Programmable, Non-graphing Calculator?

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

Anybody know of any good, programmable, non-graphing calculators?

 

Apparently the math department at my school is ok with anything not graphing for the exam -- even if we program stuff onto it.

[TurbulentWinds]

3 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

Anybody know of any good, programmable, non-graphing calculators?

 

Apparently the math department at my school is ok with anything not graphing for the exam -- even if we program stuff onto it.

An iPhone.

[dcb-z]

A TI-36 Pro might be a good bet. It's not programmable, but it's got some pretty nice feature sets, including the ability to store up to 8 memory variables...

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

9 minutes ago, TurbulentWinds said:

An iPhone.

Ehh, pretty sure you can program on that if you tried hard enough.

 

1 minute ago, dcb-z said:

A TI-36 Pro might be a good bet. It's not programmable, but it's got some pretty nice feature sets, including the ability to store up to 8 memory variables...

It's nice and all, but I need the ability to make my own programs.

[dcb-z]

Just found the HP 35s, which claims to be programmable. Disclaimer: HP is fond of RPN calculators, but they're built like tanks. The HP calculator my dad used in college is still very much alive and kicking.

http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-35s-scientific-calculator-p-f2215aa-aba--1

[LienusLateTips]

A Android phone

 

[mariushm]

Make your own calculator.

 

An arduino / pic microcontroller , a 128x64 dot matrix lcd display, and add a eeprom memory chip to store all the formulas and whatever you need (enable by typing a certain combination of digits)

Super easy.

 

[Dash Lambda]

I second the Ti-36X Pro. Best calculator you can get right now (of course a regular computer is universally better, but that's not a calculator in the same sense).

I don't think there really is a non-graphing calculator that can do programming. It's a bit like a regular American kid that can speak German -They also speak English.

 

On 11/20/2017 at 9:04 PM, bob51zhang said:

It's nice and all, but I need the ability to make my own programs.

There are three conditions under which that can true.

1: You are taking a numerical analysis, computable math, or whatever else course where it is focused on computational rather than analytical math.

2: You are specifically instructed to make and run a program on the calculator. I ran into this is Diff Eq.

3: Your teacher/professor gives you an unnecessary amount of bullshit busywork where the process could be automated (in which case, if possible, you should use a computer).

 

Otherwise, the exact opposite is true. You need to use a calculator as little as possible, and limit it to crunching arithmetic and/or checking work.