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+![Rattlesnake Logo](/logo/Rattlesnake_Logo_Banner.png)
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+This project aims to develop a Combined Environments, Multiple-Input/Multiple-Output (MIMO) vibration
+controller that can better simulate dynamic environments than a traditional single-shaker test.
+
+The controller is nicknamed "Rattlesnake," which blends together snakes (as it is written in Python programming language), 
+vibration (rattlesnakes are famous for shaking their tails to create sound),
+and New Mexico (the location of the main Sandia National Laboratories campus, where rattlesnakes can commonly be found).
+
+Rattlesnake can be run as a Python script using the code from this repository, or an executable can be downloaded from the [Releases](https://github.com/sandialabs/rattlesnake-vibration-controller/releases) page.
+
+See the [User's Manual](https://github.com/sandialabs/rattlesnake-vibration-controller/releases/download/v2.0/Users_Manual.pdf) for more information.
+
+### Flexible
+
+The controller can currently run using National Instruments hardware using the [NI-DAQmx](https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000000P8baSAC&l=en-US)
+interface or [B+K LAN-XI](https://www.bksv.com/en/instruments/daq-data-acquisition/lan-xi-daq-system) hardware using their OpenAPI.
+It can also run synthetic control problems using finite element results or State Space Matrices.  Advanced users can implement new hardware devices in Rattlesnake.
+
+### Capable
+
+Rattlesnake has been run with over 50 control channels and 12 shaker drives while streaming over 250 channels to disk.
+
+### Research Focus
+
+To facilitate MIMO vibration research and development, users can program their own control laws to load into the controller at runtime.
+See [Control Laws](https://github.com/sandialabs/rattlesnake-vibration-controller/tree/main/control_laws) for examples.