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+# AutoBar
+
+Automatic bartender machine running on a Raspberry Pi Pico/W
+
+Copyright Wyatt Miller, Avery Miller 2022
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+- [Overview](#Overview)
+- [Building](#Building)
+- [Installing](#Installing)
+
+## Overview
+
+TODO
+
+## Building
+
+### Requirements
+
+You'll need the following to be able to build this:
+
+- [git](https://git-scm.com/)
+- C/C++ compiler (supporting C11 and C++17)
+- Rust (via [rustup](https://rustup.rs/))
+- [Pico SDK](https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk)
+
+### Clone
+
+First, grab the Pico SDK from the link above via `git clone`. You'll need this when it comes to building.
+
+Clone the repository by running the following (or using your favorite git client):
+
+```bash
+git clone https://scm.wyattjmiller.com/wymiller/AutoBar/
+```
+
+Make sure that the Pico SDK and the AutoBar repositories are sitting side-by-side. This is needed because you have to set the `PICO_SDK_PATH` environment variable and the settings require that the repositories need to be set that way. You can do this in Linux by running the following:
+
+```bash
+export PICO_SDK_PATH=../pico-sdk/
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can run the following in Powershell if you're on Windows:
+
+```powershell
+$Env:PICO_SDK_PATH = "../pico-sdk"
+```
+
+Run that command when you're in the `AutoBar` directory.
+
+### Installation of requirements
+
+###### Fedora Linux
+
+First, install a C/C++ compiler and git. Install via `dnf`:
+
+```bash
+sudo dnf install gcc gcc-c++ git
+```
+
+Install Rust, `rustc` and `cargo` via rustup:
+
+```bash
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
+```
+
+###### Windows
+
+First, install [MinGW](https://osdn.net/projects/mingw/downloads/68260/mingw-get-setup.exe/) for a C/C++ compiler. Download and follow the installer.
+
+Next, install [git](https://git-scm.com/). Download and follow the installer.
+
+Finally, install Rust, `rustc` and `cargo` via [rustup](https://win.rustup.rs/x86_64). We assume the Windows installation is running `amd64` hardware.
+
+### Building (for real this time)
+
+Run the following commands in sequential order in the root of the AutoBar directory:
+
+```
+cargo build --manifest-path libautobar/Cargo.toml --target thumbv6m-none-eabi -r
+cmake .
+make
+```
+
+The first command invokes the `cargo` command, which builds the Rust library.
+
+The next command invokes `cmake`. It's not really a build system *per se* but it generates a `Makefile` for us to use `make`.
+
+Speaking of which, the last command that's invoked is `make` which links the library and executable together and builds them.
+
+## Installing
+
+Press the **BOOTSEL** button on the RP Pico until you get the RP Pico to show up as a mass storage device on your computer. From there, you can drag the `autobar.uf2` from the root of the AutoBar directory to the root of the RP Pico. It should run automatmically once that is done.
+