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Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus Keypad for TI-Nspire
| Date of introduction: | July 2007 | Display technology: | |
| New price: | $29.99 (SRP 2008) | Display size: | |
| Size: | 4.6" x 2.9" x
0.40" 118 x 73 x 10 mm3 |
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| Weight: | 2.6 ounces, 74 grams | Serial No: | 2011059737 |
| Batteries: | n.a. | Date of manufacture: | mth 05 year 2007 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | China (S) | |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | ||
| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
The TI-84 Plus Keypad is more than just a replacement of the
original TI-Nspire Clickpad. It emulates the keystrokes and functionality of the
previous TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus and
TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing
calculators. This allows the use of the TI-Nspire on exams permitting just the
TI-83 Plus based calculators like SAT and ACT.
Within the Datamath Calculator
Museum the combination of the TI-Nspire with the TI-84 Plus Keypad is referred
as TI-Nspire KBD. To
reduce theft of school-owned TI-Nspire's a
"school bus yellow" edition
is available.
Texas Instruments achieved the 100% compatibility by storing even the well known TI-84 Applications into the operating system:
| • Cabri® Jr.
• Inequality Graphing • Periodic Table • Probability Simulations • Science Tools • StudyCards™ • Transformation Graphing • CBL2™/CBR2™ • Vernier EasyData™ |
The TI-84 Plus Keypad supports with its integrated connector the TI-Navigator™ system, the TI Connect software and the 2nd-generation CBL 2™ (Calculator-Based Laboratory) and CBR 2™ (Calculator-Based Ranger).
As of March 2010 a total of five different keyboards are either available for the original TI-Nspire or announced:
• TI-Nspire
Clickpad (The original keyboard of the TI-Nspire)
• TI-Nspire
Touchpad (The keyboard of the 2nd
generation TI-Nspire in a blue color scheme)
• TI-Nspire
Touchpad EZ-Spot (Blue yellow color scheme)
• TI-84 Plus Keypad (The original keyboard of the TI-Nspire)
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TI-84 Plus EZ-Spot Keypad (Added yellow "School
Property" logo)
Texas Instruments introduced already in 1976 an educational calculator with a total of six interchangeable keyboards! Don't miss the rare ABLE (ABstract Linking Electronically) limited function calculator.
Texas Instruments announced on March 8, 2010 the new TI-Nspire Touchpad and Operating System 2.0. The new OS 2.0, including the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition 2.54MP, was released for this TI-Nspire with Clickpad, too.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, March 16, 2010. No reprints without written permission.