Ability to toggle ADC Bit Depth Between 12-bit and 8-bit

[krusic22]

The PlutoSDR ADC defaults to 12 bits, which gets extended to 16 bits, wasting some USB bandwidth.
Would it be possible to add an 8-bit mode for applications where reduced precision is worth it for the higher sample rate?

[tfcollins]

Thanks for the request.

This has been discussed several times and it is possible to do but it requires changes at a number of different places in the stack which includes HDL.

We are happy to review change requests or enhancements but its unlikely we (ADI) would implement this feature.