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Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition (Wal-Mart)
| Date of introduction: | July 2013 | Display technology: | LCD dot matrix 16-bit color, backlit |
| New price: | Wal-Mart: $97.00 | Display size: | 240 * 320 pixels |
| Size: | 7.5" x 3.3" x
0.85" 190 x 84 x 22 mm3 |
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| Weight: | 7.4 ounces, 223 grams | Serial No: | 1058012657 |
| Batteries: | 3.7L1200SP Li-Ion | Date of manufacture: | mth 05 year 2013 (A) |
| AC-Adapter: | AC9211U | Origin of manufacture: | China (K) |
| Precision: | 14 | Integrated circuits: | ASIC: TI REF 84PLUSB/TA3 Flash: MX29LV320 Display: Ilitek ILI9335 |
| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | 21k Bytes, 3.5M Bytes Flash ROM | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
This
colorful TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition was
introduced for the Back-to-School 2013
campaign by
Wal-Mart, the largest grocery
retailer in the United States together with its
blue sibling and the TI-30X IIS in
matching colors of maroon,
blue and
gray.
In 2013 Texas Instruments sold on its website faceplates in 15
different colors: Black, brown, dark red, red, pink, purple, dark blue, blue,
light blue, green, gold, orange, bright orange, grey and white. Except bright
orange were matching slide cases available, too.
One special “Data Collection” snap-on faceplate highlights the keys and
functions of the Vernier EasyData™ application.
Comparing
this TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition manufactured in May 2013 by
Kinpo Electronics, Inc.in China
with a traditional TI-84 Plus Silver Edition reveals only few differences. The design sports still 3 chips:
• TI REF 84PLUSB/TA3: Z80 microprocessor, RAM, USB-Port
and supporting logic
• Macronix
MX29LV320: 4M Bytes Flash ROM
• Ilitek ILI9335: Single-chip
320*240 pixel display driver
The
picture on the right gives an enhanced view of the ASIC that clocks the Z80
microprocessor with 15 MHz and incorporates the RAM, USB-Port and logic. Learn more about the Hardware Architecture of TI’s Graphing Calculators.
Recently members of the Graphing Calculator Programming
community under the lead of Xavier Andréani made a very interesting discovery.
| • All TI-84 Plus / S.E. with the TA2 or TA3 ASIC have access
to 128k Bytes RAM. • All TI-84 Plus / S.E. with the TA1 ASIC have access to only 48k Bytes RAM using the same assembly commands. |
This
TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition manufactured in March 2013 makes use of
one Macronix Flash ROM with 4M Bytes capacity.
While
the early members of the TI-84 Plus calculator family use AAA-sized alkaline
batteries accommodates the Color version an internal Li-ion battery with a
capacity of 1,200 mAh and a voltage of 3.7 Volt for a typical operating time of 50 hours. A
USB type wall charger is included with each unit but for classrooms is the TI-84
Plus C Charging Station available. It holds up to 10 calculators and charges
them with two small contacts located in the front of the calculator.Texas Instruments announced
on March 1st, 2010 the TI-84 Plus Operating System version 2.53MP with
MathPrint™ mode for free download. The OS 2.53MP enables users to input and view math symbols and formulas, including stacked fractions, in their handhelds exactly as the equations appear in textbooks. The
new operating system 4.0 of the TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition is based on the
2.55MP, a minor bug fix of the 2.53MP from January 15, 2011.
ROM-Versions:
4.0 (April 10, 2013)
4.2 (January 17, 2014)
