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Just to understand Parallax Inc.

markustermarkuster Posts: 184
edited 2012-08-03 19:55 in General Discussion
Hi,

Just to understand Parallax Inc.

Is the company called SimplyTronics from Parallax ?

http://simplytronics.com

It has same products.

Mark.

Comments

  • piguy101piguy101 Posts: 248
    edited 2012-08-03 18:30
    Funny, it says "here are some of the products we designed" on their website, and I don't see a non-Parallax product on their site.
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2012-08-03 19:14
    Sounds a little fishy to me. Any comments from anyone at Parallax ?
  • msrobotsmsrobots Posts: 3,709
    edited 2012-08-03 19:18
    under about us they state 'our parent company, Parallax Hong Kong Limited'

    Enjoy!

    Mike
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2012-08-03 19:36
    Sounds a bit fishy in that they claim they designed several products which were designed by Joe Grand presumably jointly with Parallax Hong Kong.
  • Aristides AlvarezAristides Alvarez Posts: 486
    edited 2012-08-03 19:42
    Hello all,

    I’ll try to clarify a little bit. I had planned to do a blog post but this thread came up first.

    Some of you may remember me as Education Manager at Parallax US. I presented myself in this blog post some time ago:
    http://forums.parallax.com/entry.php?133-Introducing-Ari-Alvarez

    Parallax Hong Kong LTD registered the name SimplyTronics.

    I’m currently shifting my focus to increase operations in Asia. I’m in the transition of leaving Parallax Inc. (US) and will dedicate my efforts in developing SimplyTronics.

    As Parallax Hong Kong LTD we were focused in contract manufacturing and sourcing parts from China, but we also designed some products. Now that we registered our own trade name we’ll be releasing products designed by this other company as SimplyTronics (these products were being designed and released under Parallax Inc until now).

    We’re working hard in the behind-the-scene part of the company and we will be going more public soon.

    The next product we’re going to release soon (under SimplyTronics name) is a Propeller powered 8x8 RGB LED Matrix display module. The modules can be interconnected to form multiple size diplays.

    We have a strong relationship with Parallax Inc. and will continue designing products based on Parallax microcontrollers whenever possible.
  • Aristides AlvarezAristides Alvarez Posts: 486
    edited 2012-08-03 19:47
    Mike Green wrote: »
    Sounds a bit fishy in that they claim they designed several products which were designed by Joe Grand presumably jointly with Parallax Hong Kong.

    Hi Mike,

    All products listed in the SimplyTronics website were designed by SimplyTronics engineers (under Parallax Hong Kong at the time). We're in the transition to label the PCBs as SimplyTronics products or adding the "Designed by SimplyTronics" label to clarify origin. You have seen similar labels in products that Joe Grand designed for Parallax when he stated "Designed by Grand Idea Studio" or showing Joe's website. We're currently revising PCB files so the new manufacturing batches will show SimplyTronics on them.
  • Aristides AlvarezAristides Alvarez Posts: 486
    edited 2012-08-03 19:55
    I just found a nice example about the products we’re talking about with the OFN module. This module was designed by Parallax Hong Kong LTD (now changing name to SimplyTronics).

    This is the post when I announced the product:
    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?127620-OFN-Sneak-Peak&highlight=optical+finger+navigation

    And here you can see a mini-project posted by the engineer that designed the product:
    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?129679-Mini-Project-Emulate-a-Microsoft-Serial-BallPoint-Mouse
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