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 available for in-person purchase on site at Parallax during our event. Here’s what’s inside the kit:
- (1) Wooden Robot Base Platform, ordered from SendCutSend
- (2) Brushless Hoverboard Motors
- (2) Motor Bearing Blocks
- (1) P2-EC Module and Carrier Board
- (1) PropPlug to download firmware to the P2-EC multicore microcontroller
- (2) P2 Motor Driver Add-on Boards
- (assorted) hardware to assemble your robot base
You’ll need to add the power supply of your choice (I’m using an 18.4V LiPo battery in this video). Are these kits for the noob? You decide! It’s not an out-of-box ready-to-run system, but one you’ll customize for your own project. You’ll be working with high-current power supplies and will need to decide how you wish to control the robot platform. The code examples available provide three choices: (a) directly from the P2-EC; (b) from a host microcontroller like Arduino, Raspberry Pi or BASIC Stamp via the serial interface; or (c) using a FlySky R/C unit. You can build and choose your system – the source code is available here https://github.com/ironsheep/P2-BLDC-Motor-Control
Come claim your kit, and build it at the event if you wish!
Ken Gracey
Parallax Inc.