1490 Digital Compass

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1490 Digital Compass

The 1490 sensor is a solid state hall effect device.  It is sensitive enough to detect the Earth's weak magnetic field.  When rotated it can display the position of the four cardinal points on a compass, North (N), South (S), East (E) and West (W).  As well as the intermediate directions: North East (NE), North West (NW), South East (SE), and South West (SW)....

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