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Texas Instruments TI-30 STAT

Date of introduction:  1992 Display technology:  LCD
New price:   Display size:  8 (5 + 2)
Size:  5.4" x 2.8" x 0.45"    
Weight:  2.4 ounces Serial No:  
Batteries:  2*LR44 Date of manufacture:  wk 27 year 1992
AC-Adapter:   Origin of manufacture:  Italy
Precision:  11 Integrated circuits:  TP0456/CD4557A
Memories:  1    
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Joerg Woerner
    Download manual:   (US: 4.9M Bytes)

Just a minor variation of the 1989-model of the TI-30 STAT. Please focus on the texture of the housing if you compare the designs.

In 10 years of production we recognized in the meantime seven different designs of the TI-30 STAT and - just to compare - four designs of the related TI-30:

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Year 1985 1987 1988 1988 1989 1990 1992
Origin Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy
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wk 48
yr 1985
wk 31
yr 1987
 wk 34
yr 1988
wk 47
yr 1988
wk 15
yr 1989
wk 51
yr 1991
wk 37
yr 1992
Display bezel Type 1 Type 1 Type 1 Type 1 Type 2 Type 2 Type 2

TI-30STAT_RCI2792_PCB.jpg (228097 Byte)Dismantling this late TI-30 STAT reveals an interesting internal construction with a flexible printed circuit board (Flex-PCB) instead of the common rigid PCB's of other calculators manufactured in the 90s. We know this type of design from e.g. the TI-30 III manufactured in 1985.

TI-30STAT_RCI2792_IC.jpg (98592 Byte)The single-chip calculator circuit located in this late TI-30 STAT looks uncommon but sports a well known designator: CD4557A - a member of the TP0456 architecture, based on the famous TMS1000 Microcomputer family.

Don't miss a BA-35 Business Analyst manufactured in 1996 sporting a CD4571B, probably the latest revision of the TP0456 chip.  

In 1993 this successful calculator was discontinued. Texas Instruments introduced a complete new family in a smoother housing:

TI-30X  New display with 10 + 2 digits, 3 memories
TI-30X SOLAR With Anylite solar-cells
TI-35X  Adds 2-dim statistics and hex-calculations
TI-36X SOLAR  With Anylite solar-cells


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If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.

© Joerg Woerner, October 8, 2008. No reprints without written permission.