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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Compass unreliable</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/38897/compass-unreliable</link><description>Evaluating the Thingy:52 with latest firmware.using the Android app. I find that the compass is not very reliable, often showing the wrong direction entirely. I googled the topic and saw mention in some known issue document that there&amp;#39;s a problem with</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:48:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/38897/compass-unreliable" /><item><title>RE: Compass unreliable</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/432980?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:48:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:914b8792-42d0-4518-9809-707a1fe4cb14</guid><dc:creator>dee</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;In 5 years I received no response on fixing this, so I&amp;#39;d say its not going to be fixed. I&amp;#39;m not sure why they bother to include the compass.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Compass unreliable</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/432977?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:45:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:c430fbc6-4f07-4eb9-8ef3-59e2b38b9aa0</guid><dc:creator>EAB</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I wish I had seen this a long time ago... &lt;br /&gt;I was wondering why the compass was going nuts, and not even pointing consistently wrong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what&amp;#39;s the fix? Remove the buzzer element?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Compass unreliable</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/150369?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 07:11:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:2cbfc5d7-920d-4dde-b604-edae52cf73aa</guid><dc:creator>AndreasF</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is correct that strong magnetic interference by the speaker limits the accuracy of the compass. This is a hardware limitation, and it&amp;#39;s not going to be resolved to my knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Andreas&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>