Artifact Details

Title

TMS 1000 4-Bit microcontroller

Catalog Number

102711697

Type

Physical object

Description

"TI applied what it had learned from making the TMS0100 programmable calculator chip family to produce its first line of general-purpose microcontrollers, the TMS1000 family.

TI used TMS1000 microcontrollers to create several of its own consumer products, including the legendary TI Speak & Spell game and the SR-16 “Electronic Slide Rule” calculator.

In his book “State of the Art,” author Stan Augarten notes that the TMS1000 was used in calculators, toys, games, appliances, burglar alarms, photocopying machines, and jukeboxes."

S. Leibson
Oct 18, 2022

Date

1976

Manufacturer

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI)

Place Manufactured

US

Identifying Numbers

Other number G00835 TI Accession number
Other number MP0005B Printed on the bottom and top
Other number P 7636 Printed on the top
Other number TMS1000NL Printed on the top

Dimensions

overall: 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in x 5/8 in

Category

Component/Semiconductor/IC

Credit

Gift of Texas Instruments

Lot Number

X5447.2009