Ultimate Direction Sensor

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A product that i would be highly intrested is is a product very similar to the ‘IMU 6 Degrees of Freedom - v2’

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc … ts_id=8192

But also with a compass similar too:

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc … ts_id=8319

I am in need of both these products, and will be effectively purchasing two accelerometers. If a compass was including in the ‘IMU 6 Degrees of Freedom - v2’, the onboard accelerometer could compensate tilt as it does on the other compass.

I suppose i can do the calculations myself and buy a simple compass, but it is still a nice product idea.

Regards,

Mitch

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Consider taking the new HMC6042 sensor/ASIC chip and adding the HMC1041Z Z-axis sensor for the 3-axis compass front end.

Then you can add on accels and rate sensor to tackle the IMU/INS features.

The Ocean Server module is fine, but the above chips make things even smaller.

Mark,