Virtual Museum of Calculators
Menu
C/CE
Calculators
Slide Rules
Others
Manufacturers
Search
Váltás magyarra
Back to Showroom
Sharp
EL-506H
1981-83
Sharp
EL-506P
1984

Sharp EL-506H (2)

Brief History
After Sharp launched its first thin scientific calculator equipped with liquid crystal display (LCD) in 1977, several new models were introduced: by 1979, the EL-5806S with similar capabilities and the new EL-506 were completed. Latter has display capacity of 10 or 8+2 digits, depending on the display mode, and can handle area functions (arc hyp) too. It was replaced in 1981 by the EL-506S, which has undergone a minimal cosmetic change with the same knowledge. EL-506H was introduced the same year, and became a long-time hit: it was manufactured until 1989 at the Chinese subsidiary of Sharp Corporation. Its design is extremely simplified, with a single-sided printed circuit board containing only one potentiometer in addition to the chip and the display. EL-506H introduced displaying and calculation with hexadecimal numbers.
Manufacturer:Sharp Corporation (Japan/China)
Mfg. date:1985-89
Size:6,9×12,7×1 cm
Weight (ready for operate):69 g
Type:scientific
Capacity:10/8+2 digits (input/display)
11+2 digits (internal precision)
Operating logic:algebraic with precedence
CPU:Toshiba SC6767S
Registers:2 standard (with saving the pending operation)
1 constant (with saving the pending operation)
3 bracket (with saving the pending operation)
1 memory (with aritmetic)
Features:%calculation with percent +/-change sign (direct entry of negative numbers) RVexchange registers (X-Y) Ffloating-point notation Fixfixed-point notation: the listed decimals can be chosen (0-9) Sciscientific (exponential) notation Sqrsquare root x2square pivalue of pi (3.1415..) can be recalled 1/xreciprocal trigtrigonometrical functions (sin, cos, tan and inverses: arcsin, arccos, arctan) hyphyperbolic functions (sinh, cosh, tanh and inverses: ar sinh, ar cosh, ar tanh) DMS-DDconversion of decimal and sexagesimal numbers logexponential and logarithmical functions (10- and e-base) yxraising to power SDone variable statistics: calculating mean and standard deviation P-Rconverting coordinates between rectangular and polar systems n!factorial
Display:11+1 digit LCD
Power:2×LR44 button cell
Test results:trigonometry:result of sin-1(cos-1(tan-1(tan(cos(sin(60°)))))), reference value: 60. 60.00009718
exponential:result of 0.999160000, reference value (first 14 digits): 3.0068804206375×10-70 3.00688042E-70

Second version of the EL-506H (with protection foil)

Inside of the EL-506H (version 2)

Display and keyboard of the EL-506H (version 2)
Similar items
HT
PTK-1050
1980-84
Sharp
EL-512
1984-87
Sharp
EL-506S
1981
Design & HTML: Modulit Bt.
(C) www.arithmomuseum.com 2004-2016.