Happy New Year to our Propeller Multicore Microcontroller Community! We have scheduled the Propeller Live Forum events through the 2024 Winter and Spring seasons. We made a very simple but useful improvement to the Zoom registration system. You will only need to register once for the series of five Propeller Live Forums. The Zoom system […]
https://youtu.be/hJWyjI3uIm8 Is Parallax an approved supplier to your school district? Educators, we want to be able to serve your district as an approved supplier of our robotic, cybersecurity, and electronic kits and curriculum. Most school districts in the United States have a vendor approval process whereby we submit W-9 forms, ownership information, data protection policies […]
Parallax’s Aristides Alvarez enthusiastically lead an engaging event tailored for STEM educators, organized by the Data Sciences Academy of the University of Arizona, Tucson last weekend. The event boasted a diverse gathering of K-14 educators, with notable attendees such as the “Navajo Who Code” group, among others. During this event, we had the privilege of […]
Parallax exists to empower students with experiential learning in mechatronics, coding, and robotics — giving them full agency to take control of their education. This journey paves the way for fascinating technical careers and leaves a lasting impact on educators, who embody our motto, ‘Be the Classroom they Remember.’ For over two decades, our valued […]
https://youtu.be/TOFHBS9Re_E What motivates a student to take an interest in the topic? Agency and experiential learning, where they get control over all the pieces using their hands, mind, and eyes— with the disciplines of electronics, coding, and mechanics. Having a challenge to demonstrate the outcome gives them an opportunity to express themselves and show pride […]
See how one mechatronics & engineering teacher inspires his students—and see the creations they made—with Parallax products.
https://youtu.be/b0_LUVYd2_8 The Propeller 2 Multicore Flash File System from Chip Gracey makes the P2-EC’s 16M Flash chip readily accessible through a new, easy-to-use object. The source code enhancements from Stephen Moraco and the demonstration above from Jon McPhalen show how to create and write to a file, append a file, and read a file. The […]
After a few years of planning, the new Parallax Propeller 1 and 2 Multicore Microcontroller code repository is now online at https://hub.parallax.com/ The new Parallax Hub includes the Object Exchange (OBEX) repository for Propeller 1 and 2 code. This is where Parallax and our community can post and share all of their code examples. In […]
The Board of Education Robot (Boe-Bot) has been popular for 25 years. The origins of this robot are interesting, as it had an organic and almost accidental beginning focused on our educational customers. The first BASIC Stamp robots appeared in the high school classroom of Chuck Schoeffler, an innovative educator in Moscow, Idaho. Chuck was […]
Dear Educational Community, As the micro:bit continues to gain widespread popularity, the options for procurement have expanded, with several suppliers now offering them for sale. Today, I’d like to extend a sincere request to you: please continue to source your micro:bit units from Parallax. Why, you may ask? We reinvest every dollar of revenue into […]
