in terms of not wanting to run my compass off a computer. To me, computers should be benefitted from but not relied upon unconditionally. ~ Douglas S. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Alan James <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com" target="_blank">alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><div>
<span>Hi Jon,</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.88888931274414px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif"><span>I found this off the shelf unit for $250- (made in USA) It is designed for marine applications</span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.88888931274414px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif">& has yaw, pitch & roll which is a G.L. requirement. So it's looking attractive.</div>
<div style="background-color:transparent"><a href="http://www.ocean-server.com/compass.html" target="_blank">http://www.ocean-server.com/compass.html</a><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.88888931274414px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif">
It looks like I would have to run it off a computer though, which I didn't want to do,</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.88888931274414px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif">
but may be forced down this path. </div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.88888931274414px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif">
<span style="background-color:transparent">Alan</span><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.88888931274414px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif">
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<div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Jon Wallace <<a href="mailto:jonw@psubs.org" target="_blank">jonw@psubs.org</a>><div class="im"><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br>
</div><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 14, 2014 2:09 PM<div class="im"><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Compass Choice<br> </div></font> </div>
<div><br><div><div class="h5"><br clear="none">A tilt-compensated electronic compass (three axis, plus three axis <br clear="none">accelerometer) would work connected
to a small microcontroller like the <br clear="none">Arduino UNO. The HMC6352 was the standard but Honeywell stopped <br clear="none">producing them. There are others however but probably more expensive. <br clear="none">
The display could be a nice four digit LED (under two inches).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Jon<div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none">
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