diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c879a8..1a72bdc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,45 +1,30 @@
-# For PCBs designed using KiCad: http://www.kicad-pcb.org/
-# Format documentation: http://kicad-pcb.org/help/file-formats/
-
-*/media/*
-
-# Temporary files
-*.000
-*.bak
-*.bck
-*.kicad_pcb-bak
-*.sch-bak
-*~
-_autosave-*
-*.tmp
-*-save.pro
-*-save.kicad_pcb
-fp-info-cache
-
-# Netlist files (exported from Eeschema)
-*.net
-
-# Autorouter files (exported from Pcbnew)
-*.dsn
-*.ses
-
-# Exported BOM files
-*.xml
-*.PNG
-
-# CircuitPython drive files
-*.fseventsd/
-*.metadata_never_index
-*.Trashes
-*boot_out.txt
-*.URL
-sha.py
-*secrets*
-
-*.xlsx
-
-# pyc files
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Thomas Damiani, written for Carnegie Mellon University's RExLab
+#                         with credit to Kattni Rembor of Adafruit Industries
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+# CircuitPython-specific files
+*.mpy
+
+# Python-specific files
+__pycache__
 *.pyc
 
-# built files
-build/
+# Sphinx build-specific files
+_build
+
+# This file results from running `pip -e install .` in a local repository
+*.egg-info
+
+# Virtual environment-specific files
+environment/
+.env
+.venv
+
+# MacOS-specific files
+*.DS_Store
+
+# IDE-specific files
+.idea
+.vscode
+*~
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