diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3d1d68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+
+name: Build Python Wheels
+
+on:
+  push:
+    #branches: [master]
+    tags: ["v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"]
+
+jobs:
+
+  build_setup:
+    name: Prepare environment for wheel builds
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Prepare wheel build
+        run: make -C python/ setup
+      - name: Store wheel configuration files
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: wheel-config
+          path: python/
+
+  build_wheels:
+    name: Build binary wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    needs: [build_setup]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-2019]
+        arch: [auto32, auto64, aarch64]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - name: Install cibuildwheel
+        run: python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.1.2
+      - name: Get wheel configuration files
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: wheel-config
+          path: python/
+      - name: Build wheels
+        run: python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
+        working-directory: python/
+        # env:
+        #   CIBW_BUILD: cp36-* cp37-* cp38-* cp39-* cp310-*
+      - name: Store binary wheels
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: binary-wheels
+          path: python/wheelhouse/*.whl
+
+  build_sdist:
+    name: Build source distribution
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build_setup]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Install cython
+        run: python -m pip install cython==0.29.24
+      - name: Get wheel configuration files
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: wheel-config
+          path: python/
+      - name: Build sdist
+        run: python setup.py sdist
+        working-directory: python/
+      - name: Store source wheels
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: source-wheels
+          path: python/dist/*.tar.gz
+
+
+  upload_pypi:
+    name: Upload binary wheels to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    needs: [build_wheels, build_sdist]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Get source wheels
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: source-wheels
+          path: dist/
+      - name: Get binary wheels
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: binary-wheels
+          path: dist/
+
+      - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.TDMTERMITE_GITHUB_WORKFLOW_PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/cython/requirements.txt b/cython/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b6fe7ec..0000000
--- a/cython/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Cython==0.29.21
diff --git a/cython/setup.py b/cython/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0af5f23..0000000
--- a/cython/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-from distutils.core import setup
-from distutils.extension import Extension
-from Cython.Build import cythonize
-import os
-import sys
-
-print("building on platform: "+sys.platform)
-os.system("git tag > gittags.log")
-with open ("gittags.log","r") as gt:
-    taglst = gt.readlines()
-os.remove("gittags.log")
-if len(taglst) > 0 :
-    version = taglst[-1].replace('\n','').replace('v','')
-else:
-    version = 'unkown'
-print("building version: "+version)
-
-if sys.platform == "linux" or sys.platform == "darwin" :
-	cmpargs = ['-std=c++17','-Wno-unused-variable']
-	lnkargs = ['-std=c++17','-Wno-unused-variable']
-elif sys.platform == "win32" :
-	cmpargs = ['/EHsc','/std:c++17']
-	lnkargs = []
-else :
-	raise RuntimeError("unknown platform") 
-
-extensions = Extension(
-    name="tdm_termite",
-    sources=["cython/py_tdm_termite.pyx"],
-    # libraries=[""],
-    # library_dirs=["lib"],
-    include_dirs=["lib","3rdparty/pugixml"],
-    language='c++',
-    #extra_compile_args=['-std=c++17','-Wno-unused-variable'],
-    extra_compile_args= cmpargs,
-    extra_link_args= lnkargs,
-)
-
-setup(
-    version=version,
-    description='TDMtermite cython extension',
-    author='Record Evolution GmbH',
-    author_email='mario.fink@record-evolution.de',
-    url='https://github.com/RecordEvolution/TDMtermite.git',
-    name="tdm_termite",
-    ext_modules=cythonize(extensions)
-)
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index ed929c6..ac6746c 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -13,18 +13,16 @@ HPP = $(wildcard lib/*.hpp)
 CC = g++ -std=c++17
 
 # compiler options and optimization flags
-OPT = -O3 -Wall -Werror -Wunused-variable -Wsign-compare
+OPT = -O3 -Wall -Wconversion -Wpedantic -Wunused-variable -Wsign-compare
 
 # include 3rd party libraries paths
 LIBB := 3rdparty/
 LIB := $(foreach dir,$(shell ls $(LIBB)),-I $(LIBB)$(dir))
 
 # determine git version/commit tag
-GTAG := $(shell git tag | tail -n1)
-GTAGV := $(shell git tag | tail -n1 | tr -d 'v')
+GTAG := $(shell git tag -l --sort=version:refname | tail -n1 | sed "s/$^v//g")
 GHSH := $(shell git rev-parse HEAD | head -c8)
-PIPYVS := $(shell grep "version" pip/setup.py | tr -d 'version=,\#\" ')
-PICGVS := $(shell grep "version" pip/setup.cfg | tr -d 'version=,\#\" ')
+GVSN := $(shell cat python/VERSION | tr -d ' \n')
 
 # current timestamp
 TMS = $(shell date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S)
@@ -37,31 +35,20 @@ OST := $(shell uname)
 CWD := $(shell pwd)
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-# version/tag check
+# C++ and CLI tool
 
-checkversion:
-	@echo "git tag:                "$(GTAG)
-	@echo "git head:               "$(GHSH)
-	@echo "pip setup.py version:   "$(PIPYVS)
-	@echo "pip setup.cfg version:  "$(PICGVS)
+# check tags and build executable
+exec: check-tags $(GVSN) $(EXE)
 
-$(GTAGV):
-	@echo "check consistent versions (git tag vs. setup.py): "$(GTAG)" <-> "$(PIPYVS)" "
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-# CLI tool
-
-$(EXE) : main.o $(SRC).o
+# build executable
+$(EXE): $(SRC).o main.o
 	$(CC) $(OPT) $^ -o $@
 
-install : $(EXE)
-	cp $< $(INST)/
-
-uninstall : $(INST)/$(EXE)
-	rm $<
+$(SRC).o : lib/$(SRC).cpp lib/$(SRC).hpp $(HPP)
+	$(CC) -c $(OPT) $(LIB) $< -o $@
 
 # build main.cpp object file and include git version/commit tag
-main.o : src/main.cpp lib/$(SRC).hpp $(HPP)
+main.o: src/main.cpp lib/$(SRC).hpp $(HPP)
 	@cp $< $<.cpp
 	@if [ $(OST) = "Linux" ]; then\
 		sed -i 's/TAGSTRING/$(GTAG)/g' $<.cpp; \
@@ -76,8 +63,11 @@ main.o : src/main.cpp lib/$(SRC).hpp $(HPP)
 	$(CC) -c $(OPT) $(LIB) -I lib/ $<.cpp -o $@
 	@rm $<.cpp
 
-$(SRC).o : lib/$(SRC).cpp lib/$(SRC).hpp $(HPP)
-	$(CC) -c $(OPT) $(LIB) $< -o $@
+install: $(EXE)
+	cp $< $(INST)/
+
+uninstall : $(INST)/$(EXE)
+	rm $<
 
 tdmtest : tdmtest.o
 	$(CC) $(OPT) $^ -o $@
@@ -86,38 +76,19 @@ tdmtest.o : src/test.cpp lib/$(SRC).hpp $(HPP)
 	$(CC) -c $(OPT) $(LIB) -I lib/ $< -o $@
 
 cpp-clean :
-	rm -f $(EXE) *.o src/main.cpp.cpp tdmtest
+	rm -vf $(EXE)
+	rm -vf *.o src/main.cpp.cpp tdmtest
 
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-# check process
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# versions
 
-checkps :
-	@ps aux | head -n1
-	@ps aux | grep $(EXE) | grep -v "grep"
+$(GTAG):
+	@echo "consistent versions check successful: building $(GTAG)"
 
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-# python/cython module
-
-cython-requirements: cython/requirements.txt
-	python3 -m pip install -r $<
-
-cython-help : cython/setup.py
-	python3 $< --help
-
-cython-list : cython/setup.py
-	python3 $< --name --description --author --author-email --url
-
-cython-build : cython/setup.py cython/tdm_termite.pxd cython/py_tdm_termite.pyx $(HPP) lib/tdm_termite.cpp
-	python3 $< build_ext --inplace
-	cp -v tdm_termite.cpython-*.so python/
-
-cython-install : cython/setup.py cython/tdm_termite.pxd cython/py_tdm_termite.pyx $(HPP) lib/tdm_termite.cpp
-	python3 $< install
-
-cython-clean :
-	rm -vf cython/py_tdm_termite.c* cython/tdm_termite.c*
-	rm -vf tdm_termite.cpython-*.so python/tdm_termite.cpython-*.so
-	rm -rf build
+check-tags:
+	@echo "latest git tag:  $(GTAG)"
+	@echo "latest git hash: $(GHSH)"
+	@echo "python version:  $(GVSN)"
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # docker
@@ -134,17 +105,32 @@ docker-clean:
 	docker image remove tdmtermite
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-# pip
+# check process
 
-pip-publish: $(PIPYVS) cython-build
-	cd pip/ && make pip-publish
-
-pip-test:
-	cd pip/ && make pip-test
+checkps :
+	@ps aux | head -n1
+	@ps aux | grep $(EXE) | grep -v "grep"
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# python
 
-clean : cpp-clean cython-clean
-	cd pip/ && make pip-clean
+python-build: check-tags $(GVSN)
+	make -C python/ build-inplace
+	cp python/TDMtermite*.so ./ -v
+
+python-install: check-tags $(GVSN)
+	make -C python/ install
+
+python-clean:
+	make -C python/ clean
+	rm -vf TDMtermite*.so
+
+python-test:
+	PYTHONPATH=./ python python/examples/usage.py
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# clean
+
+clean : cpp-clean python-clean
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
diff --git a/pip/Dockerfile b/pip/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 774117e..0000000
--- a/pip/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-
-FROM debian:bullseye
-
-RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
-  apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install -y \
-  python3 \
-  python3-pip \
-  python3-setuptools
-
-# RUN python3 -m pip install -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ TDMtermite-RecordEvolution==0.6.7 && \
-#   python3 -m pip install --upgrade TDMtermite-RecordEvolution
-RUN python3 -m pip install TDMtermite
-
-# CMD ["sleep","3600"]
-CMD ["python3","-m","pip","freeze"]
diff --git a/pip/Dockerfile-manylinux b/pip/Dockerfile-manylinux
deleted file mode 100644
index 29e5000..0000000
--- a/pip/Dockerfile-manylinux
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-
-FROM quay.io/pypa/manylinux2010_x86_64
-
-RUN yum -y install \
-    git \
-    python34-devel \
-    gcc-c++ \
-    python34-tkinter \
-    make \
-    python34-pip \
-    
-RUN sudo yum -y install rh-python36-python-devel.x86_64 rh-python35-python-devel.x86_64 python27-python-devel.x86_64
-
-ENV PATH /opt/rh/python27/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-python35/root/usr/bin/:/opt/rh/rh-python36/root/usr/bin/:$PATH
-
-RUN  python3.6 -m pip install --user --upgrade cython wheel twine auditwheel
-
-WORKDIR /home/${USERNAME}/neuron-yale
-
-RUN  git checkout setuppy \
-     && python3.6 setup.py bdist_wheel
-
-# repair wheel? see : https://malramsay.com/post/perils_of_packaging/
-RUN python3.6 -m pip install --user --upgrade auditwheel
-RUN LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`/_install/lib auditwheel repair dist/NEURON-7.8-cp36-cp36m-linux_x86_64.whl
diff --git a/pip/bkup.pyproject.toml b/pip/bkup.pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index e59fa8b..0000000
--- a/pip/bkup.pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = [
-    "setuptools"
-]
diff --git a/pip/makefile b/pip/makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index e649a38..0000000
--- a/pip/makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-
-pip-publish: pip-sdist pip-upload
-
-pip-sdist: ../cython/py_tdm_termite.pyx ../cython/tdm_termite.pxd ../cython/py_tdm_termite.cpp
-	cp -v ../cython/py_tdm_termite.pyx ../cython/tdm_termite.pxd ./
-	cp -v ../cython/py_tdm_termite.cpp ./
-	cp -v ../lib/*.hpp ../lib/*.cpp ./
-	cp -v ../3rdparty/pugixml/* ./
-	cat ../README.md | grep '^# TDMtermite' -A 50000 > ./README.md
-	cp -v ../LICENSE ./
-	# cython py_tdm_termite.pyx -o py_tdm_termite.cpp
-	python3 setup.py sdist
-
-pip-setup:
-	apt-get install -y python3-setuptools \
-	                   python3-pip \
-	                   python3-venv
-	python3 -m pip install --upgrade build
-	python3 -m pip install twine wheel auditwheel cython
-	python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade twine
-
-pip-build:
-	#python3 -m build
-	# python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-	python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
-
-# actually it seems we have to use CentOS container
-# docker run -i -t -v `pwd`:/io quay.io/pypa/manylinux1_x86_64 /bin/bash
-# see https://github.com/neuronsimulator/nrn/issues/329 for setup of the container
-
-pip-audit:
-	auditwheel repair $(shell find dist/ -name "*-cp38-cp38-linux_x86_64.whl")
-
-# username: __token__
-# password: API-token including "pypi-"
-# !! RUN AS ROOT!! (only for bdist_wheel + auditwheel)
-pip-upload-test:
-	python3 -m twine upload --repository testpypi dist/$(shell ls -t dist/ | head -n1)
-
-pip-upload:
-	python3 -m twine upload dist/$(shell ls -t dist/ | head -n1)
-
-pip-test-install:
-	python3 -m pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple --no-deps TDMtermite-RecordEvolution
-	# python3 -m pip install -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ TDMtermite-RecordEvolution==0.5
-
-pip-test:
-	docker build . --tag tdmtermite-piptest
-	docker run -it --rm tdmtermite-piptest
-
-pip-clean:
-	rm -rvf dist/
-	rm -rvf *.egg-info
-	rm -rvf build/
-	rm -rvf cython/
-	rm -rvf wheelhouse/
-	rm -vf *.pyx *.pxd
-	rm -vf *.cpp *.c *.hpp
-	rm -vf README.md LICENSE
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
diff --git a/pip/setup.cfg b/pip/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 7dca8d8..0000000
--- a/pip/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-name = TDMtermite-RecordEvolution
-version = 1.0.5
-author = Record Evolution GmbH
-author_email = mario.fink@record-evolution.de
-maintainer = Record Evolution GmbH
-license = MIT
-description = Extract and read data from National Instruments LabVIEW tdx/tdm files and export them as csv files
-long_description = file: README.md
-long_description_content_type = text/markdown
-url = https://github.com/RecordEvolution/TDMtermite.git
-project_urls =
-    Bug Tracker = https://github.com/RecordEvolution/TDMtermite/issues
-classifiers =
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
-    Operating System :: OS Independent
-
-[options]
-packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.6
diff --git a/pip/setup.py b/pip/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 30bdc7d..0000000
--- a/pip/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-
-from setuptools import setup, Extension
-import sys
-
-print("building on platform: "+sys.platform)
-
-if sys.platform == "linux" or sys.platform == "darwin" :
-	cmpargs = ['-std=c++17','-Wno-unused-variable']
-	lnkargs = ['-std=c++17','-Wno-unused-variable']
-elif sys.platform == "win32" :
-	cmpargs = ['/EHsc','/std:c++17']
-	lnkargs = []
-else :
-	raise RuntimeError("unknown platform")
-
-with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
-    long_description = fh.read()
-
-setup(
-    name="TDMtermite",
-    version="1.0.5",
-    author="Record Evolution GmbH",
-    author_email="mario.fink@record-evolution.de",
-    maintainer="Record Evolution GmbH",
-    license="MIT",
-    description="Extract and read data from National Instruments LabVIEW tdx/tdm files and export them as csv files",
-    keywords="TDM/TDX NationalInstruments LabVIEW decode",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    url="https://github.com/RecordEvolution/TDMtermite.git",
-    project_urls={
-        "Bug Tracker": "https://github.com/RecordEvolution/TDMtermite/issues",
-    },
-    classifiers=[
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-    ],
-    ext_modules=[Extension("tdm_termite",
-                           ["py_tdm_termite.cpp"],
-                           # libraries_dirs = ["cython/"],
-                           # include_dirs = ["3rdparty/pugixml/","lib/"],
-                           # depends = ["../lib/tdm_termite.hpp"]
-                           language = 'c++',
-                           extra_compile_args = cmpargs,
-                           extra_link_args = lnkargs,
-                           )
-	],
-)
diff --git a/pip/MANIFEST.in b/python/MANIFEST.in
similarity index 70%
rename from pip/MANIFEST.in
rename to python/MANIFEST.in
index ae1b835..b224465 100644
--- a/pip/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/python/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-include *.hpp
+include lib/*.hpp
 include *.cpp
 include *.pyx
 include *.pxd
diff --git a/cython/tdm_termite.pxd b/python/TDMtermite.pxd
similarity index 79%
rename from cython/tdm_termite.pxd
rename to python/TDMtermite.pxd
index 6fe58f9..c355b6b 100644
--- a/cython/tdm_termite.pxd
+++ b/python/TDMtermite.pxd
@@ -1,28 +1,34 @@
-# cython: language_level = 3
 
 # use some C++ STL libraries
 from libcpp.string cimport string
 from libcpp.vector cimport vector
 from libcpp cimport bool
 
-cdef extern from "tdm_termite.cpp":
+cdef extern from "lib/tdm_termite.cpp":
   pass
 
-cdef extern from "tdm_termite.hpp":
-  cdef cppclass tdm_termite:
+cdef extern from "lib/tdm_termite.hpp":
+
+  cdef cppclass cpptdmtermite "tdm_termite":
+
     # constructor(s)
-    tdm_termite() except +
-    tdm_termite(string tdmfile, string tdxfile) except +
+    cpptdmtermite() except +
+    cpptdmtermite(string tdmfile, string tdxfile) except +
+
     # provide TDM files
     void submit_files(string tdmfile, string tdxfile) except+
+
     # get list of channel(-group) ids
     vector[string] get_channelgroup_ids() except+
     vector[string] get_channel_ids() except+
+
     # get data of specific channel
     vector[double] get_channel_as_double(string id) except+
+
     # get meta-data
     string get_channelgroup_info(string id) except+
     string get_channel_info(string id) except+
+
     # print a channel(-group)
     void print_group(string id, const char* filename, bool include_meta,
                      char delimiter, string column_header) except+
diff --git a/cython/py_tdm_termite.pyx b/python/TDMtermite.pyx
similarity index 62%
rename from cython/py_tdm_termite.pyx
rename to python/TDMtermite.pyx
index 09da2bb..450d560 100644
--- a/cython/py_tdm_termite.pyx
+++ b/python/TDMtermite.pyx
@@ -1,51 +1,52 @@
 # distutils: language = c++
+# cython: language_level = 3
+
+from TDMtermite cimport cpptdmtermite
 
-from tdm_termite cimport tdm_termite
 import json as jn
-# import numpy as np
 
 cdef class tdmtermite:
 
   # C++ instance of class => stack allocated (requires nullary constructor!)
-  cdef tdm_termite cpp_tdm
+  cdef cpptdmtermite cpptdm
 
   # constructor
   def __cinit__(self, string tdmfile, string tdxfile):
-    self.cpp_tdm = tdm_termite(tdmfile,tdxfile)
+    self.cpptdm = cpptdmtermite(tdmfile,tdxfile)
 
   # provide TDM files
   def submit_files(self,string tdmfile, string tdxfile):
-    self.cpp_tdm.submit_files(tdmfile,tdxfile)
+    self.cpptdm.submit_files(tdmfile,tdxfile)
 
   # get list of channel(-group) ids
   def get_channelgroup_ids(self):
-    return self.cpp_tdm.get_channelgroup_ids()
+    return self.cpptdm.get_channelgroup_ids()
   def get_channel_ids(self):
-    return self.cpp_tdm.get_channel_ids()
+    return self.cpptdm.get_channel_ids()
 
   # get data of specific channel
   def get_channel(self, string id):
-    return self.cpp_tdm.get_channel_as_double(id)
+    return self.cpptdm.get_channel_as_double(id)
 
   # get meta-data of channel(-group) (as dictionary)
   def get_channelgroup_info(self, string id):
-    grpstr = self.cpp_tdm.get_channelgroup_info(id)
+    grpstr = self.cpptdm.get_channelgroup_info(id)
     return jn.loads(grpstr.decode())
   def get_channel_info(self, string id):
-    chnstr = self.cpp_tdm.get_channel_info(id)
+    chnstr = self.cpptdm.get_channel_info(id)
     return jn.loads(chnstr.decode())
 
   # print a channel(-group)
   def print_channelgroup(self, string id, const char* filename, bool include_meta,
                                char delimiter, string column_header):
-    self.cpp_tdm.print_group(id,filename,include_meta,delimiter,column_header)
+    self.cpptdm.print_group(id,filename,include_meta,delimiter,column_header)
   def print_channel(self, string id, const char* filename,
                           bool include_meta):
-    self.cpp_tdm.print_channel(id,filename,include_meta)
+    self.cpptdm.print_channel(id,filename,include_meta)
 
   # print all data grouped by channelgroups
   def write_all(self, string outputdir) :
-    grpids = self.cpp_tdm.get_channelgroup_ids()
+    grpids = self.cpptdm.get_channelgroup_ids()
     for id in grpids :
       grpfile = outputdir.decode() + "/channelgroup_" + id.decode() + ".csv"
-      self.cpp_tdm.print_group(id,grpfile.encode(),True,ord(','),"".encode())
+      self.cpptdm.print_group(id,grpfile.encode(),True,ord(','),"".encode())
diff --git a/python/VERSION b/python/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af0b7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0.6
diff --git a/python/custom.py b/python/examples/custom.py
similarity index 94%
rename from python/custom.py
rename to python/examples/custom.py
index 9a349eb..6ed02af 100644
--- a/python/custom.py
+++ b/python/examples/custom.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 
-import tdm_termite
+import TDMtermite
 import json
 import re
 
 # create 'tdm_termite' instance object
 try :
-    jack = tdm_termite.tdmtermite(b'samples/SineData.tdm',b'samples/SineData.tdx')
+    jack = TDMtermite.tdmtermite(b'samples/SineData.tdm',b'samples/SineData.tdx')
 except RuntimeError as e :
     print("failed to load/decode TDM files: " + str(e))
 
diff --git a/python/minimal.py b/python/examples/minimal.py
similarity index 88%
rename from python/minimal.py
rename to python/examples/minimal.py
index 4be5648..ecabfd4 100644
--- a/python/minimal.py
+++ b/python/examples/minimal.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
-import tdm_termite
+import TDMtermite
 
 # create 'tdm_termite' instance object
 try :
-    jack = tdm_termite.tdmtermite(b'samples/SineData.tdm',b'samples/SineData.tdx')
+    jack = TDMtermite.tdmtermite(b'samples/SineData.tdm',b'samples/SineData.tdx')
     # list ids of channelgroups
     grpids = jack.get_channelgroup_ids()
     # iterate through groups
diff --git a/python/usage.py b/python/examples/usage.py
similarity index 94%
rename from python/usage.py
rename to python/examples/usage.py
index 09639fe..f809c61 100644
--- a/python/usage.py
+++ b/python/examples/usage.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 
-import tdm_termite
+import TDMtermite
 # import numpy as np
 import json
 import re
 
 # create 'tdm_termite' instance object
 try :
-    jack = tdm_termite.tdmtermite(b'samples/SineData.tdm',b'samples/SineData.tdx')
+    jack = TDMtermite.tdmtermite(b'samples/SineData.tdm',b'samples/SineData.tdx')
 except RuntimeError as e :
     print("failed to load/decode TDM files: " + str(e))
 
diff --git a/python/makefile b/python/makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da30c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+
+setup:
+	cat ../README.md | grep '^# TDMtermite' -A 50000 > ./README.md
+	#pandoc -f markdown -t rst -o README.rst README.md
+	#python -m rstvalidator README.rst
+	cp -r ../lib ./
+	cp -r ../3rdparty ./
+	cp -v ../LICENSE ./
+
+setup-clean:
+	rm -vf README.md README.rst LICENSE
+	rm -rf lib/ 3rdparty/
+
+build: setup
+	python setup.py build
+
+build-inplace: setup
+	python setup.py build_ext --inplace
+
+build-install: setup
+	python setup.py install
+
+build-sdist: setup
+	python setup.py sdist
+	python -m twine check dist/*
+
+build-bdist: setup
+	python setup.py bdist
+	python -m twine check dist/*
+
+build-clean:
+	python setup.py clean --all
+	rm -vf TDMtermite*.so TDMtermite*.cpp
+	rm -rvf dist/ IMCtermite.egg-info/
+
+cibuildwheel-build: setup
+	cibuildwheel --platform linux
+
+cibuildwheel-clean:
+	rm -rvf wheelhouse/
+
+pypi-audit:
+	auditwheel repair $(shell find dist/ -name "*-linux_x86_64.whl")
+
+# username: __token__
+# password: API-token including "pypi-"
+pypi-upload-test:
+	python -m twine upload --repository testpypi dist/$(shell ls -t dist/ | head -n1)
+
+pypi-install-test:
+	python -m pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple --no-deps TDMtermite-RecordEvolution
+	# python3 -m pip install -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ TDMtermite-RecordEvolution==0.5
+
+pypi-upload:
+	python -m twine upload dist/$(shell ls -t dist/ | head -n1)
+
+clean: setup build-clean cibuildwheel-clean setup-clean
+
+run-example:
+	PYTHONPATH=$(pwd) python examples/usage.py
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e657f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel","Cython"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel]
+before-all = ""
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0bc5d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+[metadata]
+name = TDMtermite
+description = Extract and read data from National Instruments LabVIEW tdx/tdm files and export them as csv files
+long_description = file: README.md
+# long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+version = file: VERSION
+author = Record Evolution GmbH
+author_email = mario.fink@record-evolution.de
+maintainer = Record Evolution GmbH
+url= https://github.com/RecordEvolution/TDMtermite.git
+license = MIT License
+license_files = LICENSE
+keywords = TDM, TDX, National Instruments, DIAdem, LabVIEW, Measurement Studio, SignalExpress
+classifiers =
+  Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+  License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
+  Operating System :: OS Independent
+  Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
+  Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
+
+[options]
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15bc72a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from setuptools import Extension, setup
+from Cython.Build import cythonize
+import sys
+
+print("building on platform: "+sys.platform)
+
+cmpArgs = {
+    "linux": ['-std=c++17','-Wno-unused-variable'],
+    "darwin": ['-std=c++17','-Wno-unused-variable'],
+    "win32": ['/EHsc','/std:c++17']
+}
+
+extension = Extension(
+    "TDMtermite",
+    language='c++',
+    sources=["TDMtermite.pyx"],
+    include_dirs=["lib","3rdparty/pugixml"],
+    extra_compile_args=cmpArgs[sys.platform]
+)
+
+setup(
+    ext_modules=cythonize(extension,language_level=3)
+)