diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..238b37816c2e2bb95e044265eaee304c08b2bf4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# ignore all temp DIRs
+**/.pio
+*/build
+**/build 
+*/.pio
+