A Design and Implementation of Attendance System Using Smallest Wireless Fingerprint with Arduino Yún Embedded Board

Abstract

The purpose of this research is a design and implementation of a smallest wireless fingerprint device based on Arduino Yún board. This system applies for using in class attendance checking in school or university. The exper-imental of class attendance using wireless fingerprint in this research is examinations in Kasetsart University Siracha Campus, Thailand for case study. All hardware environments of this system-using platform of Arduino Yún board and Ubuntu OS apply with computer program like MySQL, JavaScript, Apache server, and wireless network for building an embedded fingerprint authentication system. Design of a new smallest wireless fingerprint in this research is small and easy to use. It has a LCD screen for show the result of identifying after users scan they fingerprint on it. This system is applying to use in class attendance. When student come in a class he or she scan his fingerprint on our device for checking and authentications. After device receive data from his fingerprint then device send this data to server using wireless network. When server get the data by device from network already, it will send this data to fingerprint authentications program for loading and checking data of fingerprint in database. If his fingerprint data is match one of data in database the server will be sent the name and information of matching fingerprint data back to LCD screen of device and show valid text on the screen and update the status of fingerprint owner to attendance system. If his fingerprint not math in all of data in database, it invalid. This research help an instructor for reduce time for checking student attendance; solve the problem about some student absent but his or her friend fake attendance for him. And in the future this device will be replacing the student ID card