Abstract: An electronic compass (10) comprising a circular semi-transparent wheel (12) mounted for rotation in a horizontal plane and carrying a bar magnet (14) mounted radially with the magnets south pole oriented outwardly to cause the wheel to function as a compass. The wheel (12) is provided with a gray scale (16) located around the wheels periphery. One or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs) (18) are mounted below the wheel (12) and a photoresistor (20) is mounted above the wheel in position to receive the light from the LEDs (18) passing through the wheel. The photoresistor provides a signal, indicative of the intensity of the light received to a voltage comparator circuit (22). The circuit (22), in turn, passes signals to a suitable display means (24) to provide a directional indication related to the position of the bar magnet (14).