Tiny Compass

After getting your boards and battery, the Arduino IDE will be the first thing to download if you have not done so already. When the IDE has been loaded go to tools, board, and select Arduino Pro or Pro Mini (3.3V, 8MHz) w/ ATmega328.
Materials

• Tiny Duino Processor w/Battery Holder : link
• Tiny Shield USB&ICP: link
• Tiny Shield Compass : link
• Tiny Shield Circle Edge LEDs: link
• CR1632 3V coin cell battery

Downloads

• Arduino IDE 1.0.6 : link

Step 2: Programming the Tiny Duino

The code below was used for the Tiny Compass and has comments throughout to help explain what is going on. The magnetometer used for our compass board is the Honeywell HMC5883L 3-axis compass. This code can be downloaded to your computer or directly uploaded to your Tiny Dui no processor board.

Step 3: Calibration

After your Tiny Duino has been programmed you can remove the USB Shield. Each time you turn on or restart the processor, you will need to calibrate it. To calibrate, simply rotate it 360 degrees on each axis (the gifs above show exactly what to do). We now have fully functional compass that takes up less than a cubic inch of space! Because of how sensitive the HCM5883L chip is, ferromagnetic materials, magnetized or not, within a 2 inch radius of the chip will cause disturbances.

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