Through our workshops we become acquainted with educators around the country who run robotic workshops in every possible way: after school, as an elective, as an engineering pathway, or Career Technology Education (CTE) requirement. Kurt Twining’s “before-school breakfast coding club” brings middle school students in at 6:45 am — with returning students. Mr. Twining captured […]
Parallax is making significant steps towards being the top micro:bit reseller in the USA. You’re aware of the resources we put around these little modules: the cyber:bot, cybersecurity curriculum, the What’s a Microcontroller? with Python kits, and our free Educator Workshops. And it seems I can’t stop talking about it, everywhere I go. The reason […]
The micro:bit module has clearly become the leading hardware instructional tool in cybersecurity education. I’ve been professionally immersed in coding, robotics, and physical computing specifically in education for 25 years. Parallax has contributed to the trends around different processors, languages, hardware platforms, and programming environments. Through all we’ve seen, the micro:bit clearly […]
The Parallax Future Innovators Fund provides educational hardware to further a student’s interest and potential which might otherwise be hindered by social or economic circumstances. Sometimes students simply outpace what’s available at school or at home, so we try to match their interests with an opportunity. Recently, I was at the NICEK12 Cybersecurity Conference in […]
This Thanksgiving Weekend’s non-profit beneficiary Fresh Lifelines for Youth was chosen by Robin Steffen, our Purchasing Manager. I summarized her thoughts on choosing Fresh Lifelines for Youth in this post. As part of the sale effort, we agreed to donate 5% of all sales to Fresh Lifelines for Youth. Today, we’re shipping over 350 packages […]
I’ve been to many community colleges on behalf of Parallax and while the mechatronics and electronics labs look quite familiar, it’s always the people who make the difference. Triton College Mechatronics Program is in River Grove, Illinois (just south of Chicago). I met with Antigone Sharris, Chair of Engineering Technology (includes welding, fabrication, mechatronics, robotics, […]
Hello Community, The holiday season surfaces many thoughts as we reflect on our lives and relationships, and it’s also a time to share with others. For our Thanksgiving sale between Wednesday, November 23rd and Monday evening, November 28th, I asked our team to identify a non-profit where we could donate 5% of our revenue. We’ve […]
Introduction The Propeller 2 Multicore Microcontroller is able to generate high-quality sound and video while simultaneously interfacing with human input devices and sensors, which makes it a very cost-effective, supply-chain-efficient replacement for multiple ICs used in existing products. This Quick Byte demonstrates the ADC to DAC and Analog to DAC capability of the Propeller 2 […]
Load the new micro:bit Python Editor Parallax’s micro:bit Python Curriculum How to order micro:bit from Parallax During Supply Shortage Fully Compatible with Parallax Curriculum Hello micro:bit community: First, educators and students should know that the new Python Editor is compatible with all of our curriculum and hardware. As part of the external beta users for the […]
https://youtu.be/y5xMSWeTCkk Chip demonstrates the debugger in PNut v36 (his test platform software) before Jeff integrates his work into the Propeller Tool for Windows as a formal release. The display shows how the PASM code affects the registers, in two modes of operation from right or left mouse click. If you’re interested in trying the debugger, […]
