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Arduino_LSM9DS1 : LSM9DS1 class

readMagneticField()

Description

Query the magnetometer and returns the magnetic field measured in uT(micro Tesla)

Syntax

IMU.readAcceleration(x,y,z)

Parameters

x,y,z - the float variables where the magnetic field values will be stored

Returns

1 on success, 0 on failure

Example

…
  float x, y, z;

  if (IMU.magneticFieldAvailable()) {
        IMU.readMagneticField(x, y, z);

        Serial.print(x);
        Serial.print('\t');
        Serial.print(y);
        Serial.print('\t');
        Serial.println(z);
  }
…
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