This application note gives a detailed explanation of creating your very own digital compass. This can be implemented in either simple or complex applications but requires mid-level design experience.

We first looked at Velocitek’s Prism compass in 2019 and found a lot to like: big, easy-to-read numbers, cut-acrylic lenses that allow the numbers to be easily seen in any daylight situation and not ...

Screenshots show what is purported to be a digital compass built in to the newest version of Apple's phone. Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well ...

Although more and more portable applications are incorporating GPS capability, they have been limited to using chips that, in addition to only being able to measure magnetic strength in two axes, were ...