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I’ve been working on an improved firmware for the ANTSDR E200, focused on streaming IQ samples over the network using libiio. The project is now at the developer preview stage, with a complete microSD image build and initial hardware tests documented in the repository. It’s an independent community project. You can find the code and documentation here: antsdr-e200-fw. What has changed The firmware brings together: ADI Linux 6.12.111 and Buildroot 2026.08, updating the kernel and userspace. A patched iiod 1.0, serving both native libiio 1.0 and legacy 0.26 clients. A Docker build that fetches pinned sources, runs checks and assembles a complete microSD image with a SHA256 checksum. Automated checks and a documented recovery procedure, alongside hardware test results. The bootloader and FPGA still come from the official E200 v0.39 firmware. No Vivado installation is needed to build this image. The initial focus is single-channel RX over IIO; TX, dual RX and QSPI flashing are outside the preview’s scope. ...

A few weeks ago, I reached out to SDRplay by email and on LinkedIn with a proposal to add support for their receivers to stream1090. I haven’t heard back yet, but an opportunity to experiment came from a friend. Francesco, IZ0YDF / @frank-ydf, owns an RSP1B that he normally uses for HF reception, alongside a Raspberry Pi running an ADS-B receiver. He kindly connected the RSP1B to his Pi and ADS-B antenna, then gave me remote access through Tailscale. ...