diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+.venv
diff --git a/ard.py b/ard.py
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+from serial import Serial
+ser = Serial('COM4', 9600)
+s = ser.read(100)       # read up to one hundred bytes