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MikeK:
I'm looking to get [yet another] calculator.  But I want one that can handle equations.  As an example, I recently was calculating a lot of inductor values from measured frequency and known capacitance in an LC tank circuit.  So I would have wanted to enter the formula, and then just enter F and C to arrive at L.  And be able to do that multiple times by just entering F and C.  I don't need some really expensive unit, or graphing.
Refrigerator:
I've been using my TI-82 for stuff like this, but you would need to code a TI-BASIC program to calculate stuff for you.
For example i've written programs to convert HEX to BIN, DEC to HEX and so on. I think i might have even had an LC tank calculator set up back in highschool during physics class.
Basically if there were any repetitive calculations i'd just write a program to do it.
Not sure if there are any calculators that let you plug just an equation in.
MikeK:
Well, maybe not plug an equation in, but to do something like this:

1. I enter a frequency value.

Calculator does these steps:

2. Multiply by 2
3. Multiply by PI
4. Take the inverse
5. Square it
6. Divide by 10-12 (which is my capacitor value of 1000pF)
MikeK:
TI-82 might be good, I'll check it out, though.
Someone:
Most of the graphing calculators will have a numerical solver, they're cheap second hand and just ignore the other bits you don't want?

If you really really want no graphing for some reason there are a few intermediate calculators, on the market right now is the TI-36X Pro....

But it only has a limited set of variables, no physical constants, and needs more button presses to do the solving. So a modern graphing calculator doesn't look so bad.


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--- Quote from: Refrigerator on March 06, 2021, 08:59:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: MikeK on March 06, 2021, 06:29:09 pm ---I don't need some really expensive unit, or graphing.

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I've been using my TI-82 for stuff like this, but you would need to code a TI-BASIC program to calculate stuff for you.
For example i've written programs to convert HEX to BIN, DEC to HEX and so on. I think i might have even had an LC tank calculator set up back in highschool during physics class.
Basically if there were any repetitive calculations i'd just write a program to do it.
Not sure if there are any calculators that let you plug just an equation in.

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TI-82 might be good, I'll check it out, though.

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Thats one of their few graphing calculators that doesn't have a numeric solver, possibly the worst combination of all features/choices for what you stated.
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