CAMBRIDGE, UK — Honeywell launched the HMC5883, a 3-axis compass chip that provides up to one-degree accuracy with auto calibration, in a 3x3x0.9mm package. The Honeywell HMC5883 surface-mounted chip ...

San Jose, Calif. — AKM Semiconductor said it has developed the industry's first fully integrated 3-axis electronic compass, combining three Hall-effect sensors and a mixed-signal processing chip.

This clever little piece of kit is basically a great GPS unit bolted to a 3.2-megapixel camera with 4X zoom. It also has a tri-axial compass so you don’t have to have the unit level to tell your ...

May 19, 2009 Garmin's latest handheld GPS offering for explorers who like to hit the open road - as well as veer completely off it on foot - crams a 3-axis compass, 850MB of on-board memory and a 3.2 ...

The Instinct is constructed to military standards (MIL-STD-810G) for thermal, shock and water resistance. Garmin International, Inc., announced Instinct, a strong and durable GPS watch with built-in 3 ...

Ricoh adds a 3-axis compass, called an SE-3 GPS module, to its 500SE GPS camera, such that it displays the position and azimuth of the camera on its liquid crystal display. The military ...