Extended range scatter radio links with embedded radioExtended range scatter radio links with embedded radioΖεύξεις οπισθοσκέδασης διευρυμένης εμβέλειας με ενσωματωμένα ραδιόφωνα Διπλωματική Εργασία Diploma Work 2016-07-222016enThis work studies whether increased ranges of bistatic scatter radio communication are possible, especially when low-cost (in the order of 4 Euro), embedded receivers, originally designed for conventional radio (and not for scatter radio) are employed. It is found that for 13 dBm emitter transmission power, 246 meters scatter radio tag-to-reader distance is possible, with packet error rate (PER) less than 1%, while 268 meters are possible at the expense of increased PER, in the order of 10%. A prototype node employing the communication scheme suggested and powered by a supercapacitor along with a solar panel is also built. Additionally an experimental wireless communication link, utilizing the harmonics of a microcontroller’s clock signal as the carrier is presented.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης::Σχολή Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών ΥπολογιστώνVougioukas_Georgios_Dip_2016.pdfChania [Greece]Library of TUC2016-07-22application/force-download15.2 MBfree Vougioukas Georgios Βουγιουκας Γεωργιος Bletsas Aggelos Μπλετσας Αγγελος Karystinos Georgios Καρυστινος Γεωργιος Koutroulis Eftychios Κουτρουλης Ευτυχιος Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης Technical University of Crete Scatter radio Embedded receiver Wireless sensor network Communication using harmonics