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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:15:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added getting started note

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 ### Status
 
 Implementation done.
+
+
+# Getting started building or modifying
+
+## Tools
+
+### Kicad
+
+Install the [KiCad](http://www.kicad-pcb.org/) program to edit the schematic or PCB.
+KiCad documentation and forums:
+
+* https://kicad-pcb.org/help/documentation/#_getting_started
+* https://forum.kicad.info/
+* https://www.reddit.com/r/KiCad/
+* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KiCad
+
+### Simulator
+
+If you want to simulate parts of the circuit you also need a simulator. This is
+highly recommended! This saves a *lot* of troubleshooting and makes you find
+solutions you otherwise would not have found.
+
+[Electronic circuit simulation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_circuit_simulation)
+using computers have a long history. Many of them have origins directly or indirectly
+related to the classic SPICE simulator (e.g. [Ngspice](http://ngspice.sourceforge.net)).
+At the core they work similar to source code compilers - you give it a text file
+describing the circuit and it produces a textual simulation result. Some of the simulators
+are intended to be used just in text mode while other have a graphical frontend where
+you are able to draw the circuit like in a schematic editor:
+
+ * [QUCS](http://qucs.sourceforge.net/) - Quite Universal Circuit Simulator.
+ * [QUCS-S](https://ra3xdh.github.io/) - A qucs version using ngspice as simulation backend. This one has been used for the simulations for board 3.
+ * [eSim](http://esim.fossee.in/).
+ * [Other alternatives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_electronics_circuit_simulators).
+
+### Git
+
+While it is possible to download the content from this repository as a compresset
+zip file, you want to use git to fetch the content. For Linux install depending on
+distribution with
+
+```
+apt-get install git   # debian, ubuntu, etc
+dnf install git       # fedora
+yum install git       # rhel, centos
+```
+
+For windows the most convenient option is to install [git for windows](https://git-scm.com/download/win).
+
+To download the source of this repository run:
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/roarfred/AmsToMqttBridge
+cd AmsToMqttBridge
+git submodule init
+git submodule update --recursive
+```
+
+