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+# f16v4_issues
+F16V4 and F48V4 Issue Tracker
+
+This repository is used for a few purposes:
+
+1. To publish firmware releases for the F16V4 and F48V4
+2. To provide a repository for board owners to raise issues and ask technical questions which cannot be resolved in the usual technical forums/facebook groups.
+3. To provide a location to make functionality suggestions/requests
+