Read the Full Article on UVA Today The Mechatronics Lab at the University of Virginia, spearheaded by Gavin Garner, recently made headlines in the UVA Today news. The extensive coverage, penned by Eric Williamson with visuals captured by Sanjay Suchak, provides an illuminating look into how Garner’s students harness the power of the Parallax Propeller […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYGg2v9HDSk Educators in the Parallax educational community have been delivering exceptional experiences in their classrooms. Imagine being part of Mr. John Hammons’ Engineering and Robotics program at Alexandria City High School in Virginia. Mr. Hammons adapted the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy’s VEX Robotics Minefield Challenge game for classroom use. He achieved this by employing the […]
Last Thursday we had the opportunity to visit Stan Twitchell’s Red Bluff High School Program. Mr. Twitchell has been a Computer Science teacher at this school for 23 years. This is a true hands-on, experiential learning type of program funded by California Career Technology Education (CTE) pipelines. The school is located in a very rural […]
There’s a really useful upgrade available for the cyber:bot — the Feedback 360° High-Speed Servo. The cyber:bot kit ships with the Continuous Rotation Servo (#900-00008), which operates up to 50 RPM with a linear response to signals from the micro:bit. These work well with the tutorials, especially applications with real-time speed adjustments from sensors (light […]
https://youtu.be/Hfnlta2Qgtk The Gripper 3.0 is a very popular addition for the cyber:bot, Boe-Bot, Shield-Bot with Arduino, and ActivityBot 360°. These kits are manufactured at our parter DOCO Engineering. Recently, DOCO set up a 4th axis on their Haas CNC which allows them to run 40 parts at one time and machine all three sides without […]
Parallax is making very intentional and focused efforts to support our educational customers for the long term. You may have seen our recent video in which I talked informally about these changes. You are familiar with the BASIC Stamp 2 and the famous Board of Education USB (#28850), especially if you learned from our What’s […]
We’ve met many extraordinary educators in Career Technology Education (CTE) programs around the country, but Faith Caplan of Sacramento area Cordova High School stands out. Each semester, she brings a full busload of her students to our Rocklin, California office for a day of manufacturing, coding instruction, pizza, and robotics competitions. Mrs. Caplan’s students respond […]
https://youtu.be/Q7YlZBdc4Fs Hello Community, We’re making some big changes at Parallax to refocus our efforts on what we do best: our educational program and the Propeller 1 and 2 Multicore Microcontrollers. Above, I’ve made a short video explaining our plan. Excuse the silly headset — I simply had to get this accomplished with the gear that […]
“It is with great appreciation that the Amador Valley Girls Who Code Club acknowledges Parallax for the Boe-Bots and cyber:bots. Thank you for your support and the help you have given to inspire the next generation of female Computer Scientists and STEM revolutionaries. Kevin KiyoiAmador Valley High SchoolGirls Who Code Advisor On March 11th, 2023, […]
At a recent Propeller Live Forum (middle of the month, on Wednesday), Professor Mike Harrison spoke about the value of using several microcontroller platforms for education, all connected through block programming environments. Using his own stoplight printed circuit board across the BASIC Stamp, Raspberry Pi, and Propeller FLiP Module he teaches 4th grade through university […]
