Abstract:
Robots, as well as air and sea transports, require positioning systems to know their location and direction.
Considering that not all systems are fully reliable, the risk of occurring an accident -due to the failure of their
positioning modules- is on the run. This project uses a compass prototype as an alternative method of directing to a
route, which has a similar operation to an analogue compass, yet it contributes a digital output of orientation, with
respect to the Earth's magnetic field. For handling the digital compass it is necessary the use of a microcontroller,
which plays as the interface between the compass module and another device assigned to other applications
requiring the direction input. The digital compass is going to be connected to a circuit, storing the collected data
(datalogger), and also to another one, which displays samples taken with a graphical interface (GLCD). The
mentioned circuits are not included into this project, however, they are going to be mentioned for the connections.
In conclusion, this project looks for contributing with a system of digital support to the orientation.
