SumoBot WX Competition Kit is Two Complete Robots The SumoBot WX Competition Kit with the FLiP Multicore Microcontroller combines so much fun of robotics: the easy-to-use BlocklyProp visual programming language, a pair of robots that autonomously wrestle for dominance in a Sumo ring, and experiential learning throughout the tutorials — one wheel revolution at a […]
C Programming with Propeller 2 from Eric Smith Thursday, August 6th at 2:00 pm Pacific This week’s presentation by Eric Smith will provide an overview of the available tools for C programming. A brief summary of the agenda for Eric’s presentation is: – A look at C compilers available for the P2 today (p2gcc, Catalina, […]
When the CNC Machinist and Intern Make Decisions at Parallax Things at Parallax seem to happen a little differently lately. Today, Kenneth and Aiden brought fifty (50) more boxes of “some interesting things” to us. The Midsummer Mystery Box Kit could be best described as being about: – Soldering! Do you like to weld things together?– Access. Ever feel […]
“Peter Jakacki Presents P2D2 Update” on Wednesday, July 29th at 3:00 pm Pacific (8:00 am AEST) Propeller 2 Early Adopters who have spent any time at all on the Parallax forums are very familiar with Peter Jakacki’s P2D2 Module and his Tachyon Forth / TAQOZ interests. Tomorrow –on Wednesday (or Thursday if you are in Australia or […]
MicroPython’s Design, Use, and Capabilities Presented by TeamOz! on Wednesday, 3:00 pm Pacific At this week’s Propeller 2 Live Forum – Early Adopter Series, Tubular will present TeamOz’s progress on their “MicroPython with the Propeller 2” design effort. We’re really looking forward to learning how Damien’s MicroPython was ported to the Propeller 2, how the Code with […]
We’ve released four new tutorials in the Cybersecurity series for the cyber:bot! Strings and Characters Primer provides the basic background for using strings and characters in Python. This tutorial shows you how to create and access strings, check them for certain information, and convert to other data types. This tutorial will help you build your cybersecurity skills and serve […]
Parallax customer Matteo Borri is an inventor and engineer from San Rafael, California who specializes in robotics, lasers and the use of microcontrollers in environmental research. Recently, he’s been working with his client, California/Norway-based Aquaai, on a biomimetic robot controller to perform water quality analysis commissioned by the Norwegian government. Aquaai’s mission is to “Save […]
Learn and Use this New Lightweight Debug Tool at our Propeller 2 Early Adopter Meeting on Wednesday, 2:00 pm Pacific At this week’s Propeller 2 Live Forum – Early Adopter Series, Chip will show off the latest version of PNut which includes a runtime debugging tool for Spin2 programs. He’ll demonstrate with a few simple […]
Visual Programming with Touch Logic Control (TLC) and TAQOZ with James Caska This week’s Propeller 2 Live Forum – Early Adopter Series features “Visual Programming with Touch Logic Control (TLC) and TAQOZ ” with James Caska at 2:00 pm Pacific on Wednesday, July 8th. Mr. Caska will share his development process with a mixed-reality programmable […]
Multi-language Development with Fastspin/FlexGUI with Eric Smith Wednesday, July 1st at 2:00 pm Pacific We invite you to this week’s Propeller 2 Live Forum – Early Adopter series with Eric Smith, who will demonstrate the FlexGUI programming tool for Propeller 2. Eric will provide a demonstration of the fastspin compiler and how to mix languages (like […]
