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RE: Serial GPS and I2C Compass - PaddyB - 2022-01-22

(2022-01-22, 12:24 PM)deanfourie Wrote:
(2022-01-22, 11:56 AM)PaddyB Wrote:
(2022-01-22, 09:12 AM)deanfouri Wrote: This leads me to my next questions, what is everyone else using as a compass to get a heading?

Cheers

One of these, also on ebay.  >
https://pypilot.org/store/index.php?rt=product/product&path=73&product_id=129

Thanks, so does this give you direction heading in OpenCPN?

Also how did you add it in the settings?

Cheers
Pypilot manages the sensor & adds pitch, roll & heading sentences to signalk

https://github.com/pypilot/workbook/wiki/Data-connections#NMEA0183-messages

Still might be some code online somewhere which would get your i2c compass talking, but would need to know the make/model.