The control unit is how FriendlyStack interacts with you in the physical world. You use it to initiate scans or backups and you see if FriendlyStack is busy or if a problem occurred. To keep things simple it has just one button (well actually it's a touch sensor), a display and it is beautifully illuminated to indicate it's status without even looking at the display (you guessed it, it turns red when there is a problem)...
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| The custom built FriendlyStack Control Unit |
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| Actually I've built quite a few of them while honing the design... |
Building your own custom hardware is cool, but ...
- Large scale production sucks!
- Certification paperwork is boring, expensive and it sucks!
- Shipment logistics suck as well!
Therefore: goodbye little friend 😥
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