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+# irext (revision 0.0.1)
+  IRDA code lib for household electrical appliances
+
+  This open source project helps people who is developing a smart home remote controller controls IRDA household appliances.
+
+#### Following features are supported:
+  - IRDA pulse wave encoding from xml source format
+  - IRDA pulse wave decoding from binary format
+  - Web console managing brands of household appliances
+  - Encoding to binary code file uploading via friendly web console
+  - Basic RAM requirement is minimized to 1536 bytes for embedded systems
+  - Currently support over 10,000 types of household appliances
+  - Currently support 13 categories of household appliances including AC, TV, Netbox, etc.
+  - Currently support most commonly used control functionalities, including POWER, VOL-, VOL+, TEMP-, TEMP+, TV Channel switch, etc.
+  - Various platforms supported including 51(without OS), RTOS, Android, PC and webside decoding
+  - Sample drivers and Android Apps
+
+#### Following components are included:
+  - IRDA pulse wave encoder
+  - IRDA pulse wave decoder
+  - Management web console
+  - Remote code extension toolset
+  - Application samples