Parallax received a special “Hall of Fame” award from the San Juan Education Foundation in Sacramento, California. The San Juan Education Foundation fills the charitable and educational objectives of San Juan Unified School District. The award reads “In recognition of your innovative spirit, professional success, and commitment to giving back to the community in a […]
I am a 23 year engineer and 8 year robotics teacher. I have built a robotics and automation shop from the grounds up and found the most useful teaching tool after laptop computers was the Boe-Bot. I used the Boe-Bot in ways more than just a mobile robot. Many schools get courted by high priced […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdpdafE_gjU Among Parallax’s most impressive manufacturing and design accomplishments is the DEFCON 22 Badge. The DEFCON 22 badge display is mounted outside the manufacturing room so the team who built 17,000 of these in a few short weeks can see their work, daily. These badges communicate over infrared. In fact, they’ve been talking to each […]
Introducing the newest addition to Parallax, Marcel Wright! Marcel has worked in electronics, shipping, and inventory for many years in the Rocklin area. We were particularly fortunate to cross paths and bring him on board at a time when it’s particularly difficult to hire. He’s raised three children in the area and his daughter is […]
Last summer we posted a story about how we were renovating our office and moving our CNC shop to Northern California. Both of these efforts are complete and the new CNC shop is producing thousands of parts! Until recently, we’ve had trouble keeping the Gripper 3.0 in stock. This product has lots of precision components, […]
Dear Community, Between November 19th and 29th we’re running our 2021 annual Holiday Sale! Everything in the store will be 10% off (except the 12-pack Plus Kits and a few custom kits) The sale only applies to stock on hand (no purchase orders) and online orders only. This means you can choose from hundreds of […]
For sensing color, there’s not an easier-to-use combination than BlocklyProp, the ColorPAL Sensor, and a Propeller board. Simply connect the ColorPAL to the Propeller Activity Board WX or FLiP Multicore Module on a breadboard, create a BlocklyProp program from our reference, and you can start determining colors. The ColorPAL is particularly useful to identify colors […]
https://youtu.be/iVCXAk2aaVs?t=4570 Often, it can be difficult to see who’s behind a company from a quick look at their website. This video excerpt shares a bit about our background at Parallax. Parallax founder Chip Gracey was recognized by the San Juan Education Foundation as a Hall of Fame Honoree in their “Evening with the Stars” fundraising […]
The P2 Edge (#P2-EC) is the developer’s choice for quick Propeller 2 integration into their products. The P2 Edge packs the high-density, surface mount components and necessary design elements into a single module with the idea of reducing non-recurring engineering costs and sourcing challenges. Product developers design the 80-pin socket into the printed circuit boards […]
The P2 ARC8DE demonstrates the full potential of a single P2-EC Module running eight video games in parallel. Each of the P2’s 8 cogs runs an 8080 emulator to execute the original ROM code, generates a video signal (one pin) and an audio signal (one pin), and reads 5 concurrent push-buttons over one pin. This […]
