Progress Is Not Always Nicely Wrapped...

Sometimes progress looks unassuming, especially if it has traveled around the globe in a filthy yellow blister bag. Inside however, is the hardware for the new FriendlyStack Control Unit.

This is progress you can measure:

Three generations of FriendlyStack Control Units

The new hardware platform consists of a Chinese made CPU module and a touch screen module. Both are globally available (thanks to AliExpress) and very cheap!
So far the only disadvantage is, that the pin header required for mounting the display are not already soldered to the CPU module. This is however very easy to do and will be covered in a later post.

While I still need to spend a few hours on the CAD to design a pretty case, the software side has already made quite some progress:

Stay tuned for more...