PySerial installation for Windows updated (#1)

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- Fix: Updated CXXFLAGS_STD to match upstream 1.6 (issue #424) (https://github.com/calvinli) - Fix: Updated CXXFLAGS_STD to match upstream 1.6 (issue #424) (https://github.com/calvinli)
- Fix: Added support for attiny core's use of chip instead of cpu in submenus (https://github.com/straccio) - Fix: Added support for attiny core's use of chip instead of cpu in submenus (https://github.com/straccio)
- Fix: ARDUINO_VERSION can cope with the longer 1.6.10 version string (issue #444) (https://github.com/sej7278) - Fix: ARDUINO_VERSION can cope with the longer 1.6.10 version string (issue #444) (https://github.com/sej7278)
- Tweak: Documentation for Windows updated to include installation of PySerial (https://github.com/sovcik)
### 1.5.1 (Debian version: 1.5-3) (2016-02-22) ### 1.5.1 (Debian version: 1.5-3) (2016-02-22)

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On Windows: On Windows:
You need to install Cygwin and its packages for Make, Perl and the following Serial library You need to install Cygwin and its packages for Make, Perl and the following Serial library.
or you can install it using the [pre-built package installer](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial)
Assuming you included Python in your Cygwin installation:
1. download PySerial source package from [https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial)
2. extract downloaded package running
```tar xvzf dowloaded_package_name.tar.gz```
3. navigate to extracted package folder
4. build and install Python module:
```
python setup.py build
python setup.py install
```
## Usage ## Usage