New Casio fx-FD10 Chinese Pro

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(03-27-2014 10:12 PM)Manolo Sobrino Wrote:  Looks like Casio gives their (Asian) surveyor market what they were asking for. A more rugged device with USB. As there are several surveying programs available for their older platforms I don't think they felt the need to change radically their environment.

Yep, looks like it after searching for images: http://www.cncalc.org/forum.php?mod=view...&tid=10088 If that was a brochure, apparently it supports CSV and USB/SD card are meant to interact with the station.

Manolo;

From the parameters in the two examples on that page it looks like their program supports un-equal tangent vertical curves. That's so unusual that i can only think of one other example of it's implementation on a handheld. It's not very common on big iron either - so that's a feather in it's cap.

The small number of keys is forgiveable with menus because it leaves more room for a big screen on a small platform. Most users run canned programs the lions share of the time anyway, Me included. I like the clip for a lanyard too. What isn't forgiveable is the lack of RPN. I wonder if the keys are clicky. Many of the high end American data collectors, such as the Husky, have HP style keys.

What is the gun the have it working with? It looks like a Leica - in an ad for a Japanese calculator for the Chinese market.