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My Raspberry Pi Pico is connected to a 9 DOF IMU like this one, Adafruit 9-DOF IMU Breakout - L3GD20H + LSM303, through an I2C connection.

For some reason, whenever I try and get values from the magnetometer, the values I get barely change, even when I move the IMU around.

This is the code I wrote for the Pico:

import adafruit_lsm303dlh_mag
import board
import busio

i2c = busio.I2C(board.GP21, board.GP20)
sensor_mag = adafruit_lsm303dlh_mag.LSM303DLH_Mag(i2c)

while True:
    mag_x, mag_y, mag_z = sensor_mag.magnetic
    print(f"{mag_x:<10}{mag_y:<10}{mag_z:<10}")

These are the approximated values I get back from it while moving it around:

-51.1818  -49.0909  -417.959
-51.4545  -50.0909  -417.959
-51.6364  -48.7273  -417.959
-51.2727  -48.4545  -417.959
-51.2727  -49.2727  -417.959

The gyroscope and the accelerometer seem to be working fine. Is my magnetometer broken or am I missing something?

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