Buy the FLiP Holiday Kit! Not knowing what I was going to experience, I came into the office to put together the FLiP Holiday Kit and document my experience, above! Within an hour, it was wired up and I logged into a Parallax WiFi network using the OLED to navigate through and set a password. […]
We recently received a technical support inquiry from a customer who is using the BASIC Stamp 2px at sub-zero temperatures in a design that’s been running for many years. Asking a little more about the project, the customer shared some of the design details of this fascinating safety application involving big trucks, as shown below. […]
https://youtu.be/ibOqDZRrsYA Maccasoft’s free Spin Tools IDE now supports Propeller 1 programming over WiFi using the Parallax WX Module. This is very useful for robotic projects, equipment on the factory floor, or reprogramming hardware at a customer’s remote location. In this video, I’ll show you how to set it up – and include BlocklyProp as a […]
I’d like a Mystery Box (enabled 7am Pacific 11-29-2024) You really don’t want this Mystery Box, unless… You enjoy electronics, finding or writing source code Need a special project so you can immerse yourself in your hobby when “that unique relative comes over” and you really want to hide (or maybe show off your latest […]
Chris Carroll, Managing Director of Big Fin Scientific tells Parallax: Big Fin Scientific products, now in the 5th generation, have all been powered by the Propeller 1 Multicore Microcontroller. We’ve shipped hundreds of fish-boards and they all work great under extreme temperatures. We have boards operating in Alaska and Norway winters as well as Florida […]
” I have a class set of cyberbots (24) and the students love them. But I have a handful that don’t go straight when the servos are set to speeds that should make it go straight. Do you have a troubleshooting page for this problem? Any help troubleshooting this problem would be welcome.” Timothy Lee, […]
micro:bit Wrist Strap (single) micro:bit Wrist Strap (10-pack) micro:bit Next Generation Class Pack (32 wrist straps and 30 micro:bits) Hello Educational Community: There’s a new product being released today! Well, at least we’re putting customers on the E-mail waitlist for the inventory arrival very soon (you can get a quote for school purchase orders by […]
https://youtu.be/hJIAUzkj4Fo Some lucky students somewhere will soon be programming cyber:bots! Our production line is under full speed today as we build the next 1,000 cyber:bot printed circuit boards. https://www.parallax.com/product/cyberbot-robot-kit-with-microbit/ We also received another six sets of the cyber:bot 12-Pack Plus for Classrooms into our inventory today. Ken GraceyParallax Inc.
https://youtu.be/VO5rc-TlMbI That’s right! Place an online order of $50 or more (pre-tax, domestic USA only) at www.parallax.com between Friday, November 8th and Monday, November 11th and receive a free micro:bit module. We will automatically add it to your order. Bonus: we’ll donate $1,000.00 to Wounded Warrior Project if we receive 50 online orders! Thank you! […]
https://youtu.be/WF9UatCsD7k Have you ever looked back at the different projects you’ve done through the years and taken inventory of what you’ve learned from each one? While in the office today, I gathered up a small number of my larger robot projects with the longer-term plan of making each one of them run for demonstration. Over […]
