Talk to the board from Python

The board's iiod daemon serves the radio over the network; anything speaking libiio can drive it, from any language. From Python:

# run from: your project's folder, on your PC
python3 -m venv .venv                     # a venv: Python packages for this project only
.venv/bin/pip install pyadi-iio           # this is the whole install

# run from: your project's folder, as: .venv/bin/python example.py
import adi
sdr = adi.ad9361("ip:fishball.local")     # or ip:192.168.2.1 over USB
sdr.rx_lo             = 2_400_000_000     # tune to 2.4 GHz
sdr.sample_rate       = 4_000_000
sdr.rx_rf_bandwidth   = 4_000_000
sdr.rx_buffer_size    = 65536
x = sdr.rx()                              # 65536 complex samples
sdr.rx_destroy_buffer()                   # not optional - see below

You should see: x holding 65536 complex samples.

Rule	Why
Call rx_destroy_buffer() (or tx_destroy_buffer()) before the script ends	otherwise the script can segfault on exit (code 139) inside iio_buffer_destroy(): the data is fine, but the crash fails tests and CI
Full scale is ±2047 (12-bit), not 32768	dividing by 32768 reads every level 24 dB low
One program receives at a time	the board has one receive buffer

Transmitting?

Read before you transmit first: at least 20 dB in any TX→RX loop, attenuation set after the buffer starts and read back, mute before teardown. The safe pattern: transmit a waveform on repeat.

Next: capture IQ to a file.