Design of electronic compass for qiblat determination aplication

Abstract

People nowadays love to travel but they have to bring a lot of stuff during the travel including compass and maps. For Muslim travelers, they even have to bring Qibla pointer as they must be faced to Qibla while performing their five times prayer throughout the day and the night regardless of the location. Thus, there is a need for a simple and cost effective device to facilitate these travelers. This compass-based device finds the direction of Magnetic North through Sensor (HMC6352). Position Sensor from the output will be sent to PIC16F876A and is programmed using C language.