Praise to Parallax For Awesome Documentation And Great Support Newbies Must Read
Trey
Posts: 15
If your a huge newbie like myself then let me name a few reason why to choose Parallax as your company of choice for getting in this field.
1. Documentation, Documentation, Documentation!!! If they print it, dream it, or scribble it down you can download it for free. Thats a huge plus. Other companies would want to charge you and make a buck, but Parallax wants to help you learn.
2. Support. Right out of the box I had an issue with my boe-bs2pe set up (Not to discourage anyone from buying anything from them. Trust me you will be very happy if you decide to.). The support forums offered almost immediate after hours support which was very very very informative. Also I called Chris the next day, him and all the staff that i have dealt with are some of the best with tech support, knowledge, and just good ole american common courtesy. Not the fake kiss your rear to hurry you along but I really left with the impression that hey they care. That means a lot since nowadays companies train their customer care to hurry things along (time is money montra).
3. Awesome easy to read and follow along guides to help you learn the basic building blocks of PBasic to help you advance into more complicated projects. I mean this sounds really stupid but I have never felt more proud of my self for making LED's blink differnt patterns and etc. For the individual learner this is a huge plus.
All in all Parallax is an A+ for anyone who wants to start working with microcontrollers. I do not regret my decision.
1. Documentation, Documentation, Documentation!!! If they print it, dream it, or scribble it down you can download it for free. Thats a huge plus. Other companies would want to charge you and make a buck, but Parallax wants to help you learn.
2. Support. Right out of the box I had an issue with my boe-bs2pe set up (Not to discourage anyone from buying anything from them. Trust me you will be very happy if you decide to.). The support forums offered almost immediate after hours support which was very very very informative. Also I called Chris the next day, him and all the staff that i have dealt with are some of the best with tech support, knowledge, and just good ole american common courtesy. Not the fake kiss your rear to hurry you along but I really left with the impression that hey they care. That means a lot since nowadays companies train their customer care to hurry things along (time is money montra).
3. Awesome easy to read and follow along guides to help you learn the basic building blocks of PBasic to help you advance into more complicated projects. I mean this sounds really stupid but I have never felt more proud of my self for making LED's blink differnt patterns and etc. For the individual learner this is a huge plus.
All in all Parallax is an A+ for anyone who wants to start working with microcontrollers. I do not regret my decision.