readMagneticField

Read one magnetic field data sample from LSM303C sensor

Since R2021a

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Syntax

[magReadings,timestamp] = readMagneticField(sensor)

Description

[magReadings,timestamp] = readMagneticField(sensor) returns one sample of the magnetic field data from the LSM303C IMU sensor. The magnetic field sample is returned as a 3-by-1 vector in μT (microtesla) along the X, Y, and Z axes. The function also returns the timestamp at which MATLAB® receives the magnetic field data from the LSM303C sensor. The timestamp output is optional.

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Examples

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Read the magnetic field data from the LSM303C IMU sensor on the X, Y, and Z axes.

Create a connection from MATLAB to the Raspberry Pi® hardware board.

mypi = raspi;
mypi = 

  Raspi with Properties:

           DeviceAddress: 'raspberrypi-hysdu8X38o'
                    Port: 18734
               BoardName: 'Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+'
           AvailableLEDs: {'led0'}
    AvailableDigitalPins: [4,5,6,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27]
    AvailableSPIChannels: {‘CE0’,’CE1’}
       AvailableI2CBuses: {'i2c-1'}
             I2CBusSpeed: 100000
        AvailabelWebCams: mmal service 16.1 (platform:bcm2835-v4l2)

Create an lsm303c sensor object on the I2C bus 'i2c-1' on addresses '0x1D' and '0x1E'.

sensor = lsm303c(mypi,'Bus','i2c-1','I2CAddress',{'0x1D','0x1E'});
sensor = 

  lsm303c with properties:

                         I2CAddress: 29 ("0x1D")
                                   : 30 ("0x1E")
                                Bus: i2c-1

Return one sample of magnetic field data read from the LSM303C I2C sensor on the X, Y, and Z axes.

[magReadings,timestamp] = readMagneticField(sensor);
magReadings =

  data

    42.5720   -5.5100  -53.7660

timestamp = 

  datetime

   9-Dec-2020 18:12:19.518

Since the timestamp output is optional, you can obtain only the magnetic field data from the LSM303C sensor.

[magReadings] = readMagneticField(sensor);
magReadings =

  data

    42.5720   -5.5100  -53.7660

Input Arguments

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LSM303C sensor object connection to the Raspberry Pi hardware board, specified as a lsm303c object.

Example: sensor = lsm303c(mypi) creates a connection to the LSM303C sensor on the Raspberry Pi object mypi.

Output Arguments

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Read the magnetic field data from the LSM303C sensor on the X, Y, and Z axes.

Read the date and time at which MATLAB receives the magnetic field sample value from the LSM303C sensor, specified as a datetime.

Extended Capabilities

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Version History

Introduced in R2021a

See Also

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