IoT Based Smart Attendance System (SAS) Using RFID

Abstract

The use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is ubiquitous in a number of businesses and sectors, including retail sales, smart cities, agriculture, and transportation. Additionally, educational institutions have started using RFID to track student attendance, combining this technology with Google Sheets and the Internet of Things (IoT) to build a realtime attendance tracking system. For a thorough examination of the creation of a student attendance system, this paper includes a systematic literature evaluation of 21 major research published on IoT based attendance systems employing RFID. This RFID-based attendance system enables automation, eliminating several problems connected with the manual process, such as time wasting, proxies, and the possibility of losing the attendance sheet, in contrast to the traditional attendance system, which depends on manual signatures. By creating a system that automatically registers students' attendance by merely flashing their student cards at the RFID reader, all the aforementioned difficulties may be successfully addressed. This automated method guarantees attendance monitoring accuracy and dependability while also saving time. This paper's conclusion highlights the significant advantages of implementing an IoT-based attendance system based on RFID technology. The suggested solution provides a trustworthy, efficient, and secure alternative to manual attendance techniques, successfully addressing their shortcomings. This paper offers helpful insights for institutions looking to create a cutting-edge attendance system that increases student involvement and academic achievement by looking at guiding principles, best practices, and the successful resolution of difficulties.

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“…The RC522 is an RF Module [5] having an RFID reader, an RFID card, and a key chain. The module operates at 13.56MHz in the ISM band at a typical operating voltage of 3.3V.…”

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“…The RFID provide an efficient method of school monitoring. For instance, Shah S. N. et al [23] proposed a smart attendance system using RFID tags which allow schools to supervise the student attendance in and out of the class and fetching student data to make it available to teachers / staff anytime and anywhere.…”

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“…But even though the vast majority of attendance monitoring solutions embodied in various studies utilized RFID technology, they commonly used the RC522 reader which has only 3cm read range with operating frequency of 13.56 Megahertz. (3)(4)(5)(6)(7) Given that specifications, it will require at least a tap to the reader for the tag to be identified. Moreover, one issue with using the RFID technology is the lack of security features to prevent fraud, which is emphasized in similar studies conducted on Internet of Things based smart attendance monitoring system using RFID.…”

“…Moreover, one issue with using the RFID technology is the lack of security features to prevent fraud, which is emphasized in similar studies conducted on Internet of Things based smart attendance monitoring system using RFID. (3)(4)(5) and the prototype of college student attendance using RFID at Musamus University conducted by Putra et al (6) The solutions they have presented were excellent in identifying RFID tags, however, when using RFID technology, you can only verify if the tag matches a record in the database but it cannot verify whether or not the cardholder is really the person associated with the tag in the database. https://www.indjst.org/ Aside from RFID technology other attendance monitoring systems used Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons for proximity sensing to transmit a universally unique identifier picked up by a compatible app installed on the teachers' smartphone.…”