diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..124332939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+*~
+*.swp
+*.ihex
+obj_*
+*.z1
+*.sky
+*.map
+*.a
+*pyc
+*.pyc