diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4903f98..a9cbf86 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,30 @@
-language: c
-before_install:
-  - export ARDUINO_VERSION=1.6.5
-  - "/sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /tmp/custom_xvfb_1.pid --make-pidfile --background --exec /usr/bin/Xvfb -- :1 -ac -screen 0 1280x1024x16"
-  - sleep 3
-  - export DISPLAY=:1.0
-  - wget http://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-${ARDUINO_VERSION}-linux64.tar.xz
-  - tar xf arduino-${ARDUINO_VERSION}-linux64.tar.xz
-  - sudo mv arduino-${ARDUINO_VERSION} /usr/local/share/arduino
-  - sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/arduino/arduino /usr/local/bin/arduino
+language: python
+
+python:
+  - 2.7
+
+sudo: false
+
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - ~/.platformio
+
+# update Makefile if target boards added
+env:
+  - PLATFORMIO_BOARD=uno
+  - PLATFORMIO_BOARD=due
+  - PLATFORMIO_BOARD=huzzah
+  - PLATFORMIO_BOARD=genuino101
+  - PLATFORMIO_BOARD=teensy31
+
 install:
-  - ln -s ${PWD} /usr/local/share/arduino/libraries/ModbusMaster
-  - arduino --pref "compiler.warning_level=all" --save-prefs
-script:
-  - echo $PWD
+  - pip install -U platformio
+
+before_script:
+  - env
   - echo $HOME
+  - echo $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
   - ls -al $PWD
-  - source ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/travis/common.sh
-  - build_examples
+
+script:
+  - make build
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f28e24c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------- settings
+FIND          := find
+DIR           := $(PWD)/examples
+CRITERIA      := \( -name "*.ino" -o -name "*.pde" \)
+EACH_EXAMPLE  := $(FIND) $(DIR) $(CRITERIA) -exec
+BUILD         := platformio ci
+LIB           := .
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------- targets
+# update .travis.yml if target boards added
+all: uno due huzzah genuino101 teensy31
+
+uno due huzzah genuino101 teensy31:
+	PLATFORMIO_BOARD=$@ $(MAKE) build
+
+build:
+	$(EACH_EXAMPLE) $(BUILD) --board=$(PLATFORMIO_BOARD) --lib=$(LIB) {} \;
+
+.PHONY: all uno due huzzah genuino101 teensy31 build
diff --git a/travis/common.sh b/travis/common.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d115085..0000000
--- a/travis/common.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-function build_examples()
-{
-  # track the exit code for this platform
-  local exit_code=0
-  # loop through results and add them to the array
-  examples=($(find $PWD/examples/ -name "*.pde" -o -name "*.ino"))
-
-  # get the last example in the array
-  local last="${examples[@]:(-1)}"
-
-  # loop through example sketches
-  for example in "${examples[@]}"; do
-
-    # store the full path to the example's sketch directory
-    local example_dir=$(dirname $example)
-
-    # store the filename for the example without the path
-    local example_file=$(basename $example)
-
-    echo "$example_file: "
-    local sketch="$example_dir/$example_file"
-    echo "$sketch"
-    #arduino -v --verbose-build --verify $sketch
-
-    # verify the example, and save stdout & stderr to a variable
-    # we have to avoid reading the exit code of local:
-    # "when declaring a local variable in a function, the local acts as a command in its own right"
-    local build_stdout
-    build_stdout=$(arduino --verify $sketch 2>&1)
-
-    # echo output if the build failed
-    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-      # heavy X
-      echo -e "\xe2\x9c\x96"
-      echo -e "----------------------------- DEBUG OUTPUT -----------------------------\n"
-      echo "$build_stdout"
-      echo -e "\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
-
-      # mark as fail
-      exit_code=1
-
-    else
-      # heavy checkmark
-      echo -e "\xe2\x9c\x93"
-    fi
-  done
-
-  return $exit_code
-}