Canteen Automation System

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 Block Diagram:-

Power +5V

Supply

Generates +5V GND

for full circuit

RFID 2X16 Character LCD

Reader Display

Micro-controller Buzzer
4X4 matrix
Keypad
AT89S52

Thermal Printer
Interfacing for
Bill Printing
Block-Diagram Explanation:-
1. Project proposed over here is basically avoids all the day to day transaction required for
regular customers, say in case of college canteen. Here customers are having one card
which is pre-paid card.
2. So whenever customer wants to buy something, Using 4X4 matrix keypad user can enter
the required items in the system , and then he/she will be swapping the card which is
nothing but the RFID tag. This RFID tag will be having one unique identification
number.
3. This number will be read by the RFID reader and transferred to the micro-controller.
4. Micro-controller then search for that number in it’s memory and read out the required
information like remaining balance.
5. Now if customer’s account is showing enough amount to deduct the total amount of
currently entered items, then micro-controller will print the receipt using thermal printer
and deduct the amount from customer’s account.
6. But if balance in the account is not enough then micro-controller will sound the buzzer
and displays massage on LCD to recharge the card. Recharge of the card would be done
by the cashier.

Advantages:-
1. Avoids long Queue at Cashier counter.
2. No need to carry cash all the time with you.
RFID Technology:
A new technology the Radio Frequency Identification, similar to LAN, WLAN, SAN, MAN,
the RFID has the capability to exchange information with each other

RFID was developed out of the radar experiments and development during the Second World
War. The actual date of invention is 1948 but this was followed by decades of development and
experimentation before commercial applications were implemented.

RFID Infrastructure
RF technology is used in many different applications, such as television, radio, cellular phones,
radar, and automatic identification systems. The term RFID (radio frequency identification)
describes the use of radio frequency signals to provide automatic identification of items.

RFID is a flexible technology that is convenient, easy to use, and well suited for automatic
operation. It combines advantages not available with other identification technologies. RFID can
be supplied as read only or read/write, does not require contact or line-of-sight to operate, can
function under a variety of environmental conditions, and provides a high level of data integrity.

Radio waves transfer data between an item to which an RFID device is attached and an RFID
reader.

Historically, an RFID device that did not actively transmit to a reader was known as a tag. An
RFID device that actively transmitted to a reader was known as a transponder (transmitter +
responder). However, it has become common within the industry to interchange the terminology
and refer to these devices as either tags or transponders. For the purposes of this overview, an
RFID device that actively transmits to a reader is termed an “active” tag; an RFID device that
only reflects or backscatters transmission from a reader is termed “passive.”

Passive tags
Passive RFID tags have no internal power supply. The minute electrical current induced in the
antenna by the incoming radio frequency signal provides just enough power for the CMOS
integrated circuit in the tag to power up and transmit a response. Most passive tags signal by
backscattering the carrier wave from the reader. This means that the antenna has to be designed
both to collect power from the incoming signal and also to transmit the out band backscatter
signal.

We are making use of Passive tags for our project.