OCEANSERVER COMPASS MANUAL
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Introduction to the Tiny Compass Family
The OceanServer precision 3-Axis Tilt Compensated compass products use
state of the art technology to provide outstanding performance and ease of use in
a low cost design.
The OS5000 family of compasses is a new class of sensor component providing
best in class performance for under $200.00 (USD) in low volume.
Features:
• Precision compass accuracy, 0.5 degrees nominal, 0.1 resolution
• Roll & Pitch full rotation (<1 degree (0-60 degrees))
• Tilt-compensated (electronically gimbaled)
• Tiny size, 1”x1”x0.3”, less than 2 grams weight
• Low Power Consumption, <30ma @3.3V
• Hard and soft-iron compensation routines
• Optional support for a high resolution Depth or Altitude sensor (24
bit AD)
• Serial Interface:
o RS232, USB or TTL
o Baud rate programmable 4,800 to 115,000 baud
• Rugged design
o 10,000 G shock survival
o -20C to 70C operating temperature, -40C to 85C non-op
• ASCII sentence output, in several formats, NMEA checksum
• High Data Update Rate to 40HZ
• Support for True or Magnetic North Output
• Precision components
o 3 Axis magnetic sensors from Honeywell
o 3 Axis Accelerometers from ST Microelectronics
o 24 bit differential Analog to Digital converters from Analog
Devices
o 50 MIPS processor supporting IEEE floating point math
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