diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dc9627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+# KiCad ignore list:
+_autosave-*
+*.kicad_pcb-bak
+*.bak
+_saved_*
+*-rescue.lib
+
+FreeCAD backup files
+*.FCStd1
+*.fcstd1
+*.FCStd2
+*.fcstd2
+
+# open office / libre office lock files
+*.~lock.*
+
+# OwnCloud conflicts:
+*_conflict-*
+
+# project specific ignores:
+# for pcb-pool production files
+/pcb-pool*
+# for datasheets or other documents that are not allowed to be synced..
+/no_git_sync*
+/datasheets*
+# for old outdated things
+/old*
+# for zip backups:
+/backup*
+
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
diff --git a/led-badge-11x44.py b/led-badge-11x44.py
index e3c31ec..8b626b2 100755
--- a/led-badge-11x44.py
+++ b/led-badge-11x44.py
@@ -163,6 +163,20 @@ bitmap_preloaded = [ ([],0) ]
 bitmaps_preloaded_unused = False
 
 bitmap_named = {
+  'ball':    (array('B', (
+    0b00000000,
+    0b00000000,
+    0b00000000,
+    0b00000000,
+    0b00111100,
+    0b11111111,
+    0b11111111,
+    0b00111100,
+    0b00000000,
+    0b00000000,
+    0b00000000,
+    0b00000000
+    )), 1, '\x1e'),
   'happy':    (array('B', (0x00, 0x00, 0x3c, 0x42, 0xa5, 0x81, 0xa5, 0x99, 0x42, 0x3c, 0x00)), 1, '\x1d'),
   'happy2':   (array('B', (0x00, 0x08, 0x14, 0x08, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x61, 0x30, 0x1c, 0x07,
                            0x00, 0x20, 0x50, 0x20, 0x00, 0x80, 0x80, 0x86, 0x0c, 0x38, 0xe0)), 2, '\x1c'),
@@ -279,7 +293,7 @@ proto_header = (
 
 def header(lengths, speeds, modes, blink, ants):
   """ lengths[0] is the number of chars of the first text
-      
+
       Speeds come in as 1..8, but are needed 0..7 here.
   """
   a = [int(x) for x in re.split(r'[\s,]+', ants)]
@@ -320,7 +334,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--mode-help', action='version', help=argparse.SUPPRESS, ver
 
 -m 5 "Animation"
 
- Animation frames are 6 character (or 48px) wide. Upload an animation of 
+ Animation frames are 6 character (or 48px) wide. Upload an animation of
  N frames as one image N*48 pixels wide, 11 pixels high.
  Frames run from left to right and repeat endless.
  Speed [1..8] result in ca. [1.2 1.3 2.0 2.4 2.8 4.5 7.5 15] fps.
@@ -330,7 +344,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--mode-help', action='version', help=argparse.SUPPRESS, ver
 
 -m 9 "Smoth"
 -m 10 "Rotate"
- 
+
  These modes are mentioned in the BMP Badge software.
  Text is shown static, or sometimes (longer texts?) not shown at all.
  One significant difference is: The text of the fist message stays visible after
@@ -395,4 +409,3 @@ for i in range(int(len(buf)/64)):
 
 if sys.platform == "darwin":
   pyhidapi.hid_close(dev)
-