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+== Introduction and Overview
+
+       Welcome to the Altus Metrum community!  Our circuits and software reflect
+       our passion for both hobby rocketry and Free Software.  We hope their
+       capabilities and performance will delight you in every way, but by
+       releasing all of our hardware and software designs under open licenses,
+       we also hope to empower you to take as active a role in our collective
+       future as you wish!
+
+       The first device created for our community was TeleMetrum, a dual
+       deploy altimeter with fully integrated GPS and radio telemetry
+       as standard features, and a “companion interface” that will
+       support optional capabilities in the future. The latest version
+       of TeleMetrum, v2.0, has all of the same features but with
+       improved sensors and radio to offer increased performance.
+
+       Our second device was TeleMini, a dual deploy altimeter with
+       radio telemetry and radio direction finding. The first version
+       of this device was only 13mm by 38mm (½ inch by 1½ inches) and
+       could fit easily in an 18mm air-frame. The latest version, v2.0,
+       includes a beeper, USB data download and extended on-board
+       flight logging, along with an improved barometric sensor.
+
+       TeleMega is our most sophisticated device, including six pyro
+       channels (four of which are fully programmable), integrated GPS,
+       integrated gyroscopes for staging/air-start inhibit and high
+       performance telemetry.
+
+       EasyMini is a dual-deploy altimeter with logging and built-in
+       USB data download.
+
+       EasyMega is essentially a TeleMega board with the GPS receiver
+       and telemetry transmitter removed. It offers the same 6 pyro
+       channels and integrated gyroscopes for staging/air-start inhibit.
+
+       TeleDongle v0.2 was our first ground station, providing a USB to RF
+       interfaces for communicating with the altimeters. Combined with
+       your choice of antenna and notebook computer, TeleDongle and our
+       associated user interface software form a complete ground
+       station capable of logging and displaying in-flight telemetry,
+       aiding rocket recovery, then processing and archiving flight
+       data for analysis and review. The latest version, TeleDongle
+       v3, has all new electronics with a higher performance radio
+       for improved range.
+
+       For a slightly more portable ground station experience that also
+       provides direct rocket recovery support, TeleBT offers flight
+       monitoring and data logging using a  Bluetooth™ connection between
+       the receiver and an Android device that has the AltosDroid
+       application installed from the Google Play store.
+
+       More products will be added to the Altus Metrum family over time, and
+       we currently envision that this will be a single, comprehensive manual
+       for the entire product family.