I thought it to be really cool! At my university, we do something similar with having a core CPU board, and then another main board with all the actual compone

I thought it to be really cool! At my university, we do something similar with having a core CPU board, and then another main board with all the actual components, like dials, an LCD screen, temp sensors, a speaker and so on. This also reminds me of the whole phone blocks thing, with pluggable components.