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-# Sprocket-Core
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+# Sprocket-Core
+Library to build a mesh network of single purpose nodes.  
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+##  WTF is a sprocket?
+A sprocket is a device that has a single purpose, for example a PIR sensor node that notifies other nodes if there is motion or an LED node that lights up when  a message is received.  
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