With the BlueDisplay library you create the GUI for your application, e.g. Graphics, Text, Buttons, Sliders and Charts on the Arduino itself. No Android programming required! The Arduino is connected ...
Setting it up is really easy.
Even with Amazon’s Echo Show devices running Linux in the form of the Android-derived FireOS, using them for non-Amazon ...
Many thanks for the feedback/input. I tried another actual FTDI USB->serial cable and was successful so it looks like it was my Chinese "ftdi" and USB-> serial components that are causing the issue ...