<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-size: 13px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div><br></div><div>Hi Hank!</div><div><br></div><div>you could google for "Fluxgate compass" and see what you're comfortable with from an electronics point of view.</div><div><br></div><div>You could build your own for ~$50 ($15 for compass, ~ $10 for microcontroller, ~$20 for a display):</div><div>https://www.adafruit.com/product/1120</div><div><br></div><div>But I imagine you'd prefer something more turn key, like:</div><div>https://www.starmarinedepot.com/clipper-compass-system-w%2Fremovable-fluxgate-sensor.html</div><div><br></div><div>The sensor would need mounted outside, away from the hull, like a regular compass.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div> Ian.</div><div>P.S.: Please make it less sharp that the current compass mounting bracket on Gamma. :-)<br></div><br><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: #0000ff 2px solid; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: black;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
<br>Sent: Oct 29, 2018 5:23 PM
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<br>Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] compass
<br><br><zzzhtml><zzzhead></zzzhead><zzzbody><div>Hi All,</div><div>It is time to deal with a compass for Gamma. I would like a solid state compass with no moving parts. Jon, I think you mentioned I could do something for 200 dollars? Any ideas are welcome.</div><div>Hank</div><div class="ydpf111d0cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div></zzzbody></zzzhtml></personal_submersibles@psubs.org></personal_submersibles@psubs.org></blockquote></div></body></html>