RFID Student Attendance System

A more efficient alternative to paper-based attendance marking in universities

How it works

Students tap their registered RFID attendance card on the reader. The Raspberry Pi Pico W identifies the card, records the student's attendance status, and sends the result and present-student count to the Arduino display controller.

Lecturers use the local Wi-Fi dashboard to register new students, view registered students and their latest attendance status, configure a late-attendance cutoff, and remove student records when necessary.

Raspberry Pi Pico W MFRC522 RFID Arduino Uno LittleFS Wi-Fi Access Point LED Matrix

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Hardware development, testing, demonstration, and final presentation

RFID attendance hardware assembly with Arduino and RFID reader — Integrated RFID attendance prototype

LED matrix display and electronics during testing — LED matrix and electronics testing

RFID reader, display, controller, and wiring — RFID reader, display, and controller wiring

Students testing the attendance system — System testing and demonstration

Final project demonstration in a meeting room — Final project demonstration

Project team presenting the RFID attendance system — Project presentation

Project team and evaluators during the final presentation — Final evaluation and presentation

Additional RFID attendance system project photo — Additional project gallery photo