Casio fx-82 Solar


Casio fx-82 Solar is a series of solar-powered Casio's scientific calculators with a single-row 10+2 digits display, with support of various modes and 144 functions in a total.

Origin

Casio fx-82 Solar is a modern generation of cheapest solar-powered scientific calculators derived from fx-39's successors:
  • battery-powered: fx-82/82 Super and fx-250HC;
  • solar-powered: fx-85 and ultra-slim fx-915/995.

Models

fx-82 Solar fx-85B fx-82 Solar II
Special school editions produced with a disabled and blanked fraction input/output button for GED exam:fx-260 Solar School
  • '''fx-260 Solar II NF'''

Educational use

Calculators of this serie approved for use at exams in many countries, and in cases were the use of programmable and graphing calculators is prohibited. Some testing centers provides verified calculators from own storage if the use of personal calculators is not permitted by exam policy. For some exams in UK and Ireland all models designated as fx-83/85 serie are permitted, while the use of any models designated as fx-82 serie prohibited.
In some cases only basic arithmetic calculators permitted or use of any calculators totally prohibited.

Emulator

Casio Education Taiwan website provides official Casio fx-82 Solar II emulator software for educational purposes.

Alternatives

Approved alternatives are Texas Instruments TI-30 ECO RS/TI-30Xa, Hewlett-Packard HP-6s/HP-6s Solar, Sharp EL-501/EL-510, Canon F-502/502G/604/605G, Citizen SR-135N/SR-260N.

Receptions

Australian electrical engineer and vlogger David L. Jones in his the EEVblog #1093 episode reviewed Casio fx-260 Solar vs fx-260 Solar II, praising latest model for the improved solar panel allowed to use it in an environment with 20 Lux illumination, overall improved performance and more precise result in performing the Mike Sebastian's Calculator Forensics test:
9.000015685 by fx-260 Solar calculator 9.000007164 by fx-260 Solar II calculator 9.000000007 by Casio's fx-82ES/85ES/350S PLUS 2nd edition Emulator for Windows 9.000000000 by Casio's online ClassPad Math calculator