diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index e10c47b..9ca135a 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ The following is the rough list of changes that went into different versions. I
 - Move binary sketch size verification logic inside makefile. Fix issue #54
 - Remove dependency on wait-connection-leonardo shell script. Fix issue #95
 - Add support for the Digilent chipKIT platform. (https://github.com/peplin)
+- Implement ard-parse-boards with shell scripting instead of Perl (https://github.com/peplin)
 
 ### 0.12.0 (2013-06-20)
 - Fix "generated_assembly" target, which got broken earlier. Fix issue #76 (https://github.com/matthijskooijman)
diff --git a/arduino-mk/Arduino.mk b/arduino-mk/Arduino.mk
index c2d1cfd..a494293 100644
--- a/arduino-mk/Arduino.mk
+++ b/arduino-mk/Arduino.mk
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #
 # We need to worry about three different sorts of file:
 #
-# 1. Things which are included in this distribution e.g. ard-parse-boards
+# 1. Things which are included in this distribution e.g. ard-reset-arduino
 #    => ARDMK_DIR
 #
 # 2. Things which are always in the Arduino distribution e.g.
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 #    ARDUINO_PORT - The port where the Arduino can be found (only needed
 #                   when uploading)
 #
-#    BOARD_TAG    - The ard-parse-boards tag for the board e.g. uno or mega
+#    BOARD_TAG    - The tag for the board e.g. uno or mega
 #                   'make show_boards' shows a list
 #
 # If you have your additional libraries relative to your source, rather
@@ -507,78 +507,71 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifndef PARSE_BOARD
-    PARSE_BOARD = $(ARDMK_PATH)/ard-parse-boards
-endif
-
-ifndef PARSE_BOARD_OPTS
-    PARSE_BOARD_OPTS = --boards_txt=$(BOARDS_TXT)
+    # result = $(call READ_BOARD_TXT, 'boardname', 'parameter')
+    PARSE_BOARD = $(shell grep $(1).$(2) $(BOARDS_TXT) | cut -d = -f 2 )
 endif
 
 # If NO_CORE is set, then we don't have to parse boards.txt file
 # But the user might have to define MCU, F_CPU etc
 ifeq ($(strip $(NO_CORE)),)
 
-    ifndef PARSE_BOARD_CMD
-        PARSE_BOARD_CMD = $(PARSE_BOARD) $(PARSE_BOARD_OPTS)
-    endif
-
     # Which variant ? This affects the include path
     ifndef VARIANT
-        VARIANT = $(shell $(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) $(BOARD_TAG) build.variant)
+        VARIANT = $(call PARSE_BOARD,$(BOARD_TAG),build.variant)
     endif
 
     # processor stuff
     ifndef MCU
-        MCU   = $(shell $(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) $(BOARD_TAG) build.mcu)
+        MCU   = $(call PARSE_BOARD,$(BOARD_TAG),build.mcu)
     endif
 
     ifndef F_CPU
-        F_CPU = $(shell $(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) $(BOARD_TAG) build.f_cpu)
+        F_CPU = $(call PARSE_BOARD,$(BOARD_TAG),build.f_cpu)
     endif
 
     ifeq ($(VARIANT),leonardo)
         # USB IDs for the Leonardo
         ifndef USB_VID
-            USB_VID = $(shell $(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) $(BOARD_TAG) build.vid 2>/dev/null)
+            USB_VID = $(call PARSE_BOARD,$(BOARD_TAG),build.vid)
         endif
 
         ifndef USB_PID
-            USB_PID = $(shell $(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) $(BOARD_TAG) build.pid 2>/dev/null)
+            USB_PID = $(call PARSE_BOARD,$(BOARD_TAG),build.pid)
         endif
     endif
 
     # normal programming info
     ifndef AVRDUDE_ARD_PROGRAMMER
-        AVRDUDE_ARD_PROGRAMMER = $(shell $(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) $(BOARD_TAG) upload.protocol)
+        AVRDUDE_ARD_PROGRAMMER = $(call PARSE_BOARD,$(BOARD_TAG),upload.protocol)
     endif
 
     ifndef AVRDUDE_ARD_BAUDRATE
-        AVRDUDE_ARD_BAUDRATE   = $(shell $(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) $(BOARD_TAG) upload.speed)
+        AVRDUDE_ARD_BAUDRATE = $(call PARSE_BOARD,$(BOARD_TAG),upload.speed)
     endif
 
     # fuses if you're using e.g. ISP
     ifndef ISP_LOCK_FUSE_PRE
-        ISP_LOCK_FUSE_PRE  = $(shell $(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) $(BOARD_TAG) bootloader.unlock_bits)
+        ISP_LOCK_FUSE_PRE = $(call PARSE_BOARD,$(BOARD_TAG),bootloader.unlock_bits)
     endif
 
     ifndef ISP_HIGH_FUSE
-        ISP_HIGH_FUSE      = $(shell $(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) $(BOARD_TAG) bootloader.high_fuses)
+        ISP_HIGH_FUSE = $(call PARSE_BOARD,$(BOARD_TAG),bootloader.high_fuses)
     endif
 
     ifndef ISP_LOW_FUSE
-        ISP_LOW_FUSE       = $(shell $(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) $(BOARD_TAG) bootloader.low_fuses)
+        ISP_LOW_FUSE = $(call PARSE_BOARD,$(BOARD_TAG),bootloader.low_fuses)
     endif
 
     ifndef ISP_EXT_FUSE
-        ISP_EXT_FUSE       = $(shell $(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) $(BOARD_TAG) bootloader.extended_fuses)
+        ISP_EXT_FUSE = $(call PARSE_BOARD,$(BOARD_TAG),bootloader.extended_fuses)
     endif
 
     ifndef ISP_LOCK_FUSE_POST
-        ISP_LOCK_FUSE_POST = $(shell $(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) $(BOARD_TAG) bootloader.lock_bits)
+        ISP_LOCK_FUSE_POST = $(call PARSE_BOARD,$(BOARD_TAG),bootloader.lock_bits)
     endif
 
     ifndef HEX_MAXIMUM_SIZE
-        HEX_MAXIMUM_SIZE  = $(shell $(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) $(BOARD_TAG) upload.maximum_size)
+        HEX_MAXIMUM_SIZE  = $(call PARSE_BOARD,$(BOARD_TAG),upload.maximum_size)
     endif
 
 endif
@@ -1076,7 +1069,7 @@ size:		$(TARGET_HEX)
 		$(call avr_size,$(TARGET_ELF),$(TARGET_HEX))
 
 show_boards:
-		$(PARSE_BOARD_CMD) --boards
+	@cat $(BOARDS_TXT) | grep -E "^[[:alnum:]]" | cut -d . -f 1 | uniq
 
 monitor:
 		$(MONITOR_CMD) $(call get_arduino_port) $(MONITOR_BAUDRATE)
diff --git a/bin/ard-parse-boards b/bin/ard-parse-boards
deleted file mode 100755
index 530462f..0000000
--- a/bin/ard-parse-boards
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,269 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env perl
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use Getopt::Long;
-use Pod::Usage;
-use YAML;
-
-# TODO: If you writing an installation script or a package for the makefile,
-# then you might want to replace the below path based on the environment.
-# More discussion at https://github.com/sudar/Arduino-Makefile/issues/50
-my %Opt =
-   (
-    boards_txt => '/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware/arduino/boards.txt',
-   );
-
-# if the ARDUINO_DIR is defined, then use it
-if (defined $ENV{'ARDUINO_DIR'}) {
-    $Opt{boards_txt} = "$ENV{'ARDUINO_DIR'}/hardware/arduino/boards.txt";
-}
-
-GetOptions(\%Opt,
-	   "boards_txt=s", # filename of the boards.txt file
-	   "find!",        # search for data
-	   "dump!",        # dump the whole database
-	   "boards!",      # dump a list of boards
-	   "help!",
-	   "info!",
-	  );
-
-if ($Opt{help} || $Opt{info})
-  {
-    usage();
-  }
-
-my $db = parse_boards($Opt{boards_txt});
-
-if ($Opt{dump})
-  {
-    dump_data("$Opt{boards_txt} contains:", $db);
-  }
-elsif ($Opt{find})
-  {
-    my @terms = @ARGV or usage();
-    find_data($db, \@terms);
-  }
-elsif ($Opt{boards})
-  {
-    dump_boards($db);
-  }
-else
-  {
-    my $tag = shift @ARGV or usage();
-
-    if (my $key = shift @ARGV)
-      {
-	die "$key isn't defined for the $tag board, "
-	  unless $db->{$tag} && exists $db->{$tag}->{$key};
-
-	print $db->{$tag}->{$key}, "\n";
-      }
-    else
-      {
-	die "The $tag board isn't defined, "
-	  unless $db->{$tag};
-
-	dump_data("The $tag board:", $db->{$tag});
-      }
-  }
-
-## here endeth the main
-
-sub usage
-  {
-    pod2usage(-verbose => 2);
-  }
-
-# return HoH: {board}->{field} = value
-sub parse_boards
-  {
-    my $filename = shift;
-
-    my %b;
-
-    open(my $fh, '<', $filename)
-      or die "Can't open $filename, ";
-
-    while(<$fh>)
-      {
-	my ($board, $key, $value) = /^\s*(\S+?)\.(\S+?)\s*=\s*(.+?)\s*$/
-	  or next;
-
-	$b{$board}->{$key} = $value;
-      }
-
-    return \%b;
-  }
-
-# A rudimentary search engine
-sub find_data
-  {
-    my ($db, $term_list) = @_;
-
-    my @q = map { qr/$_/i } @$term_list;
-    my $q = join(' && ', map { "/$_/i" } @$term_list);
-
-    my %hit;
-    foreach my $b (keys %$db)
-      {
-	foreach my $k (keys %{$db->{$b}})
-	  {
-	    my $v = $db->{$b}->{$k};
-	    $hit{$b}->{$k} = $v if !grep { $v !~ /$_/i } @q;
-	  }
-      }
-
-    dump_data("Matches for $q:", \%hit);
-  }
-
-# The list of boards...
-sub dump_boards
-  {
-    my $db = shift or return;
-
-    my %name;
-    my $max_l = 0;
-    foreach my $b (keys %$db)
-      {
-	$name{$b} = $db->{$b}->{name} || 'Anonymous';
-	$max_l    = length($b) if $max_l < length($b);
-      }
-
-    my $fmt = sprintf("%%-%ds %%s\n", $max_l + 2);
-
-    printf $fmt, "Tag", "Board Name";
-    foreach my $b (sort keys %name)
-      {
-	printf $fmt, $b, $name{$b};
-      }
-  }
-
-
-# dump arbitrary data with a title
-sub dump_data
-  {
-    my ($title, $data) = @_;
-
-    print "# $title\n", Dump($data);
-  }
-
-__END__
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-ard-parse-boards - Read data from the Arduino boards.txt file
-
-=head1 USAGE
-
-    Dump all the data in the file:
-    $ ard-parse-boards --dump
-
-    See which boards we know about:
-    $ ard-parse-boards --boards
-
-    Look for a particular board...
-    $ ard-parse-boards --find uno
-
-    ...multiple terms are implicitly ANDed:
-    $ ard-parse-boards --find duemil 328
-
-    Dump all the data for a particular board:
-    $ ard-parse-boards atmega328
-
-    Extract a particular field:
-    $ ard-parse-boards atmega328 build.f_cpu
-
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
-The Arduino software package ships with a boards.txt file which tells
-the Arduino IDE details about particular hardware. So when the user
-says he's got a shiny new Arduino Uno, boards.txt knows that it has a
-16MHz ATmega328 on it. It would be nice to access these data from the
-command line too.
-
-In normal operation you simply specify the tag given to the board in
-the boards.txt file, and optionally a field name. This program then
-extracts the data to STDOUT.
-
-Most boards have names which are quite unwieldy, so we always refer to
-a board by a tag, not its name. Strictly the tag is the bit before the
-first dot in the boards.txt key. You can see a list of board tags and
-names with the C<--boards> option.
-
-=head1 OPTIONS
-
-=over
-
-=item --boards_txt=[file]
-
-Specify the full path to the boards.txt file.
-
-=back
-
-The following options all disable the normal 'lookup' operation.
-
-=over
-
-=item --dump
-
-Dump the complete database in YAML format.
-
-=item ---boards
-
-Print a list of the tag and name of every board in the file.
-
-=item --find [query] <query> ...
-
-Find matching data. Strictly, return a list of values which match all
-of the query terms, treating each term as a case-insensitive regexp.
-
-For example:
-
-=over
-
-=item --find 328
-
-List data containing 328 (anywhere in the value).
-
-=item --find due
-
-List data containing 'due' (e.g. duemilanove).
-
-=item --find 328 due
-
-List data containing both 328 and due.
-
-=back
-
-=back
-
-=head1 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
-
-There are no known bugs in this application.
-
-Please report problems to the author.
-
-Patches are welcome.
-
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Martin Oldfield, ex-atelier@mjo.tc
-
-Thanks to Mark Sproul who suggested doing something like this to me ages ago.
-
-=head1 LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
-
-Copyright (c) 2011, Martin Oldfield. All rights reserved.
-
-This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
-by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-
-