Register for Parallax Open House and Education Day! Only at Parallax Open House: Play the P2ARC8DE Game System Only at Parallax Open House: Manufacturing Tours! Only at Parallax Open House: Buy a Brushless DC Motor Robot Kit Dear Parallax Community, I am thrilled to announce Parallax’s Open House and Propeller Developer Day, a two-day event […]
Details about Parallax Open House and Propeller Day Signup Link for Open House (May 2nd) and Propeller Day (May 3rd) Another reason to come to Parallax’s Open House and Propeller Day May 2nd-3rd, 2025! Customers are often surprised to see that we’re manufacturing our products right in our office. Manufacturing on-site has many advantages: Quality […]
Details about Parallax Open House and Propeller Day Signup Link for Open House (May 2nd) and Propeller Day (May 3rd) Another reason to come to Parallax’s Open House and Propeller Day May 2nd-3rd, 2025! You may have seen this 8-in-1 video game system developed by Jim Bagley and Graham Cole of the UK. A single […]
Details about Parallax Open House and Propeller Day Signup Link for Parallax Open House (May 2nd) and Propeller Day (May 3rd) Another reason to come to Parallax’s Open House and Propeller Day May 2nd-3rd, 2025! We will be offering a total of seven (7) Brushless DC Motor Control Robot Kits for $350 each – only […]
Parallax just returned from the CUE conference in Palm Springs, where we connected with educators and showcased our cyber:bot platform through hands-on programming stations. Teachers engaged in live coding with our robots, experiencing firsthand the kind of active learning we aim to bring to classrooms. Quite a few had no experience with the micro:bit module, […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZSmB21gj1s Andy and Aristides delivered a short EduChat video this week with a few key updates: Block Programming for cyber:bot Issue with the Python V3 Editor for micro:bit and workaround Sumo competition resources for cyber:bot Details are in the video and you can slide through it to locate the specific topic of interest. Ken GraceyParallax […]
https://youtu.be/m1U-zMCD8ig Parallax has published 3D models of many of our popular products, especially around the Propeller 2. You can find these models by visiting the product page and then the associated STEP and VRML formats, which are zipped together as a single download. STEP Format Rendered with simplified objects, without text layers. Ideal for mechanical […]
https://youtu.be/2rCwVceiRG8 If you’re experiencing long delays at the start of every download to your board while using BlocklyProp Solo or Parallax IDE, both of which run in Chrome, the following tip may speed it up. Turn off Bluetooth in Sevice Settings in your Chromebook, Windows or Mac computer. This problem is most likely to present […]
Download the BlocklyProp Playground Projects and Code Order one of the BlocklyProp Playground Kits (assembled + tested) While cleaning up the office for our upcoming Open House and Propeller Day (May 2-3, 2025) I came across 16 kits we assembled for an “Hour of Code” event a few years ago at Parallax. Students came in, […]
Parallax Community, We often receive positive feedback from our community. Our goal is to create the products and curriculum that allow you to do something greater than the product itself. This includes a successful project at school, choosing a career, solving a problem and creating a product, and sometimes even changing the course of somebody’s […]
