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Texas Instruments TI-503SV

Date of introduction:  1999 Display technology:  LCD
New price:   Display size:  8
Size:  4.5" x 2.8" x 0.35"    
Weight:  1.6 ounces Serial No:  
Batteries:  LR54 Date of manufacture:  mth 11 year 1999
AC-Adapter:   Origin of manufacture:  China
Precision:  8 Integrated circuits:  Sharp LI-3154
Memories:  1    
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Joerg Woerner

The TI-503SV followed the TI-503+ and added a square-root function. The TI-501 line of "cheap calculators" started already in the year 1982 and brought us models like the TI-502 or the TI-507.

TI-503SV_PCB.jpg (70041 Byte)This early TI-503SV from the first production year uses still a conventional IC-housing. Later models of the TI-503SV used the chip-on-board (COB) technology.
We know the Sharp LI-3154 calculator chip already from the cheap TI-1726.

 


 

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© Joerg Woerner, July 4, 2002. No reprints without written permission.