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@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ The intent is to make it easier for developers and sensor manufacturers to map
 their sensors & actuators on top of supported hardware and to allow control of
 low level communication protocol by high level languages & constructs.
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/intel-iot-devkit/mraa.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/intel-iot-devkit/mraa)
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 Supported Boards
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