diff --git a/.circleci/circleci.yaml b/.circleci/circleci.yaml
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+version: 2
+jobs:
+  build:
+    docker:
+      - image: circleci/golang:1.9
+    working_directory: /go/src/github.com/WolfgangMau/chamg
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run: make
+      - store_artifacts:
+          path: ./build
+  release:
+    docker:
+      - image: circleci/golang:1.9
+    working_directory: /go/src/github.com/WolfgangMau/chamg
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run: make package
+      - run: go get github.com/aktau/github-release
+      - run: github-release info --user ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME} --repo ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}
+      - run: github-release release --user ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME} --repo ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME} --tag ${CIRCLE_TAG} --name ${CIRCLE_TAG} --description ${CIRCLE_TAG} --pre-release
+      - run: for f in build/*.tar.gz; do github-release upload --user ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME} --repo ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME} --tag ${CIRCLE_TAG} --name `basename ${f}` --file ${f}; done
+      - run: github-release edit --user ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME} --repo ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME} --tag ${CIRCLE_TAG} --name ${CIRCLE_TAG} --description ${CIRCLE_TAG}
+
+workflows:
+  version: 2
+  build_and_release:
+      jobs:
+        - build:
+            filters:
+              tags:
+                only: /.*/
+        - release:
+            requires:
+              - build
+            filters:
+              tags:
+                 only: /v[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*(-.*)*/
+              branches:
+                 ignore: /.*/
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diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+++ b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "vendor/github.com/tarm/serial"]
+	path = vendor/github.com/tarm/serial
+	url = https://github.com/tarm/serial
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+++ b/Makefile
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+SHELL := /bin/bash
+
+# The destination for binaries
+BUILD_DIR = build
+
+# The name of the executable (default is current directory name)
+TARGET := $(shell echo $${PWD\#\#*/})
+.DEFAULT_GOAL: $(TARGET)
+
+# These will be provided to the target
+VERSION :=0.9.0-rc1
+BUILD := `git rev-parse HEAD`
+
+# Use linker flags to provide version/build settings to the target
+LDFLAGS=-ldflags "-X=main.Version=$(VERSION) -X=main.Build=$(BUILD)"
+
+# go source files, ignore vendor directory
+SRC = $(shell find . -type f -name '*.go' -not -path "./vendor/*")
+
+.PHONY: all build clean install uninstall fmt simplify check run
+
+all: check compile
+
+$(TARGET): $(SRC)
+	@go build $(LDFLAGS) -o $(TARGET)
+
+compile: check goxcompile
+
+goxcompile: export CGO_ENABLED=1
+goxcompile: dependencies
+	gox -arch amd64 -os 'darwin linux' -osarch 'windows/386' -output "$(BUILD_DIR)/{{.OS}}/$(NAME)/${TARGET}" .
+
+clean:
+	@rm -f $(TARGET)
+	@rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)
+
+install: dependencies
+	@go install $(LDFLAGS)
+
+uninstall: clean
+	@rm -f $$(which ${TARGET})
+
+fmt:
+	@gofmt -l -w $(SRC)
+
+simplify:
+	@gofmt -s -l -w $(SRC)
+
+package: compile
+	@for d in $$(ls build); do tar -czf $(BUILD_DIR)/${TARGET}-$${d}.tar.gz -C $(BUILD_DIR)/$${d} .; done
+
+check: dependencies
+	@test -z $(shell gofmt -l ${TARGET}.go | tee /dev/stderr) || echo "[WARN] Fix formatting issues with 'make fmt'"
+	@for d in $$(go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/); do golint $${d}; done
+	@go tool vet ${SRC}
+
+run: install
+	@$(TARGET)
+
+dependencies:
+	go get github.com/mitchellh/gox
+	go get github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report
+	go get github.com/golang/lint/golint
+	git submodule update --init --recursive
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+# chamgo
diff --git a/chamgo.go b/chamgo.go
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+++ b/chamgo.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/tarm/serial"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var ui = ""
+
+func main() {
+	argCount := len(os.Args[1:])
+	if argCount != 1 {
+		fmt.Printf("Usage: %s <serial-port>\ne.g.:\n\t%s com5 (on windows)\n\t%s /dev/ttyUSB0 (on linux)\n\t%s /dev/cu.usbmodem1411 (on osx)\n", os.Args[0], os.Args[0], os.Args[0], os.Args[0])
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+	c := &serial.Config{Name: os.Args[1], Baud: 9600}
+	s, err := serial.OpenPort(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	//for _, c := range Commands {
+	//log.Printf("%s", sendCmd(Commands[0], s))
+	//}
+	for {
+		ui = getUserInput()
+		if ui == "exit" || ui == "quit" {
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
+
+		rb := sendCmd(ui, s)
+		fmt.Print(string(rb))
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+* sending cmds to serial
+* returns {bytes} responde from device
+**/
+func sendCmd(cmd string, port *serial.Port) (returnmessage []byte) {
+	cmd += "\r"
+	n, err := port.Write([]byte(cmd))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 256)
+	n, err = port.Read(buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	return buf[0:n]
+}
+
+/**
+* for receiving user input
+* returns {string} with no newline (|n)
+**/
+func getUserInput() string {
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
+	scanner.Scan() // use `for scanner.Scan()` to keep reading
+	line := scanner.Text()
+	return strings.Replace(string(line), "\n", "", -1)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/tarm/serial b/vendor/github.com/tarm/serial
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+++ b/vendor/github.com/tarm/serial
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+Subproject commit eaafced92e9619f03c72527efeab21e326f3bc36