B4R Code Snippet Compass - magnet sensor group xxx5883

There are many versions of compass chip with 5883 number in the name.
Initial Honeywell's chipset was HMC5883L with the i2c address = 0x1E.
Also it's known a chinese clone QMC5883 with i2c address = 0x0D. And other versions exist.
Below is the code with universal library that can detect one of 3 chipsets.

'Main' module:
#Region Project Attributes
    #AutoFlushLogs: True
    #CheckArrayBounds: True
    #StackBufferSize: 600
#End Region

Sub Process_Globals
    Public Serial1 As Serial
End Sub

Private Sub AppStart
    Serial1.Initialize(115200)
    Log("AppStart")
    esp_compass.Start
End Sub

'esp_compass' module:
'module name 'esp_compass'
'chipsets Honeywell's HMC5883L (i2c address = 0x1E), QMC5883 i2c address = 0x0D) and other
'https://github.com/DFRobot/DFRobot_QMC5883 - universal lib
'v.0.2

Private Sub Process_Globals
    'These global variables will be declared once when the application starts.
    'Public variables can be accessed from all modules.
    Dim Ready_flag As Boolean
    Private X,Y,Z As Int, heading As Double
    Dim azimuth As Double ' 0....359 degrees heading to the magnet North.
    Private Timer1 As Timer
    Dim ChipType As Byte    '1/2/3 = HMC5883L/QMC5883/VCM5883L
End Sub

Sub Start
    ChipType = RunNative("prepare_compass",Null)
    If ChipType > 0 Then
        Timer1.Initialize("Timer1_Tick", 200)
        Timer1.Enabled = True
    Else
        Log("Compass - prepare error.")
    End If
End Sub

Sub Stop
    Timer1.Enabled = False
    Log("Compass stopped")
End Sub

Private Sub HandleNewReading(NewValue As Float) As Float
    Dim N As Int = 3    'smoothing factor, 1 = none, higher = smoother
    azimuth = (azimuth * (N - 1) + NewValue) / N    'moves FilteredValue 1/Nth towards NewValue
End Sub

Private Sub Timer1_Tick
    Ready_flag = False
    Timer1.Enabled = False
    RunNative("read_compass",Null)
    HandleNewReading(heading)
'    Log("x:  ", X , ",  y:  ", Y ,",  z:  ", Z)
    Log("azimuth = ", NumberFormat(azimuth, 1, 1), " °")    '"Heading is 0...360 from the North
    '------------------------------------------
    Ready_flag = True
    Timer1.Enabled = True
End Sub



#if C
#include <Wire.h>
#include <DFRobot_QMC5883.h>

//#define HMC5883L_ADDRESS             (0x1E)
//#define QMC5883_ADDRESS              (0x0D)
//#define VCM5883L_ADDRESS             (0x0C)

DFRobot_QMC5883 compass(&Wire, HMC5883L_ADDRESS);

B4R::Object returnvalue_compass;

B4R::Object* prepare_compass(B4R::Object* o) {
  if (!compass.begin())
  {
    return returnvalue_compass.wrapNumber(0);
  }
 
  if(compass.isHMC())
  {
    Serial.println("Initialize HMC5883");
    //compass.setRange(HMC5883L_RANGE_1_3GA);
    //compass.setMeasurementMode(HMC5883L_CONTINOUS);
    //compass.setDataRate(HMC5883L_DATARATE_15HZ);
    //compass.setSamples(HMC5883L_SAMPLES_8);
 
    return returnvalue_compass.wrapNumber(1);
  }
  if(compass.isQMC())
  {
    Serial.println("Initialize QMC5883");
    //compass.setRange(QMC5883_RANGE_2GA);
    //compass.setMeasurementMode(QMC5883_CONTINOUS);
    //compass.setDataRate(QMC5883_DATARATE_50HZ);
    //compass.setSamples(QMC5883_SAMPLES_8);
 
    return returnvalue_compass.wrapNumber(2);
  }
  if(compass.isVCM())
  {
    Serial.println("Initialize VCM5883L");
    compass.setMeasurementMode(VCM5883L_CONTINOUS);
    compass.setDataRate(VCM5883L_DATARATE_200HZ);
 
    return returnvalue_compass.wrapNumber(3);
  }
 

}
 
void read_compass (B4R::Object* o) {
  //float declinationAngle = (4.0 + (26.0 / 60.0)) / (180 / PI);
  //compass.setDeclinationAngle(declinationAngle);
  sVector_t mag = compass.readRaw();
  compass.getHeadingDegrees();
  // Serial.print("X:");
  // Serial.print(mag.XAxis);
  // Serial.print(" Y:");
  // Serial.print(mag.YAxis);
  // Serial.print(" Z:");
  // Serial.println(mag.ZAxis);
  // Serial.print("Degress = ");
  // Serial.println(mag.HeadingDegress);
 
   b4r_esp_compass::_heading = mag.HeadingDegress;
   b4r_esp_compass::_x = mag.XAxis;
   b4r_esp_compass::_y = mag.YAxis;
   b4r_esp_compass::_z = mag.ZAxis;
 
}

#End if


Maybe better not to use "HandleNewReading" smoothing.
Actually, the chips are different by the registers and even the orientation: QMC North is along the X+. But HMC North is along Y-.
 

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