DATAMATH CALCULATOR MUSEUM
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DATAMATH CALCULATOR MUSEUM |
Texas Instruments TI-83 PLUS Silver Edition ViewScreen™
| Date of introduction: | 2001 | Display technology: | LCD dot matrix |
| New price: | $150.00 | Display size: | 8 * 16 characters |
| Size: | 7.2" x 3.2" x 0.95" | ||
| Weight: | 6.1 ounces | Serial No: | 1130V01331 |
| Batteries: | 4*AAA + CR1620 | Date of manufacture: | mth 06 year 2002 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | Taiwan (I) | |
| Precision: | 14 | Integrated circuits: | ASIC: TI REF
83PL2M/TA2 Flash: F29LV160 RAM: CY62128 Display: Toshiba |
| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | 24k Bytes, 1.5M Bytes Flash ROM | Courtesy of: | Mark Bollman |
The
TI-83 Plus S.E. ViewScreen Calculator (VSC) is the teacher version of the
standard TI-83 Plus Silver Edition. It connects with a special port to a ViewScreen panel via a cable.
Placing
the panel on the overhead projector enlarges the image of the handheld screen so
that each student can follow along.
The display
of the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition sports 64 * 96 dots compared with the 64 * 128
dots of the TI-86 or the 100 * 160 dots of the TI-89.
As a consequence introduced Texas Instruments different ViewScreen panels.
Four ViewScreen panels were available in 2008:
| • Panel 1:
TI-73 VSC, TI-73 Explorer VSC,
TI-80
VSC,
TI-82 VSC, TI-83 VSC, TI-83 Plus VSC, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition VSC, TI-84 Plus VSC, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition VSC • Panel 2: TI-89 VSC, TI-89 Titanium VSC, TI-92, TI-92 Plus, Voyage 200 • Panel 3: TI-85 VSC (2nd design), TI-86 VSC • Panel 4: TI-Nspire, TI-Nspire CAS, TI-Nspire Touchpad, TI-Nspire CAS Touchpad |
As an alternative the TI-Presenter video adapter connects to a TV or other projection device with a video input port.
From
a technical point of view the TI-83 Plus S.E. VSC is almost identical with the students
TI-83 Plus S.E.. The first difference you notice is a slightly changed bottom shell of the
calculator housing to accommodate the ViewScreen connector.
Dismantling
the TI-83 Plus S.E. VSC reveals a total of three printed circuit boards (PCBs).
The main PCB is identical with the TI-83 Plus S.E. and makes use of the
TI REF 83PL2M/TA2 ASIC integrating a Z80 microprocessor plus supporting logic surrounded by
a Cypress CY62128VLL featuring 128k Bytes
Static RAM and a Fujitsu F29LV160
Even
the display board of the TI-83 Plus S.E. VSC is identical with the TI-83 Plus S.E.
but sports an
additional connector for the third PCB. If you compare the PCB with the student
TI-83 Plus S.E. you'll notice that the layout of the PCB is identical, only the connector
itself is either assembled or not in place.
A
third PCB is connected with a short piece of flat-cable to the display board.
This PCB basically buffers the signals of the LC-Display and feeds them to the
external ViewScreen connector.
A
deeper exploration of the display board shows the unbelievable high density of
electrical connections between the Toshiba T6K04
display controller and the
graphics screen.
A serial port of the calculators allows the connection to the
Calculator-Based Laboratory system CBL, its successor CBL
2, the Calculator-Based Ranger CBR and its successor CBR
2. Texas Instruments announced June
2002 an optional full-sized QWERTY Keyboard for a
more convenient entry of notes into the handhelds.
Don't miss the colorful slide cases developed for the TI-83 Plus, they fit on the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition ViewScreen, too.
ROM-Versions:
1.13 (April, 2001)
1.14 (December 16, 2001)
1.15 (August 26, 2002)
1.16
1.17
1.18
1.19 (January 16, 2006, actual in February 2008)
You can check the ROM version of your TI-83
Plus S.E. VSC using the following key sequence and reading the number on your screen:
