Hi!
I was thinking about the same problem. But once I have seen a working
compass in a phone already (we have crossed thick woods following the
compass :-) - it was a friend's phone, I think a Nokia). So it is not
impossible to integrate into a phone.
In my opinion:
1. The GSM is not radiating constantly when it is idle.
2. You can switch the bluetooth off when wandering in woods.
3. The loudspeaker's magnet must be avoided by placing the chip far
from that
Perhaps the phone with compass was specially designed so that it
interferes the least possible with Earth's magnet sensor. But perhaps it
could be possible to integrate into the freerunner. I think it will
worth experimenting :-).
Conclusion is always the same: I am getting more impatient waiting for
my phone :-)
Nils Faerber wrote:
I doubt that such a device would work in the phone, sorry.
The GTA01 contains three loadspeakers with magnets, AFAIK GTA02 will
still contain at least two. Then there is massive EM radiation from the
GSM antenna which will interfere and finally there is the Bluetooth
module also emitting EM when used.
Earth's magnetic field is very weak so almost *any* EM radiation near to
the measuring device (the chip) will interfere.
Cheers
nils faerber
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