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+#
+# This file is autogenerated: PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT.
+#
+# You can use "make menuconfig" to make any modifications to the installed .config file.
+# You can then do "make savedefconfig" to generate a new defconfig file that includes your
+# modifications.
+#
+# CONFIG_DEV_CONSOLE is not set
+# CONFIG_SYSLOG_DEFAULT is not set
+CONFIG_ARCH="arm"
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="thingy53"
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_COMMON=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_THINGY53=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP="nrf53"
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_NRF5340=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_NRF5340_CPUAPP=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_NRF53=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_STACKDUMP=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_STDARG_H=y
+CONFIG_BOARDCTL=y
+CONFIG_BOARDCTL_MKRD=y
+CONFIG_BOARDCTL_USBDEVCTRL=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=5500
+CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
+CONFIG_CDCACM=y
+CONFIG_CDCACM_RXBUFSIZE=256
+CONFIG_CDCACM_TXBUFSIZE=256
+CONFIG_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NXSCOPE=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NXSCOPE_SERIAL_PATH="/dev/ttyS0"
+CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
+CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
+CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=2048
+CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYNAME="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="sensorscope_main"
+CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_LOGGING_NXSCOPE=y
+CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=2
+CONFIG_NDEBUG=y
+CONFIG_NRF53_HFCLK_XTAL=y
+CONFIG_NRF53_I2C2_MASTER=y
+CONFIG_NRF53_SPI1_MASTER=y
+CONFIG_NRF53_UART0=y
+CONFIG_NRF53_USBDEV=y
+CONFIG_NRF53_USE_HFCLK192M=y
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
+CONFIG_RAMLOG=y
+CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=524288
+CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20000000
+CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
+CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_ADXL362=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_BH1749NUC=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_BH1749NUC_UORB=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_BMI270=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_BMI270_UORB=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_BMM150=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_USE_B16=y
+CONFIG_START_DAY=26
+CONFIG_START_MONTH=3
+CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_I2CTOOL=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_READLINE=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_SENSORSCOPE=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_SENSORSCOPE_CDCACM=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_SENSORSCOPE_FETCH_INTERVAL=100000
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_SENSORSCOPE_SERIAL_PATH="/dev/ttyACM0"
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_SENSORSCOPE_STREAMBUF_LEN=2048