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+Control your home-automation devices from a customizable touchscreen UI connected via MQTT.
+
 This project is a re-implementation of the popular HASwitchPlate sketch created by aderusha.
 The [original HASwitchPlate][1] project uses a Wemos D1 mini and requires a Nextion/TJC HMI display.
 This rewrite removes the Nextion/TJC requirement by using the [Littlev Graphics Library][2] on the MCU to drive a cheap commodity display.