RFID based exam hall maintenance system
Nowadays Seating Arrangement of students during examinations is
distributed.students waste lot of their precious time for finding
examhall and seating arrangement.
For overcoming this problem an innovation which could aid the
students in finding their exam halls and seats would be welcoming
and very rewarding.”rfid based exam hall maintenance system”
present a modern method of exam hall management. It is possible
for a student to identify the particular exam hall from any other hall,
when they swipe RFID card in a card reader located there. This helps
them to identify the floor or get directions to their respective halls
without delays. The card reader is provided at the entrance of the
building, if the students enters wrongly a buzzer alarm sets off,
otherwise the room number is displayed on the screen connected to
the controller.
INTRODUCTION
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology is an emerging
technology,used in a wide range of applications, is a member in the
family of Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC)
technologies which is fast and reliable means for identification of
objects.
The RFID is composed of two main components:
(1)RFID reader
Which transmits and receives the signal
(2)TRANSPONDER(tag)
That is attached to the object.
In an rfid system the tag reader generates a radio frequency
which communicates with the tags.the reader also has a receiver
which captures reply signal from the tags,and decodes that signal.the
reply signal from the tag shows the tags data content from a
database.
RFID
RFID, its application, standardization, and innovation are constantly
changing. Its adoption is still relatively new and hence there are
many features of the technology that are not well understood by the
general people. Developments in RFID technology continue to yield
larger memory capacities, wider reading ranges, and faster
processing. RFID is an area of automatic identification that has
quietly been gaining momentum in recent years and is now being
seen as a radical means of enhancing data handling processes,
complimentary in many ways to other data capture technologies
such bar coding
Working of RFID READER: 125kHz/LF
The RFID Reader Module has a built-in antenna in minimized form
factor. It is designed to work with standard carrier frequency of 125
kHz. This LF reader module with an internal or an external antenna
facilitates communication with Read-Only transponders—type
UNIQUE or TK5530 via the air interface
The RFID reader continuously transmits a 125 kHz carrier signal using
its antenna. The passive RFID tag, embedded in an id card for
example, powers on from the carrier signal. Once powered on, the
tag transmits, back to the reader, an encoded signal containing the
data stored on the card. This signal is a 125 kHz carrier, with 12.5 kHz
as the mark frequency, and a 15.625 kHz as the space frequency. The
encoded signal is picked up by the reader's antenna, filtered, and
processed on the embedded microcontroller to extract the tag's
unique identity. At this point the identity can be matched against the
records stored on the reader.
Proposed Methodology
The RFID Reader emits a low-power radio wave field using its
antenna to power up the tag so as to pass the information that is
contained on the chip. This information on the chip is an FSK
encoded signal which is picked up by the reader antenna, filtered
and processed on the embedded microcontroller to extract the tag’s
unique identity. The controller performs a database search for the
exam room number of the student and displays it on the LCD screen
connected to the controller. It is thus possible for a student to
identify the particular exam hall from the various hall after swiping
RFID card in a card reader. In addition, readers can be fitted with an
additional interface that converts the radio waves returned from the
tag into a pattern that can then be passed on to another system, like
a computer or any programmable logic controller for further
processing or storing of data. RFID card readers are provided at the
entrance of the building to enable entry. If any unauthorized person
enters a buzzer alarm is set off.
Block Diagram
The system constitutes the following modules:
1. Microcontroller
2. RFID Reader
3. RFID Tag
4. LCD
5. Power Supply
CONCLUSION & FUTURE SCOPE
RFID technology is emergent technology which can be used in wide
range of applications. By integrating both RFID and microcontroller
generates a project with wider boundaries and effective solutions.
