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Panel-Mount UI Module

In test

Encoder feel is right. The display washes out in sunlight.

HMI / STM32 / Injection-ready
Display1.9" IPS
InputEncoder + 4 keys
Depth14 mm
StartedAug 2026
Progress44%

The question

Can one reusable front-panel module serve every instrument the studio builds, instead of designing a panel each time?

Where it stands

Mechanically it works — 14 mm deep, one cutout, one ribbon. The encoder detent feel came out better than expected. The display is the open question: it is unreadable in direct sunlight, which rules it out for anything used outdoors.

03Bench log
11 Aug 2026

First module fitted to the Benchmule front panel.

25 Aug 2026

Encoder detent profile finalised after three iterations.

12 Sep 2026

Sunlight legibility failure documented.

04Next step
Next

Price a transflective display against the current IPS, and decide whether outdoor use is in scope at all.

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