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 # rVGAx
 
+A VGA library for arduino
+
+## Compiling
+
+You need rust nightly, run:
+
+    rustup override set nightly
+
+in the project directory. then you can do
+
+    cargo check
+
+to see that everything is allright
+
 ## WIP, DOES NOT WORK :c