Erin: They’ve hit. Go, go, go! Izzy: We did it by creating a door alarm sensor using the micro:bit’s in-built compass, called a magnetometer. When the door opened, the micro:bit was triggered ...

The magnetometer, or built-in compass, is found in almost all current cellphones. It detects the direction of Earth’s magnetic field and provides vital navigational information. Thanks to new ...

Your iPhone's compass uses a magnetometer, one of the many sensors found on smartphones, to detect magnetic fields and determine direction. Electronic devices, metal objects, magnetic accessories ...

Many tablets currently on the market have a very high-resolution, low latency magnetometer meant for geomagnetic field detection. Yes, it’s basically a compass but Android allows for the ...