This project focuses on developing a zero-power communication using backscatter. Backscatters rely on Radio Frequency (RF) signals in the environment that send and receive information without power. We aim to develop a backscatter transmitter using a Software-Defined Radio (SDR) and its transmitting and receiving signals in addition to an embedded system board. Development of the backscatter involved configuring a dipole antenna, having a modified Colpitts Oscillator for modulation, and implementing a modulation switching circuit with an embedded microcontroller.

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Creator

• Whittemore, Elisabeth
• Corcoran, Aisling
• Flores, Alberto
• Villatoro, Allan
• Le, Tai

Subject

• Industry
• Sustainability
• Computing
• Innovation
• Energy

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042224-182548
• 121341

Stichwort

• Low-Power
• Transmitter
• RFID
• Backscatter

Advisor

• Islam, Bashima

Year

• 2024

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2024-04-22

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Source

• E-project-042224-182548

Rights statement

• In Copyright