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post Feb 3 2011, 07:33 PM
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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?
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post Feb 3 2011, 07:56 PM
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How many mT would that translate too? The P/N for the iPhone chip is AK8973. Datasheets available online.
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