Open-Source Software and Hardware Platforms for Building Backscatter Systems

In this article, we will provide a brief introduction of available opensource backscatter platforms that can be used by researchers and engineers to build interesting applications or investigate novel backscatter communication technologies. Instead of diving into the details of each platform, we will focus our discussion on the principles used in designing each platform and the unique feature provided by each platform. At the end of this article, we will discuss several key hardware and software modules that can be used by researchers or engineers to build their own backscatter platforms.