- Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:11 am
#76018
AKM Semiconductor appears to be the supplier for the magnetic compass in the iPhone 3Gs.
The likely part is the AK8973 3-Axis compass chip. Compared to the insanely expensive Honeywell devices that superficially appear to work the same way, this looks like it might make a good addition to a 6DOF navigation module, for gyro compensation, and static heading/orientation input.
So far I have been unable to find the part in stock any where, but then again Apple probably is absorbing all the capacity that AKM has for the time being, assuming this is really the chip being used.
If I can get my paws on these I am definitely going to build a breakout board...
Now if you guys can get these chips, I am fairly sure that there would be demand for them. So far as I can tell Nu Horizons lists them at $6 - $7 but it's not clear from their listing what quantity is required to get that price, and as of today they have none in stock.
Cheers
The likely part is the AK8973 3-Axis compass chip. Compared to the insanely expensive Honeywell devices that superficially appear to work the same way, this looks like it might make a good addition to a 6DOF navigation module, for gyro compensation, and static heading/orientation input.
So far I have been unable to find the part in stock any where, but then again Apple probably is absorbing all the capacity that AKM has for the time being, assuming this is really the chip being used.
If I can get my paws on these I am definitely going to build a breakout board...
Now if you guys can get these chips, I am fairly sure that there would be demand for them. So far as I can tell Nu Horizons lists them at $6 - $7 but it's not clear from their listing what quantity is required to get that price, and as of today they have none in stock.
Cheers
~Metaforest~
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic - Arthur C. Clark
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic - Arthur C. Clark