Idea for Openmoko application: Tide updates

Tomas Riveros Schober triveros at enable.cl
Thu Sep 18 17:54:44 CEST 2008


well i think the gps can give you the altitute, albeit not very precise, 
but it works fine.

Crane, Matthew escribió:
> It would be a pretty straight forward project to make a ez-usb key with a magnetometer and pressure sensor.  
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> But maybe it's easier to flywire inside case as I think these chips would be pretty tiny. 
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> Of course, it would be super cool to productize a ez-usb project and make it a full sensor add on kit, with gyro, temp, 3d magnetometer, and air pressure.  Make a package that fits flush with the moko frame. 
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> Air pressure sensor:
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> http://www.vti.fi/en/products/pressure-sensors/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org [mailto:community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Denis Galvão
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 8:53 AM
> To: List for Openmoko community discussion
> Subject: Re: Idea for Openmoko application: Tide updates
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> On 18/09/2008, at 01:56, Adam Bogacki wrote:
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>> I like the concept and would like to volunteer to test a prototype in
>> New Zealand conditions.
>>     
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> For sure Adam.
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> Like Michael said, we should start something in the wiki.
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> I was looking for something similar and found this:
> http://www.sonimtech.com/
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> This is what Im looking for, at least as a water proof case.
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> Is this possible to use the actual GTA_02 hardware version to do:
> - Compass ?
> - Altimeter ?
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> How should be the best way to have this information on the phone?  
> Using an external hardware module?
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> Cheers,
> --
> Denis
> Brazil
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