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+FastLED2.1
+==========
+
+* Remove Squant (takes up space!)
+* A number of performance/memory improvements
+* Added support for the following platforms:
+  * Arduino due
+  * Teensy 3.1
+* Added the following LED chipsets:
+  * USC1903_400
+  * GW6205 / GW6205_400
+  * APA102
+  * APA104
+  * LPD1886
+  * P9813
+  * SmartMatrix
+* Added multiple examples:
+  * ColorPalette - show off the color palette code
+  * ColorTemperature - show off the color correction code
+  * Fire2012
+  * Fire2012WithPalette
+  * Multiple led controller examples
+  * Noise
+  * NoisePlayground
+  * NoisePlusPalette
+  * SmartMatrix - show off SmartMatrix support
+  * XYMatrix - show how to use a mtrix layout of leds
+* Added color correction
+* Added dithering
+* Added power management support
+* Added support for color palettes
+* Added easing functions
+* Added fast trig functions
+* Added simplex noise functions
+* Added color utility functions
+* Fixed DMXSERIAL/DMXSIMPLE support
+* Timing adjustments for existing SPI chipsets
+* Cleaned up the code layout to make platform support easier
+* Many bug fixes 
+
+FastLED2
+========
+
+## Full release of the library
+
+## Release Candidate 6
+* Rename library, offically, to FastLED, move to github 
+* Update keywords with all the new stuffs
+
+## Release Candidate 5
+* Gemma and Trinket: supported except for global "setBrightness"
+
+## Release Candidate 4
+* Added NEOPIXEL as a synonym for WS2811
+* Fix WS2811/WS2812B timings, bring it in line to exactly 1.25ns/bit.  
+* Fix handling of constant color definitions (damn you, gcc!)
+
+## Release Candidate 3
+* Fixed bug when Clock and Data were on the same port
+* Added ability to set pixel color directly from HSV
+* Added ability to retrieve current random16 seed
+
+## Release Candidate 2 
+* mostly bug fixes
+* Fix SPI macro definitions for latest teensy3 software update
+* Teensy 2 compilation fix
+* hsv2rgb_rainbow performance fix
+
+## Release Candidate 1
+* New unified/simplified API for adding/using controllers
+* fleshout clockless chip support
+* add hsv (spectrum and rainbow style colors)
+* high speed memory management operations
+* library for interpolation/easing functions
+* various api changes, addition of clear and showColor functions
+* scale value applied to all show methods 
+* bug fixes for SM16716
+* performance improvements, lpd8806 exceeds 22Mbit now
+* hardware def fixes
+* allow alternate rgb color orderings
+* high speed math methods
+* rich CRGB structure
+
+## Preview 3
+* True hardware SPI support for teensy (up to 20Mbit output!)
+* Minor bug fixes/tweaks
+
+## Preview 2
+* Rename pin class to FastPin
+* Replace latch with select, more accurate description of what it does
+* Enforce intra-frame timing for ws2801s
+* SM16716 support
+* Add #define FAST_SPI_INTERRUPTS_WRITE_PINS to make sure world is ok w/interrupts and SPI
+* Add #define FORCE_SOFTWARE_SPI for those times when you absolutely don't want to use hardware SPI, ev
+en if you're using the hardware SPI pins
+* Add pin definitions for the arduino megas - should fix ws2811 support
+* Add pin definitions for the leonardo - should fix spi support and pin mappings
+* Add warnings when pin definitions are missing
+* Added google+ community for fastspi users - https://plus.google.com/communities/109127054924227823508
+# Add pin definitions for Teensy++ 2.0
+
+
+## Preview 1
+* Initial release
+
+