Fix output data formatting and limited SR

[darshiltrivedi]

Description

While addition of new device to the ad463x family, ad4030(single channel version) particularly , due to changes in C drivers updates were required to python API like removal of sampling_rate_available attribute.
Addition of Continuous sampling example as it was popular customer request.

Fixes # (issue) Previous version did bit-masking and sign solely based on number of channels but it has to be fixed as other members of ad463x family it might vary. Sampling rate can be anything from 0 to max value now.

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• [ ] This change requires a documentation update

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[darshiltrivedi]

I was wondering if I need to update anything on my end for this PR?

[tfcollins]

I was wondering if the new buffer API that was added could handle these type conversion automatically for you. As long as the format is described correctly in the IIO channel it should provide the correct output.

This was added with this commit if you want to just rebase on master: https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/pyadi-iio/commit/294d9cfc407538839099f4a8c598e47863e2afeb

[darshiltrivedi]

I moved out of my rotation from PCT team and no longer have access to the boards. I could try to rebase it and make the changes but not sure it will work since I could not test them on actual board.

[darshiltrivedi]

Hello Travis, Like I mentioned, I do not have a hardware setup and worried I would break existing functionality in making changes. Can this be merged without it? If, not I can request the team to lend me the hardware, so I could confirm it.

[tfcollins]

We really need someone with hardware to valid