I did a project for the Calculator Store focusing on the re-release of the enhanced HP15CE with added memory capability.
I produced a manual, Quick Reference Guide and the routines. The CalculatorStore created a silicon overlay. The programs are transferable to the HP15CE via USB and can be saved without the worry of a power interrupt
(See the first three photos)
Now that I have a PicoCalc I have raided my HP71B aviation suite of programs and routines and will do the same. Of course, the graphics and menu capabilities are fantastic with the PicoCalc and make for a fantastic user friendly retro GUI.
The next set of photos are of the various menus that are selectable once the initial screen is selected.
Will publish the results when I have completed the programming with examples as well as a manual and QRG in the same format as I did with the HP15CE.
Enjoy the photos, most of the coding is complete but still the creation of subroutines and functions must be completed as well as cleaning up variables and etc.
The HP15CE AVIATION PACK:
The next few posts will contain the PicoCalc Aviation Pac with the subsequent menus in order referencing the original splash screen menu.
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The PicoCalc menu screens which are selectable from the main menu (the first photo). There is a 5 photo limit here so sorry for the multiple posts but you get the idea.
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The next set of 5 menus selected from the main menu:
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And the last screen which I consider very important and is dedicated to the long haul flights with augmenting crews and a flight crew dedicated bunk.
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Incredible work! Looks so good! Can’t wait for my Picocalc to arrive!
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At the moment I am learning mmbasic having been familiar with HPBasic which has and increased science base and reduced visual control and output due to the memory available in the 80 and 90s on hand held devices and displays (LCD single line dot matrix)
The PicoCalc is an excellent tool and the programs I developed are large aircraft based, long haul operations. These programs do things on board systems do not and also provide an independent confirmation of aircraft outputs. I retired off the 787 having flown the DC-10, 737,757,767,777 as well as smaller commercial aircraft.
So these are programs developed from many years of flying. My number one handheld on the flight deck for 35 years was the HP 41CX and lately the 41CL with accompanying IR printer.
Just picked up a small serial portable printer for use with the PicoCalc and have already installed the RTC so that it can be tapped into for some realtime aviation calculations.
Hope to get all this packaged up as the entire PicoCalc, RTC, Printer would be a great package for the flight deck. And especially with the backlit keyboard for night work on the flight deck.
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Modifying screens and choices as I go. This is big, at the moment 20k in programming with many choices involving equations still to go.
Added a “TIME BASED” menu option which opens up another menu giving you three choices.
Modifying output in boxes and with colour but first will work through each “choice” routine completing them to my OCD satisfaction!
So far the following choices have been fully programmed and tested:
Great Circle
Intermediate latitude
Rhumb line
Altitude correction
Fuel On Board
All of conversions:
To go:
-the china russia metric altitudes which are NOT a direct conversion of metric meters to feet!!! So straight conversion does not work on four altitudes, a test is involved and a default must be provided for these altitudes.
-breaks
-flight log
-world time
Two new screen shots:
The first page that opens up upon turning the picocalc to on:
And the new “TIME BASED” menu. Will be adding a couple more time based routines to this menu.
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