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Robot

compassRead()

Description

Get the current direction from on-board compass. The values are degrees of rotation from north (in a clockwise direction), so that east is 90, south is 180, and west is 270.

Syntax

Robot.compassRead()

Parameters

none

Returns

int: 0 to 359, representing the number of degrees of rotation from north.

Note

The compass module may be disrupted by magnetic fields in surrounding areas.

Examples

#include <ArduinoRobot.h> void setup ( ) {
  Robot.begin ( ) ;
  Serial.begin ( 9600 ) ; }
void loop ( ) {
  Serial.println (Robot.compassRead ( ) ) ;
  delay ( 100 ) ;
}

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