jopohl/urh

Add SoapySDR support

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#1,161 opened on May 6, 2025

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My environment:

  • Debian 12 KDE Wayland
  • urh version: 2.9.8.
  • SDR: SDRPlay RSPdx with up-to-date API sdrplay_api_api_version=3.150000
Is your feature request related to a problem?

As urh currently does not support the SDRPlay v3 API (see #783), SoapySDR would be an alternative for interfacing with the device using an (almost) hardware-agnostic API.

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Research direction
Examine existing device backends in urh, then study SoapySDR API to implement a new backend for SDR support.
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python
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backend
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