# HG changeset patch
# User Peter Meerwald <p.meerwald@bct-electronic.com>
# Date 1357215128 -3600
# Node ID 4f66576cd77a962955f3aa48776fc763a2e65538
# Parent  363b95c527d1227996a0a6857e37dec238ac1635
add README

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+Linux demo program for the Silabs IR Gesture USB Reference Design.
+
+Reads the part number of the cp2112 bridge, and the part/revision/sequencer 
+version of the si1143 via SMBus/I2C, finally lets the four blue LEDs dance :).
+Since version 0.3 also performs proximity and ambient light measurements.
+
+Released under GPLv3 license.
+No warranty. I am in no way affiliated with Silicon Labs.
+See http://pmeerw.net/hid-usb-to-ir/ and the Mercurial repository at
+https://pmeerw.net/hg/hid-usb-to-ir/.
+
+Copyright (c) 2012 Peter Meerwald, pmeerw@pmeerw.net
+
+Depends on the HID API multi-platform library, available from 
+http://www.signal11.us/oss/hidapi/. Build with 
+gcc -Wall -g -o hid-usb-to-ir hid-usb-to-ir.c `pkg-config hidapi-hidraw --libs`.
+
+May need root permission to access USB device (or appropriate udev rule).
+Based upon information from Silabs AN495 v0.2.