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+# Hardware Verify Script
+
+This is a sketch for low-level debugging of the TommyPROM hardware.  It allows the EEPROM data, address,
+and control pins to be individually set so that they can be probed to catch wiring errors.  The usage is
+described in the [Troubleshooting documentation page](https://tomnisbet.github.io/TommyPROM/docs/troubleshooting).
+
+This sketch should only be used for debugging if the main TommyPROM sketch does not seem to be working.  To 
+get started with a new TommyPROM build, load the TommyPROM sketch into the hardware and try the Unlock, 
+Display and Zap commands to test reading and writing.  For example:
+
+```
+u
+d0 ff
+z0
+d0 ff
+```
+
+The above commands will Unlock the Software Data Protection, Display the first 256 bytes, burn a
+sequence of test data into the first 32 bytes, and then Display the first 256 bytes again.