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-# FSFW Demo Application
+# FSFW Example Application
This repository features a demo application. The example has been run successfully on the following
platforms:
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The repository contains a Python TMTC program which can be used to showcase
the TMTC capabilities of the FSFW (currently, using the ECSS PUS packet standard).
-
+
+# Configuring the Example
+
+The build system will copy three configuration files into the build directory:
+
+1. `commonConfig.h` which contains common configuration parameters
+2. `OBSWConfig.h` which can contain machine and architecture specific configuration options
+3. `FSFWConfig.h` which contains the configuration for the flight software framework
+
+These files can be edited manually after `CMake` buld generation.
+
## Reference
[Getting started with the Linux OSAL](doc/README-linux.md#top)