diff --git a/.github/workflows/hardware-test.yml b/.github/workflows/hardware-test.yml
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+name: Hardware Tests (GHA)
+
+# Discovery-driven HW pipeline (v2). Lab coordinator advertises live
+# places via `tags:` (carrier, daughter-board, boot-strategy); this
+# repo's tests carry `@pytest.mark.iio_hardware([…])` markers; the
+# reusable workflow intersects the two and builds the matrix.
+#
+# No `.github/hw-nodes.json`, no `test/hw/env/*.yaml`. The env yaml is
+# rendered per-shard from the place tags by adi-labgrid-plugins.
+#
+# Triggered by:
+#   * workflow_dispatch (manual)
+#   * PRs labeled `hw-test` — keeps every push from burning lab time
+#   * Nightly cron at 08:00 UTC
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  checks: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [labeled, opened, synchronize, reopened]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 8 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  hw:
+    if: >-
+      github.event_name != 'pull_request' ||
+      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'hw-test')
+    # TODO: change ref to @v2 after tfcollins/labgrid-plugins#16 merges
+    # and the v2 tag is cut. Pinned to the feature branch for now so
+    # the discovery-driven flow can be exercised end-to-end before tag.
+    uses: tfcollins/labgrid-plugins/.github/workflows/hw-matrix-v2.yml@feature/hw-matrix-v2-discovery
+    with:
+      marker_filter: iio_hardware
+      test_root: test/hw
+      venv_install_cmd: |
+        uv pip install --quiet --python "$VENV_DIR/bin/python" \
+          -r requirements_dev.txt
+        uv pip install --quiet --python "$VENV_DIR/bin/python" -e .
+        uv pip install --quiet --python "$VENV_DIR/bin/python" \
+          "labgrid @ git+https://github.com/tfcollins/labgrid.git@81c35eda6436af63d3acf7f8b98893abae0bbbca"
+        # adi-labgrid-plugins supplies BOTH the iio_hardware/iio_carrier
+        # marker plugin (auto-registered via pytest11 entry point) AND
+        # the adi-lg-hw-ci CLI the reusable workflow shells out to.
+        # `[kuiper]` pulls in pytsk3, required by KuiperDLDriver
+        # for extracting boot files at strategy init time.
+        uv pip install --quiet --python "$VENV_DIR/bin/python" \
+          "adi-labgrid-plugins[kuiper] @ git+https://github.com/tfcollins/labgrid-plugins.git@feature/hw-matrix-v2-discovery"
+      pytest_cmd_template: >-
+        "$VENV_DIR/bin/pytest" -v test/hw
+        -m "$MARKER_FILTER"
+        --lg-env "$LG_ENV"
+        --iio-uri-override "$IIO_URI_OVERRIDE"
+        --junitxml="$JUNIT"
+      artifact_glob: |
+        junit-hw-*.xml
+        **/*.log
+      prism_project: pyadi-iio
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/test/hw/README.md b/test/hw/README.md
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+# HW smoke tests (`test/hw/`)
+
+Minimal pyadi-iio tests that run against real boards held by a labgrid
+coordinator. Wired into CI by `.github/workflows/hardware-test.yml`,
+which calls the shared **discovery-driven** `hw-matrix-v2.yml` reusable
+workflow in `tfcollins/labgrid-plugins`.
+
+This suite is **independent** of the historic `test/test_*.py` files
+under `test/` (which use the `pytest-libiio` plugin and a host_map). It
+exists so the new GH Actions HW pipeline has something to run while the
+existing suite stays on Jenkins during the migration.
+
+## How the matrix is built (v2 model)
+
+The reusable workflow doesn't read any per-repo manifest. Instead, on
+every run it:
+
+1. Queries the coordinator for live places (each tagged with `carrier`,
+   `daughter-board`, `boot-strategy`).
+2. Runs `pytest --collect-only -m iio_hardware` against this repo and
+   harvests every test's `@pytest.mark.iio_hardware([...])` and optional
+   `@pytest.mark.iio_carrier([...])` markers.
+3. Builds one matrix shard per (place, daughter-board) intersection —
+   per-shard pytest runs `pytest -m "iio_hardware and <daughter>"`.
+
+If a place isn't live, its shard doesn't appear. If we mark a test for
+hardware that no live place advertises, the workflow emits a clear
+"no overlap right now" annotation instead of failing.
+
+## Layout
+
+```
+test/hw/
+├── conftest.py             # iio_uri fixture: labgrid place → ip:URI
+├── test_ad9081_smoke.py    # @pytest.mark.iio_hardware(["ad9081"])
+├── test_ad9371_smoke.py    # @pytest.mark.iio_hardware(["adrv9371", "ad9371"])
+└── test_adrv9009_smoke.py  # @pytest.mark.iio_hardware(["adrv9009"])
+```
+
+No per-place env yamls. The reusable workflow renders the labgrid env
+yaml on the fly from each place's `boot-strategy` tag.
+
+## How a test resolves a URI
+
+`conftest.py::iio_uri` (session-scoped) requires the URI to be passed
+**explicitly** via `--iio-uri-override <uri>` (the `IIO_URI_OVERRIDE`
+env var is honoured as a default). The conftest deliberately refuses
+to discover a URI from labgrid or the coordinator — making the URI
+explicit means CI can never accidentally talk to a stray board that
+happens to be on the lab LAN.
+
+The CI workflow handles URI resolution itself: it acquires the place,
+boots the board, captures the live serial console, parses eth0's
+DHCP-assigned address, and passes `--iio-uri-override ip:<real-ip>`
+to pytest. Tests skip cleanly when no URI is provided.
+
+## Running locally
+
+```bash
+# Without labgrid (point at an iiod yourself)
+pytest -v test/hw/test_ad9081_smoke.py --iio-uri-override ip:10.0.0.23
+
+# Against the lab coordinator (acquires + shows the place)
+LG_COORDINATOR=10.0.0.41:20408 LG_PLACE=mini2 \
+  pytest -v test/hw/test_ad9081_smoke.py
+```
+
+## Adding a new board family
+
+1. Write `test/hw/test_<board>_smoke.py`. Take the `iio_uri` fixture,
+   instantiate the right `adi.<class>(uri=iio_uri)`, exercise one or
+   two attributes plus a buffer.
+2. Decorate each test with `@pytest.mark.iio_hardware([<board>])`. Use
+   the same name the coordinator's `daughter-board` tag uses (or a list
+   that includes aliases).
+3. (Optional) Add `@pytest.mark.iio_carrier(["zcu102"])` if the test
+   only works on a specific carrier.
+4. (Lab admin) Ensure the live coordinator has at least one place
+   tagged `daughter-board=<board>` and `boot-strategy=<one of the
+   adi_lg_plugins.strategies class names>`.
+
+No workflow edit needed. The discover step picks the new tests up on
+the next run.
+
+## Running alongside Jenkins
+
+The existing `JenkinsfileHW` is unchanged. Both pipelines run on every
+PR for at least 2 weeks; if results diverge, open a tracking issue
+before disabling either one.
diff --git a/test/hw/conftest.py b/test/hw/conftest.py
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+"""HW-test conftest.
+
+Resolves a libiio URI for tests under ``test/hw/``. The URI is **always**
+supplied explicitly via ``--iio-uri-override``; there is no implicit
+labgrid/coordinator lookup. The caller (CI workflow or local user) is
+responsible for naming the exact board to talk to — this avoids any
+chance of pytest connecting to a stray board that happens to be on the
+network.
+
+Used by the GH Actions hardware-test workflow, which acquires the
+place, boots it, reads eth0's IP from the live serial console, and
+passes ``--iio-uri-override ip:<real-ip>`` to pytest.
+
+Sibling ``test/conftest.py`` (the historic libiio-plugin-driven suite
+under ``test/``) is untouched; this conftest only applies to tests
+collected under ``test/hw/``.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+
+import pytest
+
+
+def pytest_addoption(parser):
+    g = parser.getgroup("hw")
+    g.addoption(
+        "--iio-uri-override",
+        default=os.environ.get("IIO_URI_OVERRIDE", ""),
+        help=(
+            "libiio URI for the DUT (e.g. ip:10.0.0.211). Required for tests "
+            "under test/hw/. Defaults to the IIO_URI_OVERRIDE env var when "
+            "unset on the CLI."
+        ),
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def iio_uri(request) -> str:
+    """Return the explicitly-named DUT URI.
+
+    Tests are skipped if no URI was passed — the conftest deliberately
+    refuses to auto-discover, so an unrelated board on the LAN can't be
+    poked by accident.
+    """
+    uri = (request.config.getoption("--iio-uri-override") or "").strip()
+    if not uri:
+        pytest.skip(
+            "no DUT URI provided. Pass --iio-uri-override ip:<host> on the "
+            "pytest CLI (the reusable hw-matrix-v2 workflow does this "
+            "automatically after reading eth0 from the booted board's "
+            "serial console)."
+        )
+    return uri
diff --git a/test/hw/test_ad9081_smoke.py b/test/hw/test_ad9081_smoke.py
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+"""Smoke test: open an AD9081 over IIO and read its context.
+
+Discovered by labgrid-plugins hw-matrix.yml@v2 — any coordinator place
+tagged ``daughter-board=ad9081`` will fan a shard of this file out.
+
+Local manual run:
+    pytest -v test/hw/test_ad9081_smoke.py --iio-uri-override ip:10.0.0.23
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import adi
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.iio_hardware(["ad9081"])
+def test_context_attrs(iio_uri):
+    """The AD9081 driver enumerates context attrs (hw_model, etc.)."""
+    sdr = adi.ad9081(uri=iio_uri)
+    try:
+        assert sdr.ctx is not None
+        assert sdr.ctx.attrs, f"empty context attrs at {iio_uri}"
+    finally:
+        del sdr
+
+
+@pytest.mark.iio_hardware(["ad9081"])
+def test_rx_buffer(iio_uri):
+    """Capture one small RX buffer end-to-end."""
+    sdr = adi.ad9081(uri=iio_uri)
+    try:
+        sdr.rx_buffer_size = 1024
+        data = sdr.rx()
+        assert data is not None
+        # ad9081 RX is multi-channel: list of np arrays. At minimum non-empty.
+        assert len(data) > 0
+    finally:
+        del sdr
diff --git a/test/hw/test_ad9371_smoke.py b/test/hw/test_ad9371_smoke.py
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+"""Smoke test: open an AD9371 / ADRV9371 over IIO.
+
+Discovered by labgrid-plugins hw-matrix.yml@v2 — any coordinator place
+tagged ``daughter-board=adrv9371`` (or the legacy ``ad9371`` alias)
+will fan a shard of this file out.
+
+Local manual run:
+    pytest -v test/hw/test_ad9371_smoke.py --iio-uri-override ip:<bq-dut-ip>
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import adi
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.iio_hardware(["adrv9371", "ad9371"])
+def test_context_attrs(iio_uri):
+    """The AD9371 driver enumerates context attrs."""
+    sdr = adi.ad9371(uri=iio_uri)
+    try:
+        assert sdr.ctx is not None
+        assert sdr.ctx.attrs, f"empty context attrs at {iio_uri}"
+    finally:
+        del sdr
+
+
+@pytest.mark.iio_hardware(["adrv9371", "ad9371"])
+def test_rx_buffer(iio_uri):
+    """Capture one small RX buffer end-to-end."""
+    sdr = adi.ad9371(uri=iio_uri)
+    try:
+        sdr.rx_buffer_size = 1024
+        data = sdr.rx()
+        assert data is not None
+        assert len(data) > 0
+    finally:
+        del sdr
diff --git a/test/hw/test_adrv9009_smoke.py b/test/hw/test_adrv9009_smoke.py
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+"""Smoke test: open an ADRV9009 over IIO.
+
+Discovered by labgrid-plugins hw-matrix.yml@v2 — any coordinator place
+tagged ``daughter-board=adrv9009`` will fan a shard of this file out.
+
+Local manual run:
+    pytest -v test/hw/test_adrv9009_smoke.py --iio-uri-override ip:<nemo-dut-ip>
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import adi
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.iio_hardware(["adrv9009"])
+def test_context_attrs(iio_uri):
+    """The ADRV9009 driver enumerates context attrs."""
+    sdr = adi.adrv9009(uri=iio_uri)
+    try:
+        assert sdr.ctx is not None
+        assert sdr.ctx.attrs, f"empty context attrs at {iio_uri}"
+    finally:
+        del sdr
+
+
+@pytest.mark.iio_hardware(["adrv9009"])
+def test_rx_buffer(iio_uri):
+    """Capture one small RX buffer end-to-end."""
+    sdr = adi.adrv9009(uri=iio_uri)
+    try:
+        sdr.rx_buffer_size = 1024
+        data = sdr.rx()
+        assert data is not None
+        assert len(data) > 0
+    finally:
+        del sdr