Casio Graphing Scientific Calculator Fx-9860GIII Comes with MicroPython

Post by Ecco » Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 11:15 PM UTC

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ChuckMcM wrote: post #94

Well my Numworks[1] calculator comes with Micropython, is open source, and has a color display for $100 which is less than what Casio is asking for this one. I actually have two of these, one that is "stock" and one where I added access to the internal jtag port so that I could run my own code on it. [1] https://www.numworks.com/

I have one and I encourage anyone looking for a modern calculator to buy one. One of the best purchases I have ever made. Happy to answer any questions.

Post by kergonath » Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 11:17 PM UTC

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Relative to other graphing calculators, I've always felt that Casio's offerings were a good value relative to TI- ever since TI captured the education market they stopped being cool and definitely stopped being a good value. I think that having Python is a neat feature. I have strong opinions about calculators in general, and have owned a wide range of Casio, HP, TI, and even some old/niche ones that only real calcul…

>You know what else can do calculations? The smartphones and computers that practically every student has access to. Not very well, for educational purposes. The experience of calculating the inverse tan of a number and returning the result in degrees is beautiful on a Casio scientific calculator; not so on iPhone's default calculator (reverse Polish) or a Google search (awkward to execute at all). It's distracting f…

Post by Ecco » Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 11:29 PM UTC

ChuckMcM wrote: post #94

Well my Numworks[1] calculator comes with Micropython, is open source, and has a color display for $100 which is less than what Casio is asking for this one. I actually have two of these, one that is "stock" and one where I added access to the internal jtag port so that I could run my own code on it. [1] https://www.numworks.com/

Post by to11mtm » Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 11:30 PM UTC

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Congratuallations on achieving a successfull business and helping turn Python into what looks to be the next BASIC.

Thanks!

Post by kergonath » Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 11:33 PM UTC

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Calculators are not exactly premium devices, even though you'd likely think otherwise when you have to buy the anointed model for your kids' school. That said, Casio is probably churning these things out with a BOM around $5-$10, so you can't really expect much from the display. We're spoiled by our phones, which (weirdly enough) have no single, definitive "good" calculator on either iOS or Android (and can't be used…

Graphic calculators are extremely expensive for what they provide (compared to a cheap phone). Only thing holding them up is regulation (ie. being allowed in class and at certain exams), because otherwise, even a cheap phone can emulate a classical calculator (eg. hp 49g for us RPN fans), not to mention more advance tools (from apps to wolfram alpha).