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Well my Numworks[1] calculator comes with Micropython, is open source, and has a color display for $100 which is less than what Casio is asking for this one. I

Well my Numworks[1] calculator comes with Micropython, is open source, and has a color display for $100 which is less than what Casio is asking for this one. I actually have two of these, one that is "stock" and one where I added access to the internal jtag port so that I could run my own code on it. [1] https://www.numworks.com/ https://www.numworks.com/

mastazi 6y ago
That looks really cool but unfortunately they seem to ship only to Europe and US. Does anyone know of an Australian re-seller?
- Ecco 6y ago
  Hi! Indeed, we don’t ship to Australia just yet. But we do have some users there so I guess there has to be a way to purchase one of our calculators from there. Well, technically we did send one calculator to Australia. It was a gift to Damien, MicroPython’s initial author!
- disposedtrolley 6y ago
  It looks like you can order it from Amazon AU shipped from the US: https://www.amazon.com.au/NumWorks-N0100-Graphing-Calculator/dp/B0747RQGF5 https://www.amazon.com.au/NumWorks-N0100-Graphing-Calculator...
  - hobos_delight 6y ago
    I'm in Australia and just ordered one off of Amazon AU (fulfilled by Amazon US) - AU$157 delivered.
    - mastazi 6y ago
      Thank you for confirming this!
  - mastazi 6y ago
    Nice thank you
merqurio 6y ago
I have one and I encourage anyone looking for a modern calculator to buy one. One of the best purchases I have ever made. Happy to answer any questions.
- Ecco 6y ago
  Hi! NumWorks founder here. Thanks so much for the kind words!
- yumraj 6y ago
  How would you compare it with a TI Nspire or similar calculators. In other words why Numworks? What is special about it? My use case is high school students, if you have any thoughts on that.
  - Ecco 6y ago
    Hi! My answer is obviously going to be biased, but I think our calculator is very different from a TI Nspire. We actually designed it with high school students in mind. We interviewed a lot of them, and we reached the conclusion that on average they were using less than 10% of the features of their calculator. So we designed ours trying to make it as intuitive as possible. You'll notice it borrows from gaming consoles and mobile phones: that's because high schoolers already know how to use those! As an example that might seem like a minor detail, we're the only graphing calculator on the market with anti-aliasing. It might not sound like much, but it's a lot of work to get right and that's the kind of detail we like to pay attention to. Anyway, you can judge by yourself: our (free) simulator is just a click away: https://www.numworks.com/simulator https://www.numworks.com/simulator
    - djeiasbsbo 6y ago
      Having that simulator is absolute awesome! The fact that this product was merely mentioned in a comment and the you showed up here is the true magic of HN. It always amazes me again when it happens.
Ecco 6y ago
Hi! NumWorks founder here. Thank you so much for the mention! We’re trying our best to make a great calculator, so it’s always a pleasure to get this kind of feedback! As a note to the HN crowd: we’re facing an intersecting UX challenge. The vast majority of our users aren’t very technical - they’re high schoolers really. But we also want to cater to a more advanced audience such as engineers. Initially we thought it would be really hard to please everyone. But it turns out it’s actually possible to create a simple interface that still lets you do more advanced functions. And even better, designing for the “newcomers first” turned out to be a great guidance when designing our software. Judging from the feedback we get, assuming the user won’t ever read any manual or doc is actually quite a good starting point!
- dm319 6y ago
  Good to hear from you, and I really like what you were doing with numworks. Did you ever get past the license issue? To appeal to tinkerers and get a community of hackers enthused it would be preferable to have an open source license. Also, have you seen the DM42? It's not a graphing calculator, but since similarities exist with numworks.
- ChuckMcM 6y ago
  I think the only thing I would do differently would be a 'dark theme' case option as I find the yellow on white lettering to be nearly impossible to see (older eyes I guess). In the category of "all different", my all time favorite calculator is the TI-92+ which was a landscape style calculator with a qwerty keyboard. Building something like that with the 5" 800 x 480 IPS screen that STM has on the STM32F469i-Disco board would be heaven. It is on my long list of things which I will likely not get around to before I die :-). You could swap the STM32F769 for the 'F469 if you wanted more mips. I'd pay $300 for one of those, if you're wondering.

mastazi 6y ago

That looks really cool but unfortunately they seem to ship only to Europe and US. Does anyone know of an Australian re-seller?

Ecco 6y ago
Hi! Indeed, we don’t ship to Australia just yet. But we do have some users there so I guess there has to be a way to purchase one of our calculators from there. Well, technically we did send one calculator to Australia. It was a gift to Damien, MicroPython’s initial author!
disposedtrolley 6y ago
It looks like you can order it from Amazon AU shipped from the US: https://www.amazon.com.au/NumWorks-N0100-Graphing-Calculator/dp/B0747RQGF5 https://www.amazon.com.au/NumWorks-N0100-Graphing-Calculator...
- hobos_delight 6y ago
  I'm in Australia and just ordered one off of Amazon AU (fulfilled by Amazon US) - AU$157 delivered.
  - mastazi 6y ago
    Thank you for confirming this!
- mastazi 6y ago
  Nice thank you

merqurio 6y ago

I have one and I encourage anyone looking for a modern calculator to buy one. One of the best purchases I have ever made. Happy to answer any questions.

Ecco 6y ago
Hi! NumWorks founder here. Thanks so much for the kind words!
yumraj 6y ago
How would you compare it with a TI Nspire or similar calculators. In other words why Numworks? What is special about it? My use case is high school students, if you have any thoughts on that.
- Ecco 6y ago
  Hi! My answer is obviously going to be biased, but I think our calculator is very different from a TI Nspire. We actually designed it with high school students in mind. We interviewed a lot of them, and we reached the conclusion that on average they were using less than 10% of the features of their calculator. So we designed ours trying to make it as intuitive as possible. You'll notice it borrows from gaming consoles and mobile phones: that's because high schoolers already know how to use those! As an example that might seem like a minor detail, we're the only graphing calculator on the market with anti-aliasing. It might not sound like much, but it's a lot of work to get right and that's the kind of detail we like to pay attention to. Anyway, you can judge by yourself: our (free) simulator is just a click away: https://www.numworks.com/simulator https://www.numworks.com/simulator
  - djeiasbsbo 6y ago
    Having that simulator is absolute awesome! The fact that this product was merely mentioned in a comment and the you showed up here is the true magic of HN. It always amazes me again when it happens.

Ecco 6y ago

Hi! NumWorks founder here. Thank you so much for the mention! We’re trying our best to make a great calculator, so it’s always a pleasure to get this kind of feedback! As a note to the HN crowd: we’re facing an intersecting UX challenge. The vast majority of our users aren’t very technical - they’re high schoolers really. But we also want to cater to a more advanced audience such as engineers. Initially we thought it would be really hard to please everyone. But it turns out it’s actually possible to create a simple interface that still lets you do more advanced functions. And even better, designing for the “newcomers first” turned out to be a great guidance when designing our software. Judging from the feedback we get, assuming the user won’t ever read any manual or doc is actually quite a good starting point!

dm319 6y ago
Good to hear from you, and I really like what you were doing with numworks. Did you ever get past the license issue? To appeal to tinkerers and get a community of hackers enthused it would be preferable to have an open source license. Also, have you seen the DM42? It's not a graphing calculator, but since similarities exist with numworks.
ChuckMcM 6y ago
I think the only thing I would do differently would be a 'dark theme' case option as I find the yellow on white lettering to be nearly impossible to see (older eyes I guess). In the category of "all different", my all time favorite calculator is the TI-92+ which was a landscape style calculator with a qwerty keyboard. Building something like that with the 5" 800 x 480 IPS screen that STM has on the STM32F469i-Disco board would be heaven. It is on my long list of things which I will likely not get around to before I die :-). You could swap the STM32F769 for the 'F469 if you wanted more mips. I'd pay $300 for one of those, if you're wondering.