“A contactless and modern way of security.
My project is a reflection, of the current COVID-19 pandemic, we are going through currently. Using ancient keys to unlock your assets, would now be considered unsafe and boring. Currently, right now, authorities are promoting anything regarding contactless operations to reduce the risk of contracting the virus. This made me question both important aspects of living in a COVID world where economic and health are brought to the question.
Using this idea, I have made an RFID device which provides information to its serial monitor (the computer essentially). Only a limited number of cards can unlock the system, in doing so, the Arduino detects the unique identification number(UID) of the RFID card. On the serial monitor, it would advise the user, on the UID number and then describe the situation with it either providing authorisation or denying access. All of this is done under the capacity of the Arduino which can handle this processing in a limited amount of time.
In background information, I am a grade 9 student at a leading high school in Sydney Australia where we are required to make a project where year 7 students would view my submission and try to replicate it underneath the tag of ‘codequest’ which is made for our school. In a broader sense, it was important that I do not aim for high-level creation, as it would not approve my point of making sure that my project is under the capability of a year 7 student.
Important Note
- Make sure you purchase an MFRC522 RFID reader, I can assure you that the project would be a fail for you.
- You would need to pre-install and RFID Example called MFRC522, more information would be pasted down below.
- Even though I have mentioned it in the HARDWARE section, you would obviously need an RFID card otherwise you wouldn’t have anything to scan with!
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