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+Library:      Atomthreads
+Author:       Kelvin Lawson <info@atomthreads.com>
+Website:      http://atomthreads.com
+License:      BSD Revised
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+Atomthreads is a free RTOS for embedded systems, released under the
+flexible, open source BSD license and is free to use for commercial or
+educational purposes without restriction.
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+It is targeted at systems that need only a lightweight scheduler and the
+usual RTOS primitives. No file system, IP stack or device drivers are
+included, but developers can bolt on their own as required. Atomthreads
+will always be a small number of C files which are easy to port to any
+platforms that require threading by adding a simple
+architecture-specific file.
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+DOCUMENTATION:
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+All documentation is contained within the source files, commented using
+Doxygen markup. Pre-generated documentation can be accessed at
+http://atomthreads.com.
+
+See also the README file contained within each folder of the source tree.
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+GETTING STARTED:
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+Building of the sources is carried out from the ports tree. For example to 
+make a software build for the AVR architecture see ports/avr/README.
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+SOURCE TREE:
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+ * kernel        Core kernel sources
+ * tests         Automated test suite
+ * ports         CPU architecture ports
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+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/kelvinlawson/atomthreads.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/kelvinlawson/atomthreads)