It's been a bumpy and ugly ride over the last year or so for the few employees left at Portland-based Gigapan. Last year virtually the entire staff was laid off and then-CEO Josh Friedman left the company. Since then, the company has been in triage and at least one investor told me discussing wind down of operations started around the same time. Today the company announced the sale of the hardware side of the business to Maryland-based OmegaBrandness. The cash generated will be used to invest in…