--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+'''Check that the configuration variable template used on the RPi matches the
+variables used in the AVR'''
+
+import sys
+import json
+
+templ = json.load(open('src/resources/config-template.json', 'r'))
+vars = json.load(open('avr/build/vars.json', 'r'))
+
+
+def check(section):
+ errors = 0
+
+ for name, entry in section.items():
+ if 'type' in entry:
+ ok = False
+
+ if 'code' in entry and not entry['code'] in vars:
+ print('"%s" with code "%s" not found' % (name, entry['code']))
+
+ else: ok = True
+
+ if not ok: errors += 1
+
+ else: errors += check(entry)
+
+ return errors
+
+
+errors = check(templ)
+print('\n%d errors' % errors)
+sys.exit(errors != 0)