The Compass 5 Click Board™ is a compact add-on board that contains a 3-axis magnetometer device suitable for compass application. This board features the AK09918C, a 3-axis electronic compass with high sensitive Hall sensor technology from AKM Semiconductor. This Click Board™, an I2C configurable compass, incorporates magnetic sensors for detecting terrestrial magnetism in the X, Y, and Z-axis, its equipped with a magnetic overflow monitor function, a sensor driving circuit, signal amplifier chain, self-test function, and an arithmetic circuit for processing the signal from the sensor. This Click Board™ is suitable for map heading-up purposes to realize the pedestrian navigation function.
The Compass 5 Click Board™ is supported by a mikroSDK compliant library, which includes functions that simplify software development. This Click Board™ comes as a fully tested product, ready to be used on a system equipped with the mikroBUS™ socket.