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Dear micro:bit community: Parallax has worked hard with our community to become the top micro:bit supplier in the USA. Having supported many microcontrollers in educational environments over the past 25 years, we see the micro:bit as the best solution—it simply checks all the boxes! When you purchase from Parallax, you are supporting the following: Free curriculum for robotics, cybersecurity, electronics, ...
Ken Gracey
April 2, 2024
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How a Hands-on High School Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering Course Creates DIY Skills and Future Engineers
Ken Gracey
November 6, 2023
See how one mechatronics & engineering teacher inspires his students—and see the creations they made—with Parallax products.
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Propeller 2 Flash File System Driver Ease of Use Demonstration
Ken Gracey
October 19, 2023
https://youtu.be/b0_LUVYd2_8 The Propeller 2 Multicore Flash File System from Chip Gracey makes the P2-EC’s 16M Flash chip readily accessible through ...
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Propeller 1 and 2 Code Object Exchange (OBEX) Now Online
Ken Gracey
October 16, 2023
After a few years of planning, the new Parallax Propeller 1 and 2 Multicore Microcontroller code repository is now online ...
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The Boe-Bot robot’s Origins and Popularity in Education Today
Ken Gracey
October 16, 2023
The Board of Education Robot (Boe-Bot) has been popular for 25 years. The origins of this robot are interesting, as ...
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Parallax Reinvests micro:bit Revenue Right Back in Education
Ken Gracey
October 16, 2023
Dear Educational Community, As the micro:bit continues to gain widespread popularity, the options for procurement have expanded, with several suppliers ...
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Program Parallax Shield-Bot for Arduino in Chromebooks
Ken Gracey
October 12, 2023
Are you a Chromebook school who will be using the Parallax Shield-Bot for Arduino Robot? We offer you free and ...
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MaccaSoft’s Spin Tools IDE Programs Propeller 1 and 2 Multicore Microcontrollers under Windows, MacOS, and Linux
Ken Gracey
September 26, 2023
Marco Maccaferri has been quietly evolving his Spin Tools IDE to become a very useful development environment for the Propeller ...
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Kenneth Glass: A Loving Father, Husband, and Innovator Who Lived In Full Color
Ken Gracey
September 13, 2023
https://youtu.be/9EB0MQdvGy4 Dear Community, With a feeling of deep sadness for his family, we honor the memory of Kenneth Glass, who ...
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Five Quick-view micro:bit Videos Released for Educational Users
Ken Gracey
September 11, 2023
To make our Educator’s Workshops more efficient for the instructors, Andy Lindsay put some of the key learning requirements into ...
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