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Tilt-compensated heading from magnetometer readings, roll and pitch
def wrap(angle):
if angle > pi:
angle -= (2*pi)
if angle < -pi:
angle += (2*pi)
if angle < 0:
angle += 2*pi
return angle
def magnetometer_readings_to_tilt_compensated_heading(bx, by, bz, phi, theta):
""" Takes in raw magnetometer values, pitch and roll and turns it into a tilt-compensated heading value ranging from -pi to pi (everything in this function should be in radians). """
variation = 4.528986*(pi/180) # magnetic variation for Corpus Christi, should match your bx/by/bz and where they were measured from (a lookup table is beyond the scope of this gist)
Xh = bx * cos(theta) + by * sin(phi) * sin(theta) + bz * cos(phi) * sin(theta)
Yh = by * cos(phi) - bz * sin(phi)
return wrap((atan2(-Yh, Xh) + variation))
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michwii commented Jul 17, 2014

Hi,

Thank you for sharing your code.
Could you please explain what should be phi and theta (sorry I'm not so familiar with Math) ?

Thanks

@FatLurch
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It looks like in this case, phi = roll and theta = pitch. I thought in Euler angles that psi was usually roll instead of phi.

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