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+name=IRremote
+version=1.0
+author=shirriff
+maintainer=shirriff
+sentence=Send and receive infrared signals with multiple protocols
+paragraph=Send and receive infrared signals with multiple protocols
+category=infrared
+url=https://github.com/shirriff/Arduino-IRremote.git
+architectures=*