diff --git a/skel/src/firmware/TopSource.c b/skel/src/firmware/TopSource.c
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+++ b/skel/src/firmware/TopSource.c
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+/* @P@/src/firmware/TopSource.c
+ *
+ *  (c)2006, Laurence Withers. Released under the GNU GPL. See file
+ *  COPYING for more information / terms of license.
+*/
+
+// project-wide includes here
+
+/* options for text editors
+kate: replace-trailing-space-save true; space-indent true; tab-width 4;
+*/
diff --git a/skel/src/firmware/build.default b/skel/src/firmware/build.default
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+++ b/skel/src/firmware/build.default
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+source src/firmware/build.firmware
diff --git a/skel/src/firmware/build.firmware b/skel/src/firmware/build.firmware
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+++ b/skel/src/firmware/build.firmware
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+# These are external variables, and shouldn't clash with anything else
+#  FIRMWARE
+#  FIRMWARE_BUILT
+#
+
+if [ -z ${FIRMWARE_BUILT} ]
+then
+    FIRMWARE="obj/@P@.hex"
+
+    echo "Building firmware ${FIRMWARE}..."
+
+    source src/firmware/build.monolithic
+
+    MODIFIED=0
+    for test in ${MONOLITHIC_TESTS} ${SRC}
+    do
+        if [ ${test} -nt ${FIRMWARE} ]
+        then
+            MODIFIED=1
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [ ${MODIFIED} -ne 0 ]
+    then
+        echo " Compiling"
+
+        do_cmd ${FWCC} ${FWCFLAGS} -o "${FIRMWARE}" ${SRC} || return 1
+
+        print_success "Firmware built"
+    else
+        print_success "Firmware up to date"
+    fi
+
+    FIRMWARE_BUILT=1
+fi
diff --git a/skel/src/firmware/build.install b/skel/src/firmware/build.install
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+++ b/skel/src/firmware/build.install
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+source src/firmware/build.install-firmware
diff --git a/skel/src/firmware/build.install-firmware b/skel/src/firmware/build.install-firmware
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+++ b/skel/src/firmware/build.install-firmware
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+build_target firmware
+
+# make paths (this is for Gentoo in particular)
+build_dir_tree "${HEXDIR}" || return 1
+
+# install binary
+echo "Installing firmware into '${HEXDIR}'"
+install_file "${FIRMWARE}" "${HEXDIR}" 0644 || return 1
+print_success "Done"
diff --git a/skel/src/firmware/build.monolithic b/skel/src/firmware/build.monolithic
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+++ b/skel/src/firmware/build.monolithic
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+# These are external variables, and shouldn't clash with anything else
+#  FIRMWARE_MONOLITHIC
+#
+
+if [ -z "${FIRMWARE_MONOLITHIC}" ]
+then
+    SRC="obj/firmware.c"
+
+    MONOLITHIC_TESTS="src/firmware/build.firmware src/firmware/build.monolithic"
+    MONOLITHIC_SOURCE="$(echo src/firmware/TopSource.c)"
+    make_monolithic ${SRC} C || return 1
+
+    FIRMWARE_MONOLITHIC=1
+    MONOLITHIC_DOC="${MONOLITHIC_DOC} ${SRC}"
+fi