The goal of this project was to develop an application that would provide assistance for conducting events, seminars or any other type of formal gathering. The initial functional requirements were that at the top level the system administrator would define which persons could conduct an event. Then a record would be made for start / end time, location and subject of event, and who were the participants including their time of arrival and departure.
During the project, a client-server based application was developed. The server was built using a PHP-enabled Apache web server and MySQL database server. The RFID technology was used to recognise the event’s host person and participants. A complete ID-Reader device was made using an RFID reader module and Arduino board. This device passes the IDs of the host and participants to the server and displays acknowledgement to the user regarding the state of the event.
All initial functional requirements were implemented with a few enhancements. There are also a few possibilities highlighted for further development. For example, a web-page for RFID tag allotment to participants, sending notification to the host person and participants regarding an upcoming event, a page for participants’ feedback, and inclusion of an LCD screen in the ID-Reader-Unit for providing more user-friendly acknowledgements
