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Compass Necklace HMC5883
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Wearable digital compass displays the direction in green LEDs.
This wearable electronic jewel shows you where you are headed by lighting the way North. It uses the HMC5883 3-axis magnetometer chip. Sparkfun has a
breakout board
, and bildr has a
nice tutorial
too. This is the same chip we use in our full-spectrum
color compass tutorial
. The code is straightforward: it finds the heading from the HMC5883 magnetometer and then lights up the LED that is in the corresponding direction. It needs to be held flat to work correctly, though you can
tilt compensate
these magnetometers with an
accelerometer
if you want them to work in any orientation.
Comes in two colors!
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Comes in two colors!Choose between red or green LEDs to help show you the way! -
Latest Version of the LED CompassThe new compass module has a USB rechargeable battery, I2C and serial pins broken out and well as 3D printed custom shaped enclosure. Purple PCB printed via OSHPark. -
3D Printed CaseThe back of the LED Compass with its 3D printed case with boolean subtraction text. -
3D Printed Case and Rechargeable Lithium BatteryThe LED Compass Necklace with the 3D Printed case and its rechargeable Lithium battery. -
Another Compass Necklace ShotThe compass necklace take 2! -
Compass Necklace with Gold Chain Heading WestThis compass is oriented towards the west so the west-facing LED lights up. -
Hand Held (or Wearable) CompassThe compass comes with a chain and fits easily into the palm of your hand. -
PCB BacksideThe back of the compass-shaped PCB. This version uses a coin cell litium battery, but newer versions use rechargeable batteries. -
Compass Light Inverted ModeThe compass can also go into invert light mode, in which all the LED's except the one that faces the current heading are illuminated. -
Compass All On!All the LEDs lit up during startup!
Choose between red or green LEDs to help show you the way!
LED Compass Necklace Video
The compass necklace in action!
Arduino Code for an LED Compass
This code will light up LEDs on the compass to indicate the direction you are facing. The big idea is to read the current direction from the compass then light up the LED on the circuit board that is closest to pointing in the direction. Since there are only 12 LEDs on the PCB and an infinite number of directions one could face we have to accept some rounding error. The heart of the code is located in the compass_mode() function, and it goes like this:
We communicate with the HMC 5885 module via the I2C protocol so we use the standard Arduino wire library . We also use the library from bildr for communicating with the HMC 5883 chip .
float headingDegrees = heading * 180/PI; int cur_led = map((int)headingDegrees, 360,0,0,12); //north adjust cur_led = (cur_led+6) % lights; digitalWrite(leds[cur_led], HIGH);First, we adjust from radians to degrees by multiplying by 180 / PI. Then we map from the 360 possible degrees to a number between 0 and 11 which will be the index of the LED we want to light up. Notice that the mapping also reverses the order of Heading Degrees so that 360 gets mapped to 0 and 0 gets mapped to 12. This is necessary because the compass module is on the opposite side of the PCB as the silkscreened directions so to make them match up we have to flip the order. Lastly, we adjust the LED index so that the North LED will correspond to facing north. Finally, we do a digitalWrite to the LED.
We communicate with the HMC 5885 module via the I2C protocol so we use the standard Arduino wire library . We also use the library from bildr for communicating with the HMC 5883 chip .
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/* LucidTronix LED Compass * The HMC 5583 compass mapped to 12 LEDs * on a beautifully silkscreened PCB * For instructions, details and schematic, See: * http://www.lucidtronix.com/tutorials/42 */// Reference the I2C Library#include// Reference the HMC5883L Compass Library#include // Store our compass as a variable.HMC5883L compass;int lights = 12;int leds[] = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,17};int pwm_leds[] = {3,5,6,9,10,11 };int buttonPin = 16;int mode = 0;int modes = 6;int wait = 400;int cur_fade = 0;int delta = 1;int cur_led_chase =0;unsigned int last_press = 0;void setup() // run once, when the sketch starts{ for (int i = 0; i < lights; i++){ pinMode(leds[i], OUTPUT); } pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT); Wire.begin(); // Start the I2C interface. compass = HMC5883L(); // Construct a new HMC5883 compass. float scalar = 1.3; //not checking errors you should if you have issues. compass.SetScale(scalar); // Set the scale of the compass. compass.SetMeasurementMode(Measurement_Continuous); // Set the measurement mode to Continuous for (int i = 0; i < lights; i++){ digitalWrite(leds[i], HIGH); delay(40); } delay(250); for (int i = 0; i < lights; i++){ digitalWrite(leds[i], LOW); delay(30); } delay(100);}void loop() // run over and over again{ compass_mode();}void compass_mode(){ for (int i = 0; i < lights; i++) digitalWrite(leds[i], LOW); MagnetometerRaw raw = compass.ReadRawAxis(); // Retrived the scaled values from the compass (scaled to the configured scale). MagnetometerScaled scaled = compass.ReadScaledAxis(); // Values are accessed like so: int MilliGauss_OnThe_XAxis = scaled.XAxis;// (or YAxis, or ZAxis) // Calculate heading when the magnetometer is level, then correct for signs of axis. float heading = atan2(scaled.YAxis, scaled.XAxis); float declinationAngle = 0.0457; heading += declinationAngle; // heading += northAdjust; // Correct for when signs are reversed. if(heading < 0) heading += 2*PI; // Check for wrap due to addition of declination. if(heading > 2*PI) heading -= 2*PI; float headingDegrees = heading * 180/PI; int cur_led = map((int)headingDegrees, 360,0,0,12); //north adjust cur_led = (cur_led+6) % lights; digitalWrite(leds[cur_led], HIGH); delay(50); }
Parts
| Title | Description | # | Cost | Link | Picture |
| HMC5883L-TR | IC COMPASS 3 AXIS I2C 16LCC SMDValue:2.16 V ~ 3.6 V ±8G Compass - Three Axis | 1 | $3.44 | Link |
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| ATMEGA168A-AU | IC MCU AVR 16K FLASH 32TQFPValue:1.8 V ~ 5.5 V 20MHz | 1 | $2.43 | Link |
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| Crystal | CRYSTAL 16.00000 MHZ 20PF SMDValue:16MHz | 1 | $0.53 | Link |
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| Switch | SWITCH SLIDE DPDT 6VDC 0.3A SMTValue:DPDT | 1 | $0.44 | Link |
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| Button | Tactile switch SMD SPST 0.05A 12VValue:SPST | 1 | $0.2 | Link |
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| LED SMD | LED 3X1.5MM 568NM Green Clear SMDValue:2.2V Green | 12 | $0.18 | Link |
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| Resistor | Chip Resistor - Surface Mount RES 10K OHM 1/8W 5% 0805 SMDValue: 10k | 3 | $0.1 | Link |
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| Capacitor | CAP CER 0.1UF 50V Y5V 0805Value:0.1µF | 1 | $0.1 | Link |
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| Resistor Array | RES ARRAY 300 OHM 4 RES 1206Value:300 | 3 | $0.02 | Link |
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