Development of a smart attendance system using near field communication (SMAT-NFC)
1 Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Lagos State University, Epe Nigeria.
2 Department of Systems Engineering, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
3 Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
4 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Technology Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudal, Johor, Malaysia.
Research Article
Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 2022, 12(02), 121–139.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gjeta.2022.12.2.0150
Publication history:
Received on 24 July 2022; revised on 27 August 2022; accepted on 29 August 2022
Abstract:
Taking attendance for classes has become more challenging, especially at institutions, due to the growing students population. Typically, the teacher calls names and writes them down. This approach has a number of drawbacks because when recording their attendance, students are diverted from the presentation and may register for absent classmates. The smart attendance solution suggested in this study allows students to tap their student identity (ID) card on a near field communication (NFC) reader, streamlining the attendance procedure by using near field communication (NFC) technology. The technique is affordable, effective, and simple to keep up. Automating student attendance saves time and alleviates anxiety. The average time for the NFC system to take a student's attendance is 3.5 seconds, compared to 16 seconds for the conventional method. The inaccuracy associated with recording attendance is reduced by 31% thanks to NFC technology. The numerical results of the NFC-based scheme are compared with the traditional scheme and observed that the proposed scheme outperforms the conventional scheme.
Keywords:
Attendance System; NFC; Reader; RFID; Intelligence
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