a back of the envelope calculation that my friend did tells us that we need to build and sell about 15 units per month to actually make a living from the project.
@lore Might as well put the cheapest tablet available in it, run a custom OS trimmed to only useful features and have that to interface with the device.
The tablet has a decent SoC with decent features. Midi support is standard and reconfiguration could be done with a simple menu. Yeah it's added cost but the value added would be significant. One would no longer have to interface with a microcontroller if they don't want to. All the regular functionality could bypass the tablet and go to its own MIDI port.
As long as the tablet runs a custom OS, it should allow for an even more flexible platform. Having the tablet one and the pure one essentially the same would keep prices lower while attracting different buyers. Perhaps the second model should have that option.
