Compass with Tilt Compensation - HMC6343

Replacement: SEN-08656. We are no longer carrying the bare IC, but we do still carry the breakout board. This page is for reference only.

Description: The HMC6343 is a solid-state compass module with tilt compensation from Honeywell. The HMC6343 has three axis of magneto, three axis of accelerometer, and a PIC core running all the calculations. What you get is a compass heading over I2C that stays the same even as you tilt the board. Solid-state (and many classic water based) compasses fail badly when not held flat. The tilt compensated HMC6343 is crucial for those real-world compass applications. Who says robots have to stay flat?

This is the bare IC only. Breakout board available below.

Features:

• I2C interface
• 2 degree heading accuracy
• All in one compass solution
• Compass heading and tilt outputs

Documents:

• Datasheet
• Example PIC code
• Digital Compass How-To Video