How about a vote for a "top ten" list out of the different categories, with the easiest to prototype at the top of the list first. That way some of these ideas could be tested for usefulness and marketability without much expense.
-dan
I've (like many I suspect) have noticed that Parallax has been coming out with new products every week recently. I thought I would compare that to what was desired by customers 9 months ago. The entries with a strikeout have been produced, in most cases by Parallax, and in a few by forum members.
Wireless Communication
I GSM Module
I IR Transmitter, 38 kHz.
II 2.4 GHz Wireless V Transceivers
I Nordic nRF2401 I Wireless serial port(Easy Bluetooth)
I Digital Wireless audio
I Boxes for wireless modules
I Wireless modules with self-forming network
I SMS text message module
I addressable Pager system
Robotics
I Prop based Penguin
I MiniSumoBot Propeller board
I Treads for 12V motor kit III Propeller Based BOE-BOT(Stingray)
I Medium motor controller
I robotic arm
I Prop based Hexapod
I MOSFET PWM driver
I Frontloader attachment
I Battery and Wall socket power backup
I Walking robots
I CPU controller battery charger
I Quad rover frame
I HB-50
Sensors
IV IMU with filters
IV Laser Range Finder ( Currently in design by JoeGrand for Parallax)
I Thermopile array
I different modules of Ping with differing beam shapes
I Water proof Ping (in development)
I IR range detector
II Battery level monitor
II Single board Hall effect current sensor
I GPS in Plastic case II Barometric Pressure I Gas Sensors
I Resonant coils III Gyroscope III Altitude Sensor
I RFID with external antenna
I High temperature infrared thermometer
I Airspeed sensor
I Sound threshold sensor I Linear array sensor
I Fingerprint scanner
Parallax Oriented ICs and Setups I BS2 Coprocessors (Chameleon, in development, Propeller Backpack)
I 17 segment LED alphanumeric driver chip
II intermediate IC starter packs
I DMX Light Control
I OBD2 Interface
I I/O expansion Pack
I Keypad with encoder IC
I A/D Converter pack
I Eval boards for specific experimentation categories
I LED Experimenter board
I RGB drivers I Joystick interface(thumb joystick)
I DMX decoder module
I USB peripheral device
I Filters education kit
II LED Drivers
I Composite Video driver board
I SMD to DIP converter board
I Inexpensive OLED I Cut down (smaller) SX or Prop (mctrivia has versions for sale)
I Double stamp BOE
I x86 SoC BOE size board
III X-10 devices (or home automation)
I more RFID
I Stamp compatible color screen
I BS2 with BS1 pinout
I Faster BS for compiled BASIC
Other Propeller
VI Wireless propPlug
I Propeller Motherboard and daughterboards (in development, Prop backpack?)
I Stamp works manual for PPDB
II Dual propeller protoboard (Cluso's Tri-Blade prop comes pretty close, and other versions too.)
II Propeller Camera (Supposedly this will be a product developed by PhiPi.) V Printed Propeller Educational material
I PBASIC compiler for Propeller (independently in development by Bean and Bill Henning) II 64K EEPROM for boards(The Stingray control board)
I Arduino shield for Propeller
I PropStick without USB interface
I Hydra EtherX card for breadboard
I Hydra slot for breadboard
II PE Lab DIP propeller pinout sticker
I Video mixer for text overlay
I Microphone
I ZIF socket
Miscellaneous
III Solar devices
I Rechargeable batteries
II Compact pan and tilt systems
I Pluggable BOE power supply
II Touch screen
I Soldering based products
II Protoboard Cases
II Educational products
III Printer Board (serial inkjet) (Ruled NOT ECONOMICAL)
I Wire Wrap kit
I Internet Radio I Project of the Week kits(no kits, but link on main page) I Document explaining SX superiority over PICs (SX EOL'd)
I Simple Beginning Electronics ‘Box’
I Plastic sheets
I robot bases II “Prop inside” sticker (or BS2, SX, etc.)(Computerguy, thread in propeller forum)
II Parallax mug
I Wireless power transmitter
I Fluid Valve system
II 50 in 1 project kits
I Adapters for popular uC’s (VEX, Lego, etc.)
I xy table
I Smaller bias magnet for hall effect sensor
I SMD toolkit
I Rapid high strength enclosure system
I Hydraulics system
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-dan
Wireless Communication
I GSM Module
I IR Transmitter, 38 kHz.
II 2.4 GHz Wireless
V Transceivers
I Nordic nRF2401
I Wireless serial port(Easy Bluetooth)
I Digital Wireless audio
I Boxes for wireless modules
I Wireless modules with self-forming network
I SMS text message module
I addressable Pager system
Robotics
I Prop based Penguin
I MiniSumoBot Propeller board
I Treads for 12V motor kit
III Propeller Based BOE-BOT(Stingray)
I Medium motor controller
I robotic arm
I Prop based Hexapod
I MOSFET PWM driver
I Frontloader attachment
I Battery and Wall socket power backup
I Walking robots
I CPU controller battery charger
I Quad rover frame
I HB-50
Sensors
IV IMU with filters
IV Laser Range Finder ( Currently in design by JoeGrand for Parallax)
I Thermopile array
I different modules of Ping with differing beam shapes
I Water proof Ping (in development)
I IR range detector
II Battery level monitor
II Single board Hall effect current sensor
I GPS in Plastic case
II Barometric Pressure
I Gas Sensors
I Resonant coils
III Gyroscope
III Altitude Sensor
I RFID with external antenna
I High temperature infrared thermometer
I Airspeed sensor
I Sound threshold sensor
I Linear array sensor
I Fingerprint scanner
Parallax Oriented ICs and Setups
I BS2 Coprocessors (Chameleon, in development, Propeller Backpack)
I 17 segment LED alphanumeric driver chip
II intermediate IC starter packs
I DMX Light Control
I OBD2 Interface
I I/O expansion Pack
I Keypad with encoder IC
I A/D Converter pack
I Eval boards for specific experimentation categories
I LED Experimenter board
I RGB drivers
I Joystick interface(thumb joystick)
I DMX decoder module
I USB peripheral device
I Filters education kit
II LED Drivers
I Composite Video driver board
I SMD to DIP converter board
I Inexpensive OLED
I Cut down (smaller) SX or Prop (mctrivia has versions for sale)
I Double stamp BOE
I x86 SoC BOE size board
III X-10 devices (or home automation)
I more RFID
I Stamp compatible color screen
I BS2 with BS1 pinout
I Faster BS for compiled BASIC
Other Propeller
VI Wireless propPlug
I Propeller Motherboard and daughterboards (in development, Prop backpack?)
I Stamp works manual for PPDB
II Dual propeller protoboard (Cluso's Tri-Blade prop comes pretty close, and other versions too.)
II Propeller Camera (Supposedly this will be a product developed by PhiPi.)
V Printed Propeller Educational material
I PBASIC compiler for Propeller (independently in development by Bean and Bill Henning)
II 64K EEPROM for boards(The Stingray control board)
I Arduino shield for Propeller
I PropStick without USB interface
I Hydra EtherX card for breadboard
I Hydra slot for breadboard
II PE Lab DIP propeller pinout sticker
I Video mixer for text overlay
I Microphone
I ZIF socket
Miscellaneous
III Solar devices
I Rechargeable batteries
II Compact pan and tilt systems
I Pluggable BOE power supply
II Touch screen
I Soldering based products
II Protoboard Cases
II Educational products
III Printer Board (serial inkjet) (Ruled NOT ECONOMICAL)
I Wire Wrap kit
I Internet Radio
I Project of the Week kits(no kits, but link on main page)
I Document explaining SX superiority over PICs (SX EOL'd)
I Simple Beginning Electronics ‘Box’
I Plastic sheets
I robot bases
II “Prop inside” sticker (or BS2, SX, etc.)(Computerguy, thread in propeller forum)
II Parallax mug
I Wireless power transmitter
I Fluid Valve system
II 50 in 1 project kits
I Adapters for popular uC’s (VEX, Lego, etc.)
I xy table
I Smaller bias magnet for hall effect sensor
I SMD toolkit
I Rapid high strength enclosure system
I Hydraulics system
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