Contains 10 interviews from the French website www.hp-network.com. Included are the interviews of Arnaud Schmidt, Bernard Parisse, Paul Courbis, Gerald Squelart, HPGandalf, HPTroll, Zoak, LuDo and SunHP. You can find new interviews on www.hp-network.com. Only the interview of Eric Rechlin is in English.
Contains the schematics and Gerber files needed to create a 128 KB RAM card for the 48SX/GX calculators. Data sheets for the parts used are also included. The Bill of Material calls out specific vendor and vendor part numbers for the passive components used, but any equivalent part in the SMD 0805 package can be substituted. Battery backup is by use of a 12 mm lithium coin cell, either the CR1216 or the CR1225. The CR1225 has the higher capacity rating of the two at 48 mAh. Although that's only half the capacity of a CR2016, the Cypress MoBL SRAM memory device only requires 1 uA in standby mode when the memory is not selected so battery life should be reasonably long.
Included are two PDF tables (English and German) with an equipment comparison between the HP 49G and some comparable 2003 graphic calculators from Casio (CFX-9850GB+, Algebra FX 2.0+, ClassPad 300), Sharp (EL-9650, EL-9900, PC-E500S) and TI (89, Voyage 200).
A command comparison sheet of HP symbolic RPN calculators, containing a description of every command. Covers the HP 28C, 28S, 48S/SX, 48G/G+/GX, and 49G/48gII/49g+. The sheet is color coded based on the model for easy reading. In Excel format but also compatible with OpenOffice and Pocket Excel.
A 123-page document discussing using graphing calculators (specifically the HP 48S and TI-81) in education of precalculus and calculus topics. In PDF format.
With this document you will build and improve your HP 48-PC cable. The HP-PC cable allows you to get programs from your computer and transmit to your HP.
A little out of date now and only here for historical reasons, but it contains posting information for comp.sources.hp48 along with source code for SHIP.
Detailed documentation of the algebraic and graphics capabilities of the HP 49G working with complex quantities. New orthographically corrected version. The ZIP archive includes all programs of the marathon.
Shows how to put an external power jack into the HP 48 for plugging in an AC adapter or any other external power supply. Great feature to add if you're upgrading the memory of your S or G!
Shows how to put an external power jack into the HP 48 for plugging in an AC adapter or any other external power supply. This file is more comprehensive than the above file, and is in HTML format.
A summary of functional differences of 28S operations as implemented on the 48SX. It is not intended to present all of the many improvements and new commands in the 48, but is primarily an aid for 28 users who wish to use their previously-developed programs on the 48. The comments on any given topic are not exhaustive, but are quick summaries of operational differences.
Document explaining a way to upgrade the HP 48 using a NVRAM, Non Volatile RAM (that is, it still keeps data even when there's no power) of 128K from Texas Instruments Corp to make something like a external cartridge. The great advantage of this is that these NVRAM chips can be obtained for free, as TI has a samples program.
I2C interface demonstrated at the 1997 London HP conference. Contains the program listings (both for the HP 48 and the PIC microcontroller) and the source of the manual in LaTeX. Tar/GZip archive containing files with Unix EOL characters.
I2C interface demonstrated at the 1997 London HP conference. Contains the program listings (both for the HP 48 and the PIC microcontroller) and the source of the manual in LaTeX. PKZip archive containing files with MS-DOS EOL characters.
Complete copy of the fourth edition of the HP 48G Series Advanced User's Reference Manual. This PDF document has 764 pages and was scanned at 300 dpi color by an unknown individual. I cleaned up the several hundred megabytes of scanned images and converted them into into a relatively compact black and white PDF file.
Complete copy of the eighth edition of the 48G series instruction manual. This PDF document has 612 pages and was scanned by me at 300 dpi monochrome. Fully bookmarked in order to easily jump between sections. Included on this site with the permission of HP tech support.
Excel spreadsheet showing pinout diagrams for the serial ports in several HP handheld devices (the 48, the 38/49, and the 200LX), as well as the standard RS-232 pinouts and how they map to the HP serial cables.
A high-level overview comparing the functionality of the high-end calculators introduced by HP in the 199th decade AD -- the 75, the 71, the 28, the 42S, and the 48SX. Also includes a tab-separated-values list comparing the functions built into each calculator.
Newsletter for educators about HP calculators from April, 1998. This issue covers the HP 48G+, HP 38G ApLets, and some general HP calculator information.
Newsletter for educators about HP calculators from September, 1998. This issue covers calculators on the AP Calculus exam, HP 38G ApLets, and some general HP calculator information.
Newsletter for educators about HP calculators from January, 1999. This issue covers defining functions, Taylor polynomial approximation, exponential decay, and general HP calculator information.
Newsletter for educators about HP calculators from April, 1999. This issue covers animated Taylor polynomials, visualizing the pivot from derivative to integral, polar plots, and general HP calculator information.
Newsletter for educators about HP calculators from September, 1999. This issue covers the 49G, Taylor polynomials, polar plots, and general HP calculator information.
Newsletter for educators about HP calculators from January, 2000. This issue covers combinatorials, menus, coordinate geometry, limits, and general HP calculator information.
Newsletter for educators about HP calculators from April, 2000. This issue covers the 39G, the 30S, histograms and probability, maximizing volume, recipes, units and key assignments, confidence intervals, and general HP calculator information.
Newsletter for educators about HP calculators from August, 2000. This issue covers the Xpander, factoring on the 39G, sequences on the 30S, derivatives on the 49G, and general HP calculator information.
This document gives HP 48 hardware information required to connect serial devices to the wired (serial) I/O port or to communicate with the HP 48 via the 2-way infrared (IR) I/O port.
Gives HP 48 hardware information required to connect serial devices to the wired (serial) I/O port or to communicate with the HP 48 via the 2-way infrared (IR) I/O port. In a weird archaic Unix file format, so it isn't easily readable.
Gives technical details about the IR remote control codes use for Sony and RCA equipment (TV, VCR, receiver, etc), useful for making your own universal remote. These codes are already built in to Remote.
A look at the remarkable effects that can happen when you repeatedly give a function its own output (the foundation of chaos/fractal theory), some sobering facts on calculator precision, and lots of demo programs.
Listing of the numbers of library ID's of all easily-identifiable libraries for the HP 48 that are contained on this web site. Automatically updated every Sunday (despite the date in this listing).
Contains a text file that gives the addresses on HP's site from which one can download PDF versions of HP 48 and HP 49 instruction manuals in various languages.
This bizarre-looking User RPL program takes any real integer and returns the number of bits required to express it in binary. Mini-Challenge: figure out why it works.
Instructions explaining how to make an IR transceiver performing signaling format conversion between the Hewlett-Packard proprietary IR format used on the HP 48, and the standard RS-232 signaling used on any serial port. In PDF format.
Comparison of entry level scientific calculators. Compares the HP-30S with the TI-30XII and TI-34II. Designed to help one decide on a cheap, backup calculator to buy.
Table includes both User Flags and System Flags. Definitions already in the HP literature are not included here. Flags which the user need not worry about are not included here.
Detailed documentation of the capabilities of the HP 49G when working with trigonometric expressions. Orthographically corrected version with better layout.
Lots of good information about virtually every HP handheld calculator or PDA. Contains 58 pages of excellent trivia. This is a pre-release version, so any errors should be reported to the author. In PDF format.
The Universal Lab Interface can be used with virtually any computer that has a serial communication port. This opens the door for use with the HP 48GX and 49G calculators, both of which have a serial port.
This is the Technical Manual for the Vernier Software LabPro Interface for those adventurous HP programmers out there that might like to try to interface their HP calculators to this device.