
The TI-Nspire CX CAS only has a mini-USB port that allows the user to interface with a computer. The calculator is powered by a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery that should last two weeks on a single charge. Its display (320 x 240 pixels) gives the user the visual quality of 1st generation smartphones.

It has a high-powered CPU for crunching the most complex task. The TI-Nspire CX CAS is the luxury item in the Texas Instrument graphing calculator line-up. The TI-89 has two to access it: (1) I/O port and (2) mini-USB port. Both calculators need four (4) AAA batteries for power. The display (160 x 100 pixels) is bigger and allows the user to see the plots much better. Its CPU processes much more data at a faster speed.
#TI NSPIRE CAS UPGRADE#
The TI-89 is major upgrade over the TI-83 Plus.
#TI NSPIRE CAS PLUS#
The TI-84 Plus CE only has a mini-USB port (in contrast, the TI-83 only has an I/O port).

This feature allows the user to see a graphing request in better detail. The color display on this TI-84 is much bigger (320 x 240 pixels). Its CPU is three times faster than the TI-83 Plus CPU. The TI-84 uses a rechargeable battery (designed to last around two weeks on single charge) instead of AAA batteries. The TI-84 Plus CE has slimmer body than the TI-83 Plus. Both calculators have an I/O port but the TI-84 Plus also includes a mini-USB port. The devices also are powered by four (4) AAA batteries. The processor on the TI-84 has a faster clock (operates at 15 MHz instead of 6 MHz (TI-83 Plus)), therefore it should process requests a little faster. Both calculators use the same type of central processing unit (CPU) (Zilog Z80), and the displays are the same (96 x 64 pixels). In fact, the only difference is that the TI-84 has a mini-USB port while the TI-83 does not. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Physically, the TI-83 Plus and the TI-84 Plus are similar. He blogs about graphing calculators and other math education technologies at Tech Powered Math. He has worked with the TI-Nspire for almost half of that time. For over 10 years, Allen has taught mathematics at the high school level with students of every imaginable achievement level.

In this book, you will learn many of the exact same strategies his team uses on the TI-Nspire CAS. This past spring, his team captured the 2012 Illinois math team state championship, beating out many of Chicago's elite private schools. Lucas Allen has become an authority on the use of the TI-Nspire CAS since its release, as he was an early adopter of the device for use with the math team he coaches in a public school in downstate Illinois. Although the button sequences in the tutorials are designed with the TI-Nspire CX CAS and TI-Nspire CAS Touchpad in mind, even the original TI-Nspire Clickpad is capable of everything covered in the book by making slight modifications to the button sequences.
#TI NSPIRE CAS HOW TO#
If you don't have the latest version of the OS on your TI-Nspire CAS, the book has all of the information you'll need on how to update your calculator for free. Everything in the book is up to date with the latest version of the TI-Nspire CAS operating system, version 3.2. Any student or teacher working with mathematics from algebra through calculus can benefit from the techniques taught in this book. Basic features such as expanding, factoring, and solving simple equations are covered as well as more advanced techniques such as solving complex equations, derivatives, integrals, and differential equations. In this second volume of the series, careful attention is given to the CAS specific features of the TI-Nspire CAS. This book is designed to address the needs of students and teachers in search of help with their TI-Nspire CAS. For all the amazing growth that the TI-Nspire platform has shown over the last few years, there still remains a lack of quality resources available for the CAS version of the TI-Nspire.

The CAS, or computer algebra system, version of the TI-Nspire is popular at the high school and college level alike for its ability to manipulate not just numbers, but variables.
#TI NSPIRE CAS SERIES#
Following up his popular "Introduction to the TI-Nspire," teacher and author Lucas Allen continues his TI-Nspire (TM) Tutorials series with a look at the TI-Nspire CAS.
