diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 00000000..be26b81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/.bundle/
+/.yardoc
+/Gemfile.lock
+/_yardoc/
+/coverage/
+/doc/
+/pkg/
+/spec/reports/
+vendor
+
+# rspec failure tracking
+.rspec_status
diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c18f1ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--format documentation
+--color
diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f89ea5b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+AllCops:
+  Exclude:
+    - '*.gemspec'
+    - 'spec/*.rb'
+    - '**/generated_parser/*'
+    - './vendor/**/*'
+
+# inherit_from: .rubocop_todo.yml
+
+# Extra lines for readability
+Layout/EmptyLinesAroundClassBody:
+  Enabled: false
+
+Layout/EmptyLinesAroundMethodBody:
+  Enabled: false
+
+Layout/EmptyLinesAroundModuleBody:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Configuration parameters: AllowForAlignment.
+Layout/ExtraSpacing:
+  Enabled: false
+
+Metrics/LineLength:
+  Description: Limit lines to 80 characters.
+  StyleGuide: https://github.com/bbatsov/ruby-style-guide#80-character-limits
+  Enabled: true
+  Max: 130
+
+# Configuration parameters: CountComments.
+Metrics/ClassLength:
+  Enabled: false
+  Max: 400
+
+Metrics/AbcSize:
+  Enabled: false
+  Max: 50
+
+Metrics/MethodLength:
+  Enabled: false
+  Max: 50
+
+# Configuration parameters: CountKeywordArgs.
+Metrics/ParameterLists:
+  Max: 7
+
+Style/BlockComments:
+  Enabled: false
+
+Style/ColonMethodCall:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# if you find "a == 3" readable and "3 == a" 'unreadable', do not contribute to this project.
+Style/YodaCondition:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/FormatString:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity:
+  Enabled: false
+  Max: 11
+
+# Offense count: 1
+Metrics/PerceivedComplexity:
+  Enabled: false
+  Max: 14
+
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/RedundantSelf:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# because apostrophes
+Style/StringLiterals:
+  Enabled: false
+
+Style/TrailingCommaInLiteral:
+  Enabled: false
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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index 00000000..08dae787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+sudo: false
+language: ruby
+
+rvm:
+#  - "2.0.0"
+#  - "2.1.0"
+#  - "2.2.0"
+#  - rbx
+ - "2.5.0"
+
+before_install: gem install bundler -v 1.15.4
+script:
+   - bundle exec rubocop --version
+   - bundle exec rubocop -D .
+   - bundle exec rspec
diff --git a/.yardopts b/.yardopts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b700680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yardopts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lib/arduino_ci.rb lib/**/*.rb
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6bbd532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Change Log
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Deprecated
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+### Security
+
+
+## [0.0.1] - 2018-01-10
+### Added
+- Skeleton for gem with working unit tests
+
+
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/ifreecarve/arduino_ci/compare/v0.0.1...HEAD
+[0.0.1]: https://github.com/ifreecarve/arduino_ci/compare/v0.0.0...v0.0.1
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dde6db80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Contributing to the ArduinoCI gem
+
+ArduinoCI uses a very standard GitHub workflow.
+
+1. Fork the repository on github
+2. Make your desired changes
+3. Push to your personal fork
+4. Open a pull request
+
+Pull requests will trigger a Travis CI job.  The following two commands will be expected to pass (so you may want to run them locally before opening the pull request):
+
+ * `rubocop -D` - code style tests
+ * `rspec` - functional tests
+
+Be prepared to write tests to accompany any code you would like to see merged.
+
+
+## Packaging the Gem
+
+* Merge pull request with new features
+* Bump the version in lib/arduino_ci/version.rb and change it in README.md (since rubydoc.info doesn't always redirect to the latest version)
+* Update the sections of `CHANGELOG.md`
+* `git add README.md CHANGELOG.md lib/arduino_ci/version.rb`
+* `git commit -m "vVERSION bump"`
+* `git tag -a vVERSION -m "Released version VERSION"`
+* `gem build arduino_ci.gemspec`
+* `gem push arduino_ci-VERSION.gem`
+* `git push upstream`
+* `git push upstream --tags`
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c88b26e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+git_source(:github) { |repo_name| "https://github.com/#{repo_name}" }
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in arduino_ci.gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e925430f..238a9c8b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,39 @@
-# arduino_ci
-A Ruby gem for executing Continuous Integration (CI) tests on an Arduino library
+[![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/arduino_ci.svg)](https://rubygems.org/gems/arduino_ci)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ifreecarve/arduino_ci.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/ifreecarve/arduino_ci)
+[![Documentation](http://img.shields.io/badge/docs-rdoc.info-blue.svg)](http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/arduino_ci/)
+
+# ArduinoCI Ruby gem (`arduino_ci`)
+
+[Arduino CI](https://github.com/ifreecarve/arduino_ci) is a Ruby gem for executing Continuous Integration (CI) tests on an Arduino library -- both locally and as part of a service like Travis CI.
+
+
+## Installation
+
+Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
+
+```ruby
+gem 'arduino_ci'
+```
+
+And then execute:
+
+    $ bundle
+
+Or install it yourself as:
+
+    $ gem install arduino_ci
+
+
+## Usage
+
+TODO: Write usage instructions here, based on other TODO of writing the actual gem.
+
+
+## Author
+
+This gem was written by Ian Katz (ifreecarve@gmail.com) in 2018.  It's released under the Apache 2.0 license.
+
+
+## See Also
+
+* [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md)
diff --git a/arduino_ci.gemspec b/arduino_ci.gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdb41385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arduino_ci.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+lib = File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require "arduino_ci/version"
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
+  spec.name          = "arduino_ci"
+  spec.version       = ArduinoCI::VERSION
+  spec.licenses      = ['Apache 2.0']
+  spec.authors       = ["Ian Katz"]
+  spec.email         = ["ifreecarve@gmail.com"]
+
+  spec.summary       = "Tools for building and unit testing Arduino libraries"
+  spec.description   = spec.description
+  spec.homepage      = "http://github.com/ifreecarve/arduino_ci"
+
+  spec.files         =  ['README.md', '.yardopts'] + Dir['lib/**/*.*'].reject { |f| f.match(%r{^(test|spec|features)/}) }
+
+  spec.bindir        = "exe"
+  spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
+  spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.15"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 0', '>= 0.46.0'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'yard', '~>0.8', '>= 0.8'
+end
diff --git a/bin/console b/bin/console
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d6e8b5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/console
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "arduino_ci"
+
+# You can add fixtures and/or initialization code here to make experimenting
+# with your gem easier. You can also use a different console, if you like.
+
+# (If you use this, don't forget to add pry to your Gemfile!)
+# require "pry"
+# Pry.start
+
+require "irb"
+IRB.start(__FILE__)
diff --git a/bin/setup b/bin/setup
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..dce67d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/setup
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+set -vx
+
+bundle install
+
+# Do any other automated setup that you need to do here
diff --git a/lib/arduino_ci.rb b/lib/arduino_ci.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7edf9596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/arduino_ci.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+require "arduino_ci/version"
+
+require 'singleton'
+
+# Cross-platform way of finding an executable in the $PATH.
+# via https://stackoverflow.com/a/5471032/2063546
+#   which('ruby') #=> /usr/bin/ruby
+def which(cmd)
+  exts = ENV['PATHEXT'] ? ENV['PATHEXT'].split(';') : ['']
+  ENV['PATH'].split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR).each do |path|
+    exts.each do |ext|
+      exe = File.join(path, "#{cmd}#{ext}")
+      return exe if File.executable?(exe) && !File.directory?(exe)
+    end
+  end
+  nil
+end
+
+# ArduinoCI contains classes for automated testing of Arduino code on the command line
+# @author Ian Katz <ifreecarve@gmail.com>
+module ArduinoCI
+
+  # Wrap the Arduino executable.  This requires, in some cases, a faked display.
+  class ArduinoCmd
+
+    # create as many ArduinoCmds as you like, but we need one and only one display manager
+    class DisplayMgr
+      include Singleton
+      attr_reader :enabled
+
+      def initialize
+        @existing = existing_display?
+        @enabled = false
+        @pid = nil
+      end
+
+      # attempt to determine if the machine is running a graphical display (i.e. not Travis)
+      def existing_display?
+        return true if RUBY_PLATFORM.include? "darwin"
+        return true if ENV["DISPLAY"].nil?
+        return true if ENV["DISPLAY"].include? ":"
+        false
+      end
+
+      # enable a virtual display
+      def enable
+        return @enabled = true if @existing   # silent no-op if built in display
+        return unless @pid.nil?
+
+        @enabled = true
+        @pid = fork do
+          puts "Forking Xvfb"
+          system("Xvfb", ":1", "-ac", "-screen", "0", "1280x1024x16")
+          puts "Xvfb unexpectedly quit!"
+        end
+        sleep(3)  # TODO: test a connection to the X server?
+      end
+
+      # disable the virtual display
+      def disable
+        return @enabled = false if @existing  # silent no-op if built in display
+        return if @pid.nil?
+
+        begin
+          Process.kill 9, @pid
+        ensure
+          Process.wait @pid
+          @pid = nil
+        end
+        puts "Xvfb killed"
+      end
+
+      # Enable a virtual display for the duration of the given block
+      def with_display
+        enable
+        begin
+          yield environment
+        ensure
+          disable
+        end
+      end
+
+      def environment
+        return nil unless @existing || @enabled
+        return {} if @existing
+        { DISPLAY => ":1.0" }
+      end
+
+      # On finalize, ensure child process is ended
+      def self.finalize
+        disable
+      end
+    end
+
+    class << self
+      protected :new
+
+      # attempt to find a workable Arduino executable across platforms
+      def guess_executable_location
+        osx_place = "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/MacOS/Arduino"
+        places = {
+          "arduino" => !which("arduino").nil?,
+          osx_place => (File.exist? osx_place),
+        }
+        places.each { |k, v| return k if v }
+        nil
+      end
+
+      def autolocate
+        ret = new
+        ret.path = guess_executable_location
+        ret
+      end
+    end
+
+    attr_accessor :path
+
+    def initialize
+      @display_mgr = DisplayMgr::instance
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/lib/arduino_ci/version.rb b/lib/arduino_ci/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e16b7477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/arduino_ci/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module ArduinoCI
+  VERSION = "0.0.1".freeze
+end
diff --git a/spec/arduino_ci_spec.rb b/spec/arduino_ci_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f3d9c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/arduino_ci_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe ArduinoCI do
+  it "has a version number" do
+    expect(ArduinoCI::VERSION).not_to be nil
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/arduino_exec_spec.rb b/spec/arduino_exec_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19d2147a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/arduino_exec_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe ArduinoCI::ArduinoCmd do
+  it "Finds the Arduino executable" do
+    arduino_cmd = ArduinoCI::ArduinoCmd.autolocate
+    # expect(arduino_cmd.path).not_to be nil
+  end
+end
+
+RSpec.describe ArduinoCI::ArduinoCmd::DisplayMgr do
+  context "singleton ::instance" do
+    it "produces an instance" do
+      expect(ArduinoCI::ArduinoCmd::DisplayMgr::instance).not_to be_nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "with_display" do
+    it "Properly enables and disables" do
+      manager = ArduinoCI::ArduinoCmd::DisplayMgr::instance
+      expect(manager.enabled).to be false
+      manager.with_display do |environment|
+        expect(manager.enabled).to be true
+        expect(environment.class).to eq(Hash)
+        also_manager = ArduinoCI::ArduinoCmd::DisplayMgr::instance
+        expect(also_manager.enabled).to be true
+      end
+      expect(manager.enabled).to be false
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77b061d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "arduino_ci"
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  # Enable flags like --only-failures and --next-failure
+  config.example_status_persistence_file_path = ".rspec_status"
+
+  # Disable RSpec exposing methods globally on `Module` and `main`
+  config.disable_monkey_patching!
+
+  config.expect_with :rspec do |c|
+    c.syntax = :expect
+  end
+end