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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Chit Chat _ Magnetometers & Phones

Posted by: Sunspot Feb 3 2011, 07:33 PM

Mobile phones such as the iPhone use a magnetometer as a digital compass - I wonder, could these devices be sensitive enough to detect disturbances in the Earth's magnetic field caused by geomagnetic storms?

Posted by: stevesliva Feb 3 2011, 07:56 PM

How many mT would that translate too? The P/N for the iPhone chip is AK8973. Datasheets available online.

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