diff --git a/vendor-example/get_version.cpp b/vendor-example/get_version.cpp
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor-example/get_version.cpp
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+#include <cstdio>
+#include <string>
+
+// Get the version string for a PSU and output to stdout
+// In this example, it just returns the last 8 bytes as the version
+constexpr int NUM_OF_BYTES = 8;
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    if (argc != 2)
+    {
+        printf("Usage: %s <psu-inventory-path>\n", argv[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    std::string psu = argv[1];
+    if (psu.size() < NUM_OF_BYTES)
+    {
+        psu.append(NUM_OF_BYTES - psu.size(), '0'); //"0", 8 - psu.size());
+    }
+
+    printf("%s", psu.substr(psu.size() - NUM_OF_BYTES).c_str());
+
+    return 0;
+}