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Canon card FC-52

Date of introduction:   Display technology:  LCD
New price:   Display size:  8
Size:  4.3" x 2.6" x 0.15"
 110 x 65 x 4 mm3
    
Weight:  1.9 ounces, 54 grams Serial No:  410703
Batteries:  CR2032 Date of manufacture:  year 1980
AC-Adapter:   Origin of manufacture:  Japan
Precision:   Integrated circuits:  Toshiba T3808 
Memories:  1    
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Joerg Woerner

FC-52_Back.jpg (180312 Byte)This Canon FC-52 was probably introduced together with the FC-42 and started with its "sibbling" Toshiba LC-838 a long line of Metric Converter calculators based on Integrated Circuits (IC's) developed by Toshiba. Canon introduced already in 1974 with the FC-80 their first metric conversion product with a LED display based on a calculator chip developed by Hitachi.

FC-52_PCB.jpg (249883 Byte)FC-52_LCD.jpg (172274 Byte)How do you squeeze a calculator in a 0.15" (4 mm) thin housing? Dismantling the FC-52 reveals an interesting construction based on a very thin plastic frame with even a gap for the conventional Toshiba T3808 single-chip calculator circuit. 



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© Joerg Woerner, May 4, 2003. No reprints without written permission.