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  • Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
  • Measuring the current consumption of some solar powered Casio calculators.
    And a look at an unusual chip mounting technique.
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Комментарии • 147

  • @CB-RADIO-UK
    @CB-RADIO-UK 9 лет назад +28

    I am glad that I am not the only one in the world that likes calculators.

  • @sswpp8908
    @sswpp8908 11 лет назад +4

    I've had this Casio calculator since elementary school over 10 years ago and it still works.

  • @nodariel
    @nodariel 11 лет назад +3

    You should look at the current consumption on a DSO. Very interesting waveforms, especially the voltage across the ceramic caps.

  • @38911bytefree
    @38911bytefree 11 лет назад +3

    Dave, did you notice, in early handheld games like Nintendo Game wach, that the consuption is insane low ?. A couple of little batt lasts a year, even more. How the hell they manage to get it as low in early 80's. Its incredible to me. How advanced were at that point !

  • @samsonofdan
    @samsonofdan 11 лет назад +1

    This is definitely Chip on Flex (COF) packaging technology with a large pitch wire bonding technique, possibly 25 mil pitch? These flex technologies and COB (chip on board) are starting to become popular in mobile consumer products today, and that is very neat to show from the 80's era. That flexible clear material is probably silicone-based (not silicon) to serve as a mechanical stabilizer with a low dielectric effect. Very neat!

  • @thatsunpossible312
    @thatsunpossible312 8 лет назад +10

    I'm late to this, but I didn't see the answer to your question in the comments. It's probably Tape Automating Bonding (TAB).

    • @frankhardy123
      @frankhardy123 4 года назад +2

      I am here 4 years after you were 4 years late.

  • @Falcrist
    @Falcrist 11 лет назад +2

    Dave, I'd LOVE to see you tear down a TI83 or 84 or even a very old 83 AND an 84 to see what (besides the USB port) may have changed over the years

  • @Blitterbug
    @Blitterbug 8 лет назад +2

    The Tandy calculator is a rebadged Casio fx-115. Best programmers' calc for the money back in 1985, I reckon. I bought one for the decimal - binary - hexadecimal conversion (quicker than doing it in my head!) Mine's still in full working order, but is sadly now a bit dented from when my eldest lad used it as a teething ring some 30 years back.

  • @metallchips8569
    @metallchips8569 8 лет назад +2

    I had to use this calculator to take the NV state HISET. I was much more familiar with the TI-30 and had to take this calculator home to learn how to use it. The internal construction of this device is uniquet!

  • @kevtris
    @kevtris 11 лет назад +1

    on some of the older solar powered calculators, there were 2 LEDs in series across the solar cell to act as a crude voltage regulator. in bright sun, the LEDs DO light up. I tested it!

  • @ProjectPhysX
    @ProjectPhysX 2 года назад

    I found a broken fx-82 solar (looks the same) in the bin. The display was very pale, unless when bending it with quite some force. The problem was that repeated mechanical stress on the PCB had destroyed SMD capacitor C2 on the back (2:29). I replaced that with a different one of unknown value and now it works again!
    I also replaced the 10uF electrolytic storage capacitor C1 with a 100uF one, so it can work for about a minute without light.

  • @MrAtheist93
    @MrAtheist93 11 лет назад +1

    the chip on the flex looks like a predecessor of those "chip on flex"-thingys used in some LCDs these days....

  • @Razor2048
    @Razor2048 11 лет назад +1

    The thin film construction is still used but in a cheaper form, (many people use thin copper wire and packing tape in the place of a PCB when making their card skimmers as it allows the entire item to conform to the shape of the card slot (noticed it a while back on one of the ATM machines right outside of the Chase bank in a nearby mall (the skimmer was there for like 2 days (didn't say anything because I didn't want blaming me for it which many companies are known to do on security reports)

  • @pikuorguk
    @pikuorguk 11 лет назад

    Some variant of this got me through my GCSE maths 16 years ago. I taught myself binary and hex on it just by reading a few books and prodding the keys :)

  • @EEVblog
    @EEVblog  11 лет назад

    If you have to ask the question, then the answer is no I'm afraid! (yes, it's possible in theory). These calcs would not "encrypt" data in any way.

  • @ciprianwinerElectronicManiac
    @ciprianwinerElectronicManiac 11 лет назад +1

    Nice calculator colection Dave. I've always wonder how those on board chip looks inside. :)

  • @EEVblog
    @EEVblog  11 лет назад +1

    Low power is easy when you only operate at 10's KHz.

  • @DemonTraven
    @DemonTraven 11 лет назад

    He said in the beginning of his testing ( around 4:10 ) that his microcurrent box was outputting 1 micro-amp as 1 millivolt.

  • @TheProCactus
    @TheProCactus 11 лет назад

    Id like a hi-res photo of that glue holding the chip for a desktop background.

  • @superdau
    @superdau 11 лет назад

    A typical case of garbage in, garbage out. If you write something ambiguous like that, even humans will give you different answers (maybe not in this case; but try "1/2x" and see what answers you get).
    The calculation priority is mentioned in the manual. Implicit multiplication takes precedence, that's how the calculator implements it. And it's also quite helpful when being able to save the parenthesis in statements like "1/(2x)".

  • @Knight8365
    @Knight8365 11 лет назад

    Great to see that flat-flex construction technique. Flexible before there was flexible. Amazingly tiny current draw on all of them - the !69 must drain the cap a bit, though it recharges quickly enough.

  • @alison_withonel
    @alison_withonel 11 лет назад

    It was probably measuring the voltage drop across a known resistor. I don't know about the MicroCurrent box Dave was using though, so I can't answer definitively.

  • @Laogeodritt
    @Laogeodritt 11 лет назад

    Mounting the batteries externally and wiring them to the calculator with an ammeter in series wouldn't damage the calculator.

  • @bytebender
    @bytebender 11 лет назад

    the asic/uc in this model is an OKI (marked on the die)

  • @EEVblog
    @EEVblog  11 лет назад

    I met him at a Big Bang taping once, nice guy!

  • @oisiaa
    @oisiaa 11 лет назад

    You would be the easiest person in the world to buy Christmas gifts for. Just get something rare to take apart.

  • @38911bytefree
    @38911bytefree 11 лет назад

    Yep, ist clear, just thinking in lsi chips in early 80's driving large segment lcds, piezo for the bipings, wont be so obvious even when runing over a clock xtal can 32768 hz

  • @Nordic_Mechanic
    @Nordic_Mechanic 11 лет назад

    You need to make a vid about fixing the voyage 200 calculator. You know when you don't use it for a while it stops working even if you put all new batteries in.

  • @EEVblog
    @EEVblog  11 лет назад

    It's a proprietary ASIC, you can't get the info.

  • @MDealer
    @MDealer 11 лет назад

    I use two K750s. If you have light in your apartment, it's enough for it to run AND charge the battery. Those people probably expect a dark room to charge it. In a dark room you still need to leave it near a window in daylight (or something) while you're at work and then you've got a good charge. :P It's more suited for the office, as good lighting works the best. I've never replaced something or had much trouble so far.

  • @EEVblog
    @EEVblog  11 лет назад

    Technical transcription is very expensive if I had to pay for it. And I do not have the time to do it myself. So it would need to be someone suitable donating their time.

  • @Derundurel
    @Derundurel 11 лет назад

    I wonder what the external diodes are for. Are they in series across the supply to clamp it? It must be a pain to add those considering the rest of the electronics is all on one die.

  • @Jeroen74
    @Jeroen74 11 лет назад

    At 13:16 ... there's clearly Sanyo printed there, not Casio.

  • @mschwemberger
    @mschwemberger 11 лет назад +1

    10:28 I once had a calculator which had an LED instead of real diodes :D

    • @BooBaddyBig
      @BooBaddyBig 3 года назад

      LEDs are actually real diodes. Real diodes are actually all LEDs too, they're just infrared ones with opaque encapsulation.

  • @TripleJ85
    @TripleJ85 11 лет назад

    Wow - this takes me back to primary school and inverting our calculator displays by flipping... I guess it would be a polarised filter?

  • @KarriKoivusalo
    @KarriKoivusalo 11 лет назад

    Damn, looks so much like the FX-115d we had in high school! Has fewer buttons than it did, though.

  • @EEVblog
    @EEVblog  11 лет назад

    You'd have to do actual measurements on it and do the math based on usage and typical office lighting charge time vs use time vs losses etc. It does have relatively large solar cells on it. Most likely it's more a marketing gimmick than practical.

  • @mlindroth
    @mlindroth 11 лет назад

    Hey Dave, I saw a RUclips video once about turning solar calculators off. Try pressing a bunch of buttons down at once.

  • @rocketman221projects
    @rocketman221projects 11 лет назад +1

    Wow, those hardly use any power. My old calculator from 1976 needed 50ma @ 9v with all of the digits lit up!

  • @TheSentientCloud
    @TheSentientCloud 11 лет назад

    DO A TI-84! I'd love to see some current draw on there! I'm sure your fans would donate you an old TI-84 for a comparison! I can't do it on mine because one, my meter is suckish, and two, I am just 15 years old and I can't spare a 100 dollar calculator! But I'd imagine that that would work in the milliamp range, saying that it needs 4 AAs to work. I think it would be awesome to see a comparison of the TI-84 to a scientific. Also test a four-function one to see if there's any difference there.

  • @BitZorg
    @BitZorg 11 лет назад

    Its not perfect but the automatic captions on youtube are actually quite accurate.

  • @rockerzac99
    @rockerzac99 11 лет назад

    Naughty calculator at the end. Classic!

  • @isashach
    @isashach 11 лет назад

    I swear it's like every one of your videos is an Infomercial for Agilent!

  • @TheSentientCloud
    @TheSentientCloud 11 лет назад

    I wouldn't leave any of my electronics near him for 30 seconds. I'll probably find it taken apart when I look back.

  • @ZILOGz80VIDEOS
    @ZILOGz80VIDEOS 9 лет назад

    I've popped open pretty recent calculators that i've gotten for free and found a full flexi construction with an epoxy'd chip.

    • @CommanderMouse72
      @CommanderMouse72 4 года назад

      I cracked open a Casio fx82c to replace batteries and it was completely chip on flex

  • @EEVblog
    @EEVblog  11 лет назад

    That's the LCD. It is a Casio Calculator.

  • @haukefilm
    @haukefilm 11 лет назад

    wow, my old school calculator. Ahhh memorys ...

  • @lcoi-3200
    @lcoi-3200 9 лет назад +10

    If I use the processor in that calculator will I be able to game in 4k resolution.?

    • @user-kt2wq7rx1f
      @user-kt2wq7rx1f 9 лет назад +4

      kappa kappa yes

    • @lcoi-3200
      @lcoi-3200 9 лет назад

      бомба бытие what about video rendering. It has 12 cores, will that be enough?

    • @user-kt2wq7rx1f
      @user-kt2wq7rx1f 9 лет назад

      kappa kappa lol...

    • @lcoi-3200
      @lcoi-3200 9 лет назад +1

      I wonder if that calculator comes with a good graphics card

    • @lcoi-3200
      @lcoi-3200 9 лет назад

      And windows 10

  • @VolksTrieb
    @VolksTrieb 11 лет назад

    yeah i got the casio like the big tandy one :)
    Nice old calc

  • @AdithyaBalaji
    @AdithyaBalaji 6 лет назад

    Why is the Agilent multimeter reading in millivolts instead of amps? I guess the dial should've been set to read currents.

    • @nullplan01
      @nullplan01 6 лет назад

      The multimeter is measuring the voltage across a small resistor (the "micro-amp" he showed at the beginning), which allows him to measure the current by measuring voltage. That is necessary since the current draw is so low (microamps), that a multimeter would not pick up on that.

    • @Crazytesseract
      @Crazytesseract 2 года назад

      @@nullplan01 he must have connected it across a 1k ohm precision resistor, if I am not wrong.

  • @scaramonga
    @scaramonga 8 лет назад

    I've popped open a few too, but I've now lost count, as I don't have any light to power my calculator, and that's the sum of it.

    • @MrDutchterminator
      @MrDutchterminator 8 лет назад

      wow, I didn't see that coming. let me run the numbers on what the chances were

    • @MrDutchterminator
      @MrDutchterminator 8 лет назад

      wow, I didn't see that coming. let me run the numbers on what the chances were.

  • @tomboxyz5564
    @tomboxyz5564 11 лет назад

    I think I've got one of these casio calculators, but I don't know where it is... :D

  • @EEVblog
    @EEVblog  11 лет назад

    Sorry, yes, I meant the solar panel.

  • @msk19991
    @msk19991 11 лет назад

    ASIC's are used to avoid this exact "Hacking" thing.......dead end as far as I know.

  • @CreeperGabe
    @CreeperGabe 9 лет назад +1

    Why is the calculator upside down at the end of the video?

    • @GoldSrc_
      @GoldSrc_ 9 лет назад +3

      Because BOOBIES lol

    • @CreeperGabe
      @CreeperGabe 9 лет назад +1

      Gordon Freeman
      (ノ_<) =facepalm=

  • @BarsMonster
    @BarsMonster 11 лет назад

    Direct sunlight is 50'000-100'000 lm

  • @Dechristian3
    @Dechristian3 11 лет назад

    I've got the same exact calculator!

  • @alishmanandhar3444
    @alishmanandhar3444 7 лет назад

    hello may i know what is the work of ceramic caps and if possible can u also explain about 563 chip

  • @iSolarSunrise
    @iSolarSunrise 11 лет назад

    Why do you always type the value of pi into calculators? Why not e? e is a better number :)

  • @rodlophus
    @rodlophus 11 лет назад

    Dave, do you have plans to tear down that arcade machine of yours?

  • @lexxuzz
    @lexxuzz 11 лет назад

    SA5511S4 not 54 :)

  • @EEVblog
    @EEVblog  11 лет назад

    If someone want to transcribe my videos and provide the suitable caption file, then I'm happy to upload it.

  • @darrylf
    @darrylf 11 лет назад

    Casio uses Sanyo Solar Panel :)

  • @ExtremeGamer9951
    @ExtremeGamer9951 8 лет назад

    Whats wrong with VPAM?

  • @qw21er43ty65
    @qw21er43ty65 11 лет назад

    Hi Dave, I'm italian too :) may I help you? I love your videos and I would like to give my contribute to this fantastic channel! I would like to help you with the caption, but how can i do it? I never done it before

  • @WayneJohnsonZastil
    @WayneJohnsonZastil 11 лет назад

    or is it 5318808?

  • @djscottdog1
    @djscottdog1 11 лет назад

    this was very interesting

  • @08ds
    @08ds 11 лет назад +1

    8008ies...

  • @TheSentientCloud
    @TheSentientCloud 11 лет назад

    Ah that's true :D but I tend to destroy everything I take apart >.

  • @hardscorerockkssss
    @hardscorerockkssss 5 лет назад

    hi dave do you have any casio f180p?could send it for you

  • @AnanusBananus
    @AnanusBananus 8 лет назад

    that agilent is on mV not mA...

    • @usoppbarbosa981
      @usoppbarbosa981 8 лет назад

      yes.. remember it's plugged to the µCurrent box.

  • @Revstar89
    @Revstar89 11 лет назад

    i used this calculator for 4 years lol

  • @jnbarnesuk
    @jnbarnesuk 11 лет назад

    "VPAM rubbish?" Don't be daft, Dave!

  • @gamccoy
    @gamccoy 11 лет назад

    Makes you wonder how TI can still get away with charging $100+ for their top-end gear. It probably cost $5 to manufacture. These devices have almost no BoM and the design cost is now amortized over YEARS for the math software makes it even more egregious.

  • @djlorenz11
    @djlorenz11 11 лет назад +1

    caro mio ti capisco... putroppo a noi italiani l'inglese ce lo fanno vedere a spanne.... fai come me... inizia con libri - telefilm e film in inglese e vedrai che capirai perfettamente il nostro amico australiano... che parla veramente bene ed è comprensibile ;)
    è l'unico modo, con l'italiano non andrai da nessuna parte... soprattutto nell'elettronica!

  • @procrastinatingnerd
    @procrastinatingnerd 9 лет назад +5

    5318008 lol

  • @cypher526
    @cypher526 11 лет назад

    mmm... U1273AX WANT!

  • @EEVblog
    @EEVblog  11 лет назад

    Not much to see. Just a single JAMMA board and PSU.

  • @Zoomer30
    @Zoomer30 8 лет назад

    Capacitors are not something to mess around with. The worst are camera flash capacitors. Make them discharge while holding it and it would probably kill you.

    • @WolfmanDude
      @WolfmanDude 8 лет назад +1

      Right! But this one is charged to about 2 Volts and has 10uF capacity. A coin cell is more dangerous than this!

    • @chrono0097
      @chrono0097 8 лет назад +1

      The fucking solar panel is more dangerous than that cap!

  • @ChristmaswithDean
    @ChristmaswithDean 11 лет назад

    Dave,
    The Agilent seemed to be set on volts, indicated volts, yet you said microamps. Did I miss something or what?

  • @FrozenHaxor
    @FrozenHaxor 11 лет назад

    Noooo

  • @asmolbean9300
    @asmolbean9300 3 года назад

    For confused Europeans it's called the 82 here

  • @crazy4lego
    @crazy4lego 11 лет назад

    pi*e = pie

  • @Superminaren
    @Superminaren 8 лет назад

    Am I the only one who noticed his multimeter wasn't set on Amps, but rather Volts?

    • @PatrickHansen101
      @PatrickHansen101 8 лет назад

      +Carl Vargklint (AzumCarl) It's because he's using the uCurrent, check 4:07 :)
      www.eevblog.com/projects/ucurrent/

    • @Superminaren
      @Superminaren 8 лет назад

      Patrick Hansen Oh, I see I totally missed that.Thanks for pointing out! :D

  • @anonxa
    @anonxa 11 лет назад

    5,318,008

  • @naota3k
    @naota3k 8 лет назад +2

    8008135

  • @WayneJohnsonZastil
    @WayneJohnsonZastil 11 лет назад

    8008135 lol

  • @asdcdweadasd
    @asdcdweadasd 11 лет назад

    Well, I'm from Poland and I'm 14, but I understand everything D:
    Go learn English :P

  • @Krispi7
    @Krispi7 11 лет назад

    b00b135

  • @ChongMcBong
    @ChongMcBong 10 лет назад

    5318008 :D

  • @FrozenHaxor
    @FrozenHaxor 11 лет назад

    First! :P

  • @Polished_Perspective
    @Polished_Perspective 11 лет назад

    Casio sucks, TI al the wayyyyyyy!!!

  • @armantamboli5722
    @armantamboli5722 11 лет назад

    Why you sound like age of 80 old man