Sensor: Magnetic field - Revision history

Nefft0n at 18:00, 12 January 2023

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Nefft0n at 18:00, 12 January 2023

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Nefft0n at 10:01, 15 December 2022

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Sebastian Kuhlen: Created page with "{{Infobox Experiment | Name = Magnetic field | Category = Raw sensors | Sensors = Magnetometer }} The experiment "Magnetic field" just gives the raw data from the phone's..."

2016-09-02T08:23:06Z

Created page with "{{Infobox Experiment | Name = Magnetic field | Category = Raw sensors | Sensors = Magnetometer }} The experiment "Magnetic field" just gives the raw data from the phone's..."

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{{Infobox Experiment
| Name = Magnetic field
| Category = Raw sensors
| Sensors = Magnetometer
}}

The experiment "Magnetic field" just gives the raw data from the phone's magnetometer.

The magnetometer is quite sensitive as it is designed to measure the earth's magnetic field to act as a compass. However, you should not trust its absolute values as they are easily influenced by magnetizations in the phone (which can even be altered by external fields) and since most phones try to recalibrate this sensor once in a while to compensate for these influences.

'''Do not expose your phone to strong magnetic fields!'''

If you accidentally expose your phone to a strong field, this may magnetize parts within your phone, leading to a constant field measured by the magnetometer. This will render the compass function of your phone useless as it becomes stuck. However, most phones will recalibrate the compass function after a while to compensate for this and the compass will start working again without any limitations - Nevertheless, you should not risk this.

[[Category:Built-in experiments]]
[[Category:Sensor]]

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 ==Finding the sensor==
-[[File:Find_magnet_sensor.mp4|100px|thumb|right|Finding the magnetic sensor]]
+[[File:Find_magnet_sensor.mp4|400px|thumb|right|Finding the magnetic sensor]]
 The sensor can be found approximately with a slightly magnetized nail (if a strong magnet is used, the sensor saturates too fast). The phone and the nail are placed on a table, so the movement of the nail (which is laying on the table) is locked to the xy-plane. If the nail is moved alongside the phone (the tip points into the direction of the phone), the position of the sensor can be "triangulated" by using the nail orientation where the magnetic field is at its maximum. See the video for a instruction.

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 ==Finding the sensor==
-The sensor can be found approximately with a slightly magnetized nail (if a magnet is used, the sensor saturates too fast). The phone and the nail are placed on a table, so the movement of the nail (which is laying on the table) is locked to the xy-plane. If the nail is moved alongside the phone (the tip points into the direction of the phone), the position of the sensor can be "triangulated" by using the nail orientation where the magnetic field is at its maximum.
+[[File:Find_magnet_sensor.mp4|100px|thumb|right|Finding the magnetic sensor]]
 [[Category:Built-in experiments]]
 [[Category:Sensor]]