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+# Author: Sarah Knepper <sarah.knepper@intel.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Intel Corporation.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+# the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+import time
+import pyupm_buzzer as upmBuzzer
+
+# Create the buzzer object using GPIO pin 5
+buzzer = upmBuzzer.Buzzer(5)
+
+chords = [upmBuzzer.DO, upmBuzzer.RE, upmBuzzer.MI, upmBuzzer.FA, 
+          upmBuzzer.SOL, upmBuzzer.LA, upmBuzzer.SI, upmBuzzer.DO, 
+          upmBuzzer.SI];
+
+# Print sensor name
+print buzzer.name()
+
+# Play sound (DO, RE, MI, etc.), pausing for 0.1 seconds between notes
+for chord_ind in range (0,7):
+    # play each note for one second
+    print buzzer.playSound(chords[chord_ind], 1000000)
+    time.sleep(0.1)
+
+print "exiting application"
+
+# Delete the buzzer object
+del buzzer