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@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ low-level camera remote shutter bulb control using mraa for node.js
 
 # requirements
 
-mraa for pin-level i/o
+MRAA library for pin-level i/o
+
+Requires node-gyp for building
 
 Setup pins in bulb.h
 
@@ -27,4 +29,8 @@ bulb(options, function(err, start_us, stop_us, actual_us, error_percent) {
     console.log('actual_us:', actual_us);
     console.log('error_percent:', error_percent);
 });
-```
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+```
+
+# acknowledgements
+
+based on this awesome template: https://gist.github.com/eristoddle/948f77cc8da2779484cb
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