diff --git a/fw/example/.version b/fw/example/.version
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+1
diff --git a/fw/example/Makefile b/fw/example/Makefile
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+#
+# example/Makefile - Example application
+#
+# Written 2010 by Werner Almesberger
+# Copyright 2010 Werner Almesberger
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+
+MAIN=example
+OBJS=$(MAIN) version
+
+include ../common/Makefile.system
+include ../common/Makefile.common
+
+CFLAGS += -I../include
+LDFLAGS += --code-loc $(PAYLOAD_START)
diff --git a/fw/example/example.c b/fw/example/example.c
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+/*
+ * example/example.c - Example application
+ *
+ * Written 2010 by Werner Almesberger
+ * Copyright 2010 Werner Almesberger
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "regs.h"
+
+
+static void count(void)
+{
+	union {
+		uint32_t n;
+		uint8_t a[3];
+	} c;
+
+	c.n = 0;
+	while (1) {
+		P0 = c.a[0];
+		P2 = c.a[1];
+		P3 = c.a[2];
+		c.n++;
+	}
+}
+
+
+void main(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * VDD monitor enable sequence, section 7.2
+	 *
+	 * - enable voltage monitor
+	 * - wait for monitor to stabilize
+	 * - enable VDD monitor reset
+	 */
+
+	VDM0CN = VDMEN;
+	while (!(VDM0CN & VDDSTAT));
+	RSTSRC = PORSF;
+
+	/*
+	 * Go to 24 Mhz
+	 */
+	OSCICN |= IFCN0 | IFCN1;
+
+	count();
+}
diff --git a/fw/example/version.h b/fw/example/version.h
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+/*
+ * boot/version.h - Automatically generated version string
+ *
+ * Written 2008 by Werner Almesberger
+ * Copyright 2008 Werner Almesberger
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef VERSION_H
+#define VERSION_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/*
+ * Oddly, sdcc seems to insist on the "extern" to mean "declaration".
+ */
+
+extern const char *build_date;
+extern const uint16_t build_number;
+
+#endif /* !VERSION_H */