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+# Slacksnap Motor Control
+
+Bridges MQTT to DMM DYN4 motor control.
+
+## License
+
+GPLv3
+
+## Acknowledgements
+
+Thanks to Kent A. Vander Velden for the serial DYN4 control driver in dyn4.py.