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by thaisonle
May 7th, 2012, 6:28 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Compass unaffected by dc brush motors
Replies: 4
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Re: Compass unaffected by dc brush motors

Even with the motors off the compass still doesn't work. We're gonna try that Dinsmore analog.
Thank you so much for the replies,
by thaisonle
May 5th, 2012, 1:44 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Compass unaffected by dc brush motors
Replies: 4
Views: 4059

Compass unaffected by dc brush motors

Hi, my class is building a rov for a competition. One of the tasks to to find a the orientation of a shipwreck. We tried a few compasses and they all pointed to the rov within 2 feet of it. Its because the motors give off a magnetic field. We were gonna switch to brushless dc motors but that would k...