Hey Parallax? Can we have an early Christmas Present?
OakGraphics
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I was just remembering the good old days of 5 Propeller Proto Boards for 100$ and was wondering if that sweet deal could somehow re-appear sometime soon. 
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I wish Parallax would make a Proto-Board without the "Proto" area, just enough pins for us to populate with female headers for-example. The dramatically reduced PCB area might allow a significant price reduction. I would do such a board myself, but I would never see the economies of scale Parallax enjoys.
Regards, David
Check out mctrivias little prop boards. Sounds like almost what you are after.
I've been thinking about a new/custom proto-board lately. I _never_ use the PS/2 or VGA portions and in the last 8 proto-boards I've used I've ended up stripping the regulators off and putting my own power supply section in. I thought it would be interesting to have a crack at designing a "work-alike" with the same physical characteristics, but a slightly better (read more-expensive and smaller) psu section, and more proto area (remove the PS/2 & VGA sections).
I do like the plated through holes on the edge of the board on the original proto boards, the USB ones don't have that.
Every time I buy something at Parallax I seem to miss the deals by a short margin. Given my package arrived last week there must be a discount on chips/proto-boards or accelerometers due sometime soon.
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I'll ask Lauren to put this kind of deal up before Christmas. This way we'll all have something to do when the relatives show up and ask about your sensor-thingies and chip-stuff.
Ken Gracey
Parallax Inc.
Check the photo's below, and for specs see:
mikronauts.com/products/propteus/
and
mikronauts.com/products/proteus/
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www.mikronauts.com Please use mikronauts _at_ gmail _dot_ com to contact me off-forum, my PM is almost totally full
Morpheusdual Prop SBC w/ 512KB kit $119.95, Mem+2MB memory IO board kit $89.95, both kits $189.95
Propteus and Proteus for Propeller prototyping 6.250MHz custom Crystals run Propellers at 100MHz
Las - Large model assembler for the Propeller Largos - a feature full nano operating system for the Propeller
Cool beans if you guys do put it up on the deal of the day!· And thanks! :-)
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I wish I was at ElektorLive.nl too... but I am too busy working on PropellerBasic [noparse]:)[/noparse]
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www.mikronauts.com Please use mikronauts _at_ gmail _dot_ com to contact me off-forum, my PM is almost totally full
Morpheusdual Prop SBC w/ 512KB kit $119.95, Mem+2MB memory IO board kit $89.95, both kits $189.95
Propteus and Proteus for Propeller prototyping 6.250MHz custom Crystals run Propellers at 100MHz
Las - Large model assembler for the Propeller Largos - a feature full nano operating system for the Propeller
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to foreign atoms were they were properly treated badly as illegal immigrants and undesirables.
And to add insult to injury....some were forced to even relinquish their elevated positions
just to light up your LCD, and if you are still using a CRT then some were smashed against
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So it is not true what you said. A huge number of electrons were psychologically and/or physically
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X-Rays you...... maybe you can call the X-Rays the X-Men of the electron world........
Samuel
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LOLOLOLOL!!!!
I take it you're a chemistry buff eh? I think I'm going to change my username to P-Shell
Electrons don't have it too bad though, just think about the particles in the Large Hadron Collider, they're gonna have one heck of a ride
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Russ [noparse]:)[/noparse]..................................
Yes, but they would have even a bigger revenge if they create a Mini-Black hole here on our Planet.....
Imagine the commercial use though....it would make for a GOOD Vacuum Cleaner......
X-Rays are produced by a very high energy Electrons being shot at some material like tungsten.
So you can think of X-Rays as MUTANT electrons.....so they are the X-Men of the electron world.....·
(I know they are electromagnetic waves....but it is a JOKE....and it works better as a joke if you anthropomorphize them.)
Sam
Post Edited (SamMishal) : 11/14/2009 2:14:49 AM GMT