This September, Parallax has been in business for 35 years. As part of our celebration, we asked our customers to tell us your Parallax story. This is one we received from our community which will be shared throughout the month. My journey with Parallax began when my dad brought home the classic “What’s a Microcontroller” […]
This September, Parallax has been in business for 35 years. As part of our celebration, we asked our customers to tell us your Parallax story. This is one we received from our community which will be shared throughout the month. “Thank you to Parallax for providing such a great product. Many girls in the class […]
This September, Parallax has been in business for 35 years. As part of our celebration, we asked our customers to tell us your Parallax story. This is one we received from our community which will be shared throughout the month. “I have often told people that teaching engineering was a vital element in my lasting […]
This September, Parallax has been in business for 35 years. As part of our celebration, we asked our customers to tell us your Parallax story. This is one we received from our community which will be shared throughout the month. Well, believe it or not, my first potential encounter with Parallax was adversarial. Back in […]
This P2 Quick Byte demonstrates the use of the 24V 4000 RPM BLDC Motor (featured in the September 2022 “Propeller 2 Mystery Box”) but it is also compatible with the 6.5″ Hub Motors. Description The 4-channel Universal Motor Controller add-on (#64010) for the Propeller 2 Multicore Microcontroller can control DC, stepper, three-phase, or four-phase brushless […]
This September, Parallax has been in business for 35 years. As part of our celebration, we asked our customers to tell us your Parallax story. This is one we received from our community which will be shared throughout the month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5biiZwO8wPo My Parallax journey began when I learned about the BASIC Stamp shortly after being […]
Cybersecurity Curriculum Released! We’ve released a new cybersecurity curriculum for middle school, high school and university levels. Students learn in a simple step-wise manner by modifying and writing their own Python scripts from our examples in a fun and engaging way. The curriculum is over 200 pages and requires 40-80 hours to complete, based on […]
Description E-Ink (Electronic Ink) displays are commonly used in low powered applications and mimic the appearance of print on paper. They are widely used for the paper-like displays used in e-readers, and now are easy to use with Parallax P2 microcontroller projects too. This video shows how to connect together the parts required to run […]
Description Using the P2 Simple Video Driver, we show you how to create a complete video display project based around the theme of Solar Panel Monitoring. The P2 microcontroller can drive multiple video formats directly and is ideal for displaying real-time information from multiple sources on small or large displays. The source code included is […]
Description The P2 Simple Video Driver can include bitmap images to enhance your video display. With this guide, we demonstrate creating, saving, and importing the image into your code. The bitmap image format is important, and to keep your image file sizes as small as possible. So always save in 8-bit bitmap format, and keep […]
