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Texas Instruments TI-34 MultiView™
| Date of introduction: | May 9, 2007 Available: Feb. 21, 2008 |
Display technology: | LCD dot matrix |
| New price: | $19.99 (SRP 2008) | Display size: | 4 * 16 characters (5 * 19 for menus) |
| Size: | 6.5" x 3.1" x 0.6" 166 x 79 x 16 mm³ |
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| Weight: | 3.7 ounces, 104 grams | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | Solar cells + CR2032 | Date of manufacture: | mth 01 year 2008 |
| AC-Adapter: | Origin of manufacture: | China (N) | |
| Precision: | 13 | Integrated circuits: | |
| Memories: | 7 | ||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner |
Texas
Instruments announced in May 2007 with the TI-34 MultiView the successor of
its long lasting TI-34 II introduced already in
1999 and slightly redesigned in 2004.
Due to some design problems with the
calculator it took until February 2008 before the TI-34 MultiView
arrived together with the TI-Collège
Plus finally in the store shelves. Don't miss one of the pre-series TI-34
MultiView.
Instead of the then novel 2-line display
the TI-34 MultiView features a dot
matrix display with 31 * 96 addressable pixels allowing the calculator to
display equations as they would be printed in a text book.
In addition to this
so called "MathPrint" mode the calculator sports a TI-34 II
compatible "Classic" mode.
Compared with the original TI-34 II, we notice some major improvements:
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Classic (compatible with TI-34 II) and MathPrint Mode • EOS with 8 pending operations and 23 levels of parentheses • 7 memory variables x, y, z, t, a, b, c • Data editor and list formulas: 3 lists, each up to 42 items • Toggle key fractions and decimals • Equation entries up to 80 digits |
Dismantling the
TI-34 MultiView reveals a pretty common
construction with two printed circuit boards (PCB's). The main PCB hides the
single-chip calculating circuit under a small protection blob of black epoxy and
drives the graphing display with a heat sealed fine-pitch connector. The
keyboard makes use of a much simpler second PCB and a heat sealed connector,
too. The featured calculator was manufactured by Nam
Tai Electronics, Inc., a
well-known company with OEM calculator production facilities in Shenzhen, China.
Stokes Publishing Company, Inc. based in Sunnyvale, California sold a companion for the teacher, view the wonderful TI-34MV MultiView Overhead Calculator.
To reduce theft of school-owned calculators, Texas Instruments introduced the EZ-Spot Teacher Packs with a bright, easy-to-spot, "school bus yellow" back cover and slide case. In In addition, each unit's faceplate is inscribed with the words, "SCHOOL PROPERTY."
Don't miss the battery powered TI-30XB MultiView and its solar-cells operated sibling TI-30XS MultiView sold since July 2007.
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.
In 2013 the original TI-Collège
Plus was replaced with the TI-Collège
Plus Solaire and uses an identical design with the TI-34 MultiView.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, April 22, 2008. No reprints without written permission.