I am trying to see how far out a HMC5883L can detect a bar of steel. If anyone has experience using this sensor (or a better one for this task??). Please let me know. All I want to do is Yes/no if this bar comes near the sensor. I need to know the max range this sensor can detect it. The bar is mo…

HMC5883L detect a 24 inch (0.6m) x 1 inch (2.5 cm) steel bar?

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