HP 39/40 series

HP 39/40 series are graphing calculators from Hewlett-Packard, the successors of HP 38G. The series consists of six calculators, which all have algebraic entry modes, and can perform numeric analysis together with varying degrees of symbolic calculation. All calculators in this series are aimed at high school level students and are characterized by their ability to download (via cable or infra-red) APLETs or E-lessons. These are programs of varying complexity which are generally intended to be used in the classroom to enhance the learning of mathematics by the graphical and/or numerical exploration of concepts.

HP 39G

The HP 39G (F1906A) was released in 2000.

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HP 40G

HP 40G (F1907A) was released in 2000 in parallel with the HP 39G. The HP 40G's operating system is identical to the HP 39G. Differences detected in hardware during start-up trigger the differences in software functionality.

The hardware is identical to the HP 49G/39G series (complete with rubber keyboard). In contrast to the 39G, it integrates the same computer algebra system (CAS) also found in the HP 49G, HP CAS. Unlike its "bigger brothers", the HP 40G has no flags to set/mis-set resulting in a "better behaved" calculator for straightforward math analysis. Additionally the HP 40G does not have infrared connectivity, and is limited to 27 variables. A list-based solver, and other handicaps make this simple-to-use calculator less adapted to higher end use. The HP 40G is not allowed for use in many standardized tests including the ACT and SAT tests.

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hp 39g+

hp 39g+

The hp 39g+ (F2224A) was released in September, 2003.

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Note: Although an ARM processor is used in this model, the operating system is substantially the same as that of the 39G, with the Saturn chip being emulated on the ARM at a higher speed than was possible for the 39G. The CAS component of the HP 40G's operating system appears to have been totally removed, rather than simply being hidden at start-up.

HP 39gs

HP 39gs

The HP 39gs (F2223A) was released in June 2006.

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Note: Although an ARM processor is used in this model the operating system is substantially the same as that of the 39G, with the Saturn chip being emulated on the ARM at a higher speed than was possible for the 39G.

HP 40gs

HP 40gs

The HP 40gs (F2225A) was released in mid-2006.

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HP 39gII

HP 39Gii

The HP 39gII (NW249AA) was released in October 2011. It is built around an 80 MHz Freescale (formerly SigmaTel) STMP3770 processor with ARM926EJ-S core and features 256 KB RAM and 128 MB flash memory (of which ca. 240 KB RAM and 80-105 MB flash are available to users). The high-resolution monochrome gray-scale LCD provides 256x128 pixels. Connectivity is provided through a USB-OTG Micro-AB connector. The BCD math libraries internally used by the calculator were rewritten in platform-independent C code run natively rather than System RPL code executed in an emulator. The Pascal-like programming language supported by the calculator is a predecessor of the HP Prime's HP PPL. The calculator is the first to support Unicode (UTF-16).

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