Journal of Instrumentation Technology & Innovations Review Article
Automated Student Checkout System using IoT and RFID
Abstract
The proposed Automated Student Checkout System using IoT and RFID offers an effective and intelligent solution for handling item borrowing and returning in an academic environment such as a library or laboratory. Existing manual record-keeping systems are usually slow, prone to errors, and work intensively. To address this problem, an integrated solution is designed using RFID and IoT-based communication to automate the checkout process. Each student has their own RFID card, and each item has RFID tags with distinct IDs. When the card and item are placed near an RFID reader, it recognizes student as well as item and its details are sent to the cloud server through the IoT connection with a microcontroller. The system speeds up the operation process by decreasing the transaction time and accuracy is enhanced by decreasing the human errors. Additional features like automated alerting, resource usage tracking and remote monitoring are included for better system performance. It is scalable and cost effective, ideal for the institutions aiming for smart and automated system implementation. In addition, the system facilitates real-time monitoring, enhances accountability, lowers resource loss, permits precise inventory tracking, and gives administrators and authorized users easy access to transaction data for efficient academic resource management.
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