[FTC]: Compass Sensor Interference.

ttldomination · #1 01-02-2009, 11:05

Hello,

I am wondering if anyone has used the compass sensor at competition. I'm wondering if there was a significant amount of interference from the field/speakers or if it was alright...

Thankx.

Aval · #2 02-02-2009, 18:45

There isn't any problem with outside interference from what we saw at the DE competition; it's the motors that cause problems. We had to raise our compass sensor on a eye-stalk-ish thing to get it to work correctly.

gdo · #3 02-02-2009, 20:13

HiTechnic recommends that to keep the compass atleast 6" away from motors ( I'm guessing the NXT motors ), and atleast 4" away from the NXT. I would keep it as far away as possible though, because the DC motors are bound to cast off a lot of interference.

cloud_254 · #4 02-02-2009, 20:19

i don't think ur going to have much interference from something outside u robot. but keep it toward the center and definatily away from any motors

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