diff --git a/sdrbase/CMakeLists.txt b/sdrbase/CMakeLists.txt
index 925e1c481..5504cfc6e 100644
--- a/sdrbase/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sdrbase/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ endif(LIBSERIALDV_FOUND)
 
 set(sdrbase_SOURCES
     ${sdrbase_SOURCES}
+    ambe/ambeengine.cpp
+    ambe/ambeworker.cpp
+
     audio/audiocompressor.cpp
     audio/audiocompressorsnd.cpp
     audio/audiodevicemanager.cpp
@@ -152,6 +155,9 @@ set(sdrbase_SOURCES
 
 set(sdrbase_HEADERS
     ${sdrbase_HEADERS}
+    ambe/ambeengine.h
+    ambe/ambeworker.h
+
     audio/audiocompressor.h
     audio/audiocompressorsnd.h
     audio/audiodevicemanager.h
diff --git a/sdrbase/ambe/ambeengine.cpp b/sdrbase/ambe/ambeengine.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5b6db954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdrbase/ambe/ambeengine.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright (C) 2019 F4EXB                                                      //
+// written by Edouard Griffiths                                                  //
+//                                                                               //
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify          //
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by          //
+// the Free Software Foundation as version 3 of the License, or                  //
+// (at your option) any later version.                                           //
+//                                                                               //
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,               //
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of                //
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                  //
+// GNU General Public License V3 for more details.                               //
+//                                                                               //
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License             //
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.          //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __WINDOWS__
+#include <termios.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#ifndef __APPLE__
+#include <linux/serial.h>
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#include <QThread>
+
+#include "ambeworker.h"
+#include "ambeengine.h"
+
+AMBEEngine::AMBEEngine()
+{}
+
+AMBEEngine::~AMBEEngine()
+{}
+
+#ifdef __WINDOWS__
+void DVSerialEngine::getComList()
+{
+    m_comList.clear();
+    m_comList8250.clear();
+    char comCStr[16];
+
+    // Arbitrarily set the list to the 20 first COM ports
+    for (int i = 1; i <= 20; i++)
+    {
+        sprintf(comCStr, "COM%d", i);
+        m_comList.push_back(std::string(comCStr));
+    }
+}
+#else
+void AMBEEngine::getComList()
+{
+    int n;
+    struct dirent **namelist;
+    m_comList.clear();
+    m_comList8250.clear();
+    const char* sysdir = "/sys/class/tty/";
+
+    // Scan through /sys/class/tty - it contains all tty-devices in the system
+    n = scandir(sysdir, &namelist, NULL, alphasort);
+    if (n < 0)
+    {
+        perror("scandir");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        while (n--)
+        {
+            if (strcmp(namelist[n]->d_name, "..") && strcmp(namelist[n]->d_name, "."))
+            {
+                // Construct full absolute file path
+                std::string devicedir = sysdir;
+                devicedir += namelist[n]->d_name;
+                // Register the device
+                register_comport(m_comList, m_comList8250, devicedir);
+            }
+
+            free(namelist[n]);
+        }
+
+        free(namelist);
+    }
+
+    // Only non-serial8250 has been added to comList without any further testing
+    // serial8250-devices must be probe to check for validity
+    probe_serial8250_comports(m_comList, m_comList8250);
+}
+#endif // not Windows
+
+#ifndef __WINDOWS__
+void AMBEEngine::register_comport(
+    std::list<std::string>& comList,
+    std::list<std::string>& comList8250,
+    const std::string& dir)
+{
+    // Get the driver the device is using
+    std::string driver = get_driver(dir);
+
+    // Skip devices without a driver
+    if (driver.size() > 0)
+    {
+        //std::cerr << "register_comport: dir: "<< dir << " driver: " << driver << std::endl;
+        std::string devfile = std::string("/dev/") + basename((char *) dir.c_str());
+
+        // Put serial8250-devices in a seperate list
+        if (driver == "serial8250") {
+            comList8250.push_back(devfile);
+        } else {
+            comList.push_back(devfile);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void AMBEEngine::probe_serial8250_comports(
+    std::list<std::string>& comList,
+    std::list<std::string> comList8250)
+{
+    struct serial_struct serinfo;
+    std::list<std::string>::iterator it = comList8250.begin();
+
+    // Iterate over all serial8250-devices
+    while (it != comList8250.end())
+    {
+
+        // Try to open the device
+        int fd = open((*it).c_str(), O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK | O_NOCTTY);
+
+        if (fd >= 0)
+        {
+            // Get serial_info
+            if (ioctl(fd, TIOCGSERIAL, &serinfo) == 0)
+            {
+                // If device type is no PORT_UNKNOWN we accept the port
+                if (serinfo.type != PORT_UNKNOWN) {
+                    comList.push_back(*it);
+                }
+            }
+
+            close(fd);
+        }
+        it++;
+    }
+}
+
+std::string AMBEEngine::get_driver(const std::string& tty)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    std::string devicedir = tty;
+    // Append '/device' to the tty-path
+    devicedir += "/device";
+
+    // Stat the devicedir and handle it if it is a symlink
+    if (lstat(devicedir.c_str(), &st) == 0 && S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
+    {
+        char buffer[1024];
+        memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
+        // Append '/driver' and return basename of the target
+        devicedir += "/driver";
+
+        if (readlink(devicedir.c_str(), buffer, sizeof(buffer)) > 0) {
+            return basename(buffer);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return "";
+}
+#endif // not Windows
+
+bool AMBEEngine::scan(std::vector<std::string>& ambeDevices)
+{
+    getComList();
+    std::list<std::string>::iterator it = m_comList.begin();
+    ambeDevices.clear();
+
+    while (it != m_comList.end())
+    {
+        AMBEWorker *worker = new AMBEWorker();
+        qDebug("AMBEEngine::scan: com: %s", it->c_str());
+        if (worker->open(*it))
+        {
+            ambeDevices.push_back(*it);
+            worker->close();
+        }
+
+        delete worker;
+        ++it;
+    }
+}
+
+bool AMBEEngine::registerController(const std::string& ambeRef)
+{
+    AMBEWorker *worker = new AMBEWorker();
+
+    if (worker->open(ambeRef))
+    {
+        m_controllers.push_back(AMBEController());
+        m_controllers.back().worker = worker;
+        m_controllers.back().thread = new QThread();
+        m_controllers.back().device = ambeRef;
+
+        m_controllers.back().worker->moveToThread(m_controllers.back().thread);
+        connect(m_controllers.back().worker, SIGNAL(finished()), m_controllers.back().thread, SLOT(quit()));
+        connect(m_controllers.back().worker, SIGNAL(finished()), m_controllers.back().worker, SLOT(deleteLater()));
+        connect(m_controllers.back().thread, SIGNAL(finished()), m_controllers.back().thread, SLOT(deleteLater()));
+        connect(&m_controllers.back().worker->m_inputMessageQueue, SIGNAL(messageEnqueued()), m_controllers.back().worker, SLOT(handleInputMessages()));
+        m_controllers.back().thread->start();
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdrbase/ambe/ambeengine.h b/sdrbase/ambe/ambeengine.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35c193b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdrbase/ambe/ambeengine.h
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright (C) 2019 F4EXB                                                      //
+// written by Edouard Griffiths                                                  //
+//                                                                               //
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify          //
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by          //
+// the Free Software Foundation as version 3 of the License, or                  //
+// (at your option) any later version.                                           //
+//                                                                               //
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,               //
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of                //
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                  //
+// GNU General Public License V3 for more details.                               //
+//                                                                               //
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License             //
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.          //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef SDRBASE_AMBE_AMBEENGINE_H_
+#define SDRBASE_AMBE_AMBEENGINE_H_
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QMutex>
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+#include <list>
+
+#include "export.h"
+
+class QThread;
+class AMBEWorker;
+
+class SDRBASE_API AMBEEngine : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    AMBEEngine();
+    ~AMBEEngine();
+
+    bool scan(std::vector<std::string>& ambeDevices);
+    void getDevicesNames(std::vector<std::string>& devicesNames);
+    bool registerController(const std::string& ambeRef);
+
+private:
+    struct AMBEController
+    {
+        QThread *thread;
+        AMBEWorker *worker;
+        std::string device;
+    };
+
+#ifndef __WINDOWS__
+    static std::string get_driver(const std::string& tty);
+    static void register_comport(std::list<std::string>& comList, std::list<std::string>& comList8250, const std::string& dir);
+    static void probe_serial8250_comports(std::list<std::string>& comList, std::list<std::string> comList8250);
+#endif
+    void getComList();
+
+    std::list<std::string> m_comList;
+    std::list<std::string> m_comList8250;
+    std::vector<std::string> m_ambeSerial;
+    std::vector<AMBEController>  m_controllers;
+    QMutex m_mutex;
+};
+
+
+
+#endif /* SDRBASE_AMBE_AMBEENGINE_H_ */
diff --git a/sdrbase/ambe/ambeworker.cpp b/sdrbase/ambe/ambeworker.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07b84fe7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdrbase/ambe/ambeworker.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright (C) 2019 F4EXB                                                      //
+// written by Edouard Griffiths                                                  //
+//                                                                               //
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify          //
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by          //
+// the Free Software Foundation as version 3 of the License, or                  //
+// (at your option) any later version.                                           //
+//                                                                               //
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,               //
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of                //
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                  //
+// GNU General Public License V3 for more details.                               //
+//                                                                               //
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License             //
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.          //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include "ambeworker.h"
+
+AMBEWorker::AMBEWorker()
+{}
+
+AMBEWorker::~AMBEWorker()
+{}
+
+bool AMBEWorker::open(const std::string& serialDevice)
+{
+    return m_dvController.open(serialDevice);
+}
+
+void AMBEWorker::close()
+{
+    m_dvController.close();
+}
diff --git a/sdrbase/ambe/ambeworker.h b/sdrbase/ambe/ambeworker.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7327030a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdrbase/ambe/ambeworker.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright (C) 2019 F4EXB                                                      //
+// written by Edouard Griffiths                                                  //
+//                                                                               //
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify          //
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by          //
+// the Free Software Foundation as version 3 of the License, or                  //
+// (at your option) any later version.                                           //
+//                                                                               //
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,               //
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of                //
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                  //
+// GNU General Public License V3 for more details.                               //
+//                                                                               //
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License             //
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.          //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef SDRBASE_AMBE_AMBEWORKER_H_
+#define SDRBASE_AMBE_AMBEWORKER_H_
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+#include "util/messagequeue.h"
+#include "export.h"
+#include "dvcontroller.h"
+
+class SDRBASE_API AMBEWorker : public QObject {
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    AMBEWorker();
+    ~AMBEWorker();
+
+    bool open(const std::string& serialDevice);
+    void close();
+
+    MessageQueue m_inputMessageQueue; //!< Queue for asynchronous inbound communication
+
+private:
+    SerialDV::DVController m_dvController;
+};
+
+#endif // SDRBASE_AMBE_AMBEWORKER_H_
diff --git a/sdrbench/mainbench.cpp b/sdrbench/mainbench.cpp
index 931f8fb9a..927ab91ab 100644
--- a/sdrbench/mainbench.cpp
+++ b/sdrbench/mainbench.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QElapsedTimer>
 
+#include "ambe/ambeengine.h"
+
 #include "mainbench.h"
 
 MainBench *MainBench::m_instance = 0;
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ void MainBench::run()
         testDecimateFI();
     } else if (m_parser.getTestType() == ParserBench::TestDecimatorsFF) {
         testDecimateFF();
+    } else if (m_parser.getTestType() == ParserBench::TestAMBE) {
+        testAMBE();
     } else {
         qDebug() << "MainBench::run: unknown test type: " << m_parser.getTestType();
     }
@@ -191,6 +195,18 @@ void MainBench::testDecimateFF()
     delete[] buf;
 }
 
+void MainBench::testAMBE()
+{
+    qDebug() << "MainBench::testAMBE";
+    AMBEEngine ambeEngine;
+    std::vector<std::string> ambeDevices;
+    ambeEngine.scan(ambeDevices);
+
+    for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator it = ambeDevices.begin(); it != ambeDevices.end(); ++it) {
+        qDebug("MainBench::testAMBE: detected AMBE device %s", it->c_str());
+    }
+}
+
 void MainBench::decimateII(const qint16* buf, int len)
 {
     SampleVector::iterator it = m_convertBuffer.begin();
diff --git a/sdrbench/mainbench.h b/sdrbench/mainbench.h
index 8411b0a51..b5e9551f0 100644
--- a/sdrbench/mainbench.h
+++ b/sdrbench/mainbench.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ private:
     void testDecimateIF();
     void testDecimateFI();
     void testDecimateFF();
+    void testAMBE();
     void decimateII(const qint16 *buf, int len);
     void decimateInfII(const qint16 *buf, int len);
     void decimateSupII(const qint16 *buf, int len);
diff --git a/sdrbench/parserbench.cpp b/sdrbench/parserbench.cpp
index dc32ce61f..830fd5e56 100644
--- a/sdrbench/parserbench.cpp
+++ b/sdrbench/parserbench.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ ParserBench::TestType ParserBench::getTestType() const
         return TestDecimatorsInfII;
     } else if (m_testStr == "decimatesupii") {
         return TestDecimatorsSupII;
+    } else if (m_testStr == "ambe") {
+        return TestAMBE;
     } else {
         return TestDecimatorsII;
     }
diff --git a/sdrbench/parserbench.h b/sdrbench/parserbench.h
index 9454614d2..013578382 100644
--- a/sdrbench/parserbench.h
+++ b/sdrbench/parserbench.h
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ public:
         TestDecimatorsFI,
         TestDecimatorsFF,
         TestDecimatorsInfII,
-        TestDecimatorsSupII
+        TestDecimatorsSupII,
+        TestAMBE
     } TestType;
 
     ParserBench();