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,
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- May 7th, 2012, 6:28 am
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- May 5th, 2012, 1:44 pm
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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...