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PROJECT PROFILE
Project Title: Traquer: A Radio-Frequency Identification-based Attendance Tracking
System with a Contactless Temperature Scanner and a Disinfecting Walk-Through
Gate
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The researchers will program Traquer, an electronic attendance tracking system with a
contactless temperature scanner and a disinfecting walk-through gate with the use of Near
Field Communication (NFC) card as students‟ identification card integrated with a systematic
attendance tracker.
The product will have 1 main feature and 2 additional features; RFID-based
gate. The RFID-based attendance tracking system will use NFC cards to input the students‟
log-in and log-out time along with their names, section, name of adviser, Universal
Identification (UID), and body temperature. The contactless temperature scanner will work
when an NFC card is placed above an RFID reader. While the disinfecting walk-through gate
The system inputs data in software, specifically the Microsoft Excel, which stores the
students‟ information, connected through any gadgets, preferably a laptop. Moreover, the
teachers can easily access the file which contains students‟ attendance information.
With this innovation, the researchers are aiming to minimize the indirect physical
INTRODUCTION
RATIONALE/ SIGNIFICANCE
As the covid-19 warning level is slowly decreasing in the Philippines, the educational
institutions start to re-operate. Fortunately, the Department of Education (2021) has given the
approval for progressive expansion of limited in-person classes for both public and private
schools.
For the safety of each individual, safety health measures were stringently
administered. Social distancing and disinfection are being enforced as effective ways of
slowing down the spread of the virus (Li et al., 2020). With these safety measures, limited in-
However, the class advisers and subject teachers shall ensure that the attendance of
learners is closely monitored (DepEd, 2022). In many schools in the Philippines, the students
are required to fill out the name and section on an attendance sheet manually, which is a pen-
to-paper method, recording the data on the same piece of paper as the preceding student. As a
result, students are now more vulnerable to the infection as unknowingly practice the indirect
physical contact.
In line with this problem, the researchers came up with the idea of developing
Traquer, an innovative product that can help minimize physical contact of the students in
Cantilan National High School, while monitoring the attendance with the use of Radio-
for temperature checking, and a disinfecting walk-through gate to sanitize student‟s body
before entering the classroom. Traquer, is a great fit for this dilemma which not only provides
the attendance of the student and for the prevention of physical contact, but it also helps track
1. Knowledge in operating
Arduino Integrated
1. Determine the materials
Design Environment needed for the product
2. Knowledge in coding/ 2. Analyze coding and
programming design structure
3. Knowledge in utilizing 3. Develop the RFID
Arduino Uno, RFID Tag, scanner, contactless Traquer: An RFID-based
RFID RC522 Reader, temperature sensor, and Attendance Tracking
MFRC522 Module, NFC motion sensor System with a
Card, MLX9614 Temperature Scanner and
4. Test the prototype a Disinfecting walk-
Contactless Temperature functionalities and its through Gate
Sensor, Ultrasonic Sensor, effectiveness
LCD I2C, HC-SR501 PIR
Motion Sensor, Channel 5. Presentation of
Relay, 12v Power Supply, prototype
Buzzer, LED Lights,
Disinfecting Spray
4. Knowledge in
attendance tracking,
temperature scanning,
body disinfecting
OBJECTIVES
General: This study aims to construct an electronic product that can be used as an alternative
to minimize indirect physical contact in terms of attendance tracking. Due to the spread of the
information of the basic concept which this study intended to investigate. Likewise in this
section are selected readings and finding the different studies locally and abroad, to provide
Local Studies
Considering the present health crisis, Department of Health (2020) advised the public
to practice the infection prevention and control measures, such as physical distancing,
physical contactless, and proper hygiene. Most schools in level across the Philippines employ
the manual such as the pen-to-paper method which require students to submit it with their
name, signature, and section. However, relaying the attendance sheets in school is an indirect
Another convenient method, according to Balba, Rebong, & Santos (2021) especially
in large classes, is a seating plan to easily monitor the present, check free seats and assign
them to the students. After collecting the data, any of these methods would still require the
information collected to be encoded in order to generate for the daily attendance report for
Thus, with today's fast technical developments, traditional methods of checking and
monitoring data are becoming more and more obsolete. Balba, Rebong, and Santos (2021)
said that the most important consideration in order to replace the manual or traditional
operations is improving and utilizing the productivity of the technology – in order for the
nowadays to build a smart system that can be used for effective identification, monitoring,
and security of data (Morallo, 2015) and (2) an innovative solution against infectious disease.
Even before the pandemic started, the RFID system has been helpful for various medical
institutions. For instance, it has been used in managing scrub inventories. RFID trackers are
attached to scrubs to prevent hoarding and ensure that workers are not rummaging through
the supply to locate their correct sizes (“Internet of Things Philippines Inc., n.d).
pandemic as it is already an effective tool used in some schools in the Philippines prior to the
crisis. In fact, Morallo (2015) stated that RFID technology is the medium used by students„ in
Foreign Studies
The rise of non-physical contact services and systems has been on since Covid-19
pandemic has started. And for a brief period of time, businesses and services alike started to
adapt to these changes as to not continue or even just try to neutralize the spread of the viral
disease. Adaptations like these range from a variety of unorthodox services, such as of
minimal contact to no contact at all. One of the examples of these rapid conversions to post-
pandemic technologies includes the use of automated machines solely created for the purpose
wide range of applications like monitoring, diagnosis of industrial machines and products and
then, the increase of convenience in accessible technology to the public has soared.
imaging, so come other changes in other types of technology. Robotics is considered as one
this society. Take disinfecting, for example. A smart sterilization robot system should be able
to carry out various functions, not limited to remote movement and disinfection. Besides
achieving effective disinfection, such a system should use sensor data to navigate the
Traditional disinfection based on human labor is restricted to the available time and attention
the clock, even at peak times; prevent pathogenic environments or disinfectants from harming
Despite the fact that these machineries were used to act in accordance with the safety
health protocols, the spread of the virus was not stopped. Hence, utilizing these equipments
helped in slowing down the virus and gave us enough time to create a more resounding fail-
safe way to counter it, like vaccinations. However, with our current practices, a lot of people
still tested positive for Covid-19 virus and it was hard to keep up with the statistics.
conduct manual contact tracing (Ferretti 2020). According to Kretzschmar (2020), existing
contact tracing practices are resource‐intensive, slow and often subject to recall bias. With
the results, another way to speed up the process is by going digital. Digital solutions are
designed to improve data management, and analyse the contact list and contextual
information for the contact tracers so that the contacts can be quickly notified about their
potential exposure to a newly diagnosed case. Rapidly identifying close contacts allows for
more rapid isolation. An additional benefit of digital solutions is that they may also
incorporate automatic data entry technology, which can potentially identify unknown or
anonymous contacts that the case would normally not be able to recall (Anglemyer et al.,
2020).
METHODOLOGY
This section presents the research design, research locale, and experimental procedure of the
study.
Research Design
This research will utilize the experimental research design as appropriate to the study
in collecting necessary information and proving the use of the Traquer innovation in
minimizing the physical contact between the students in Cantilan National High School. It is
manual attendance tracker, temperature scanner, and a walk-through gate that disinfects the
learners and teachers as the Covid-19 crisis continuously disrupt our education system.
independent variables are manipulated and applied to one or more dependent variables to
measure its effects on the latter. The effects of the independent variables on the dependent
variables are usually observed and recorded over some time, to aid researchers in drawing a
reasonable conclusion regarding the relationship between these 2 variable types. Generally,
the purpose is to establish the effect that a factor or independent variable has on a dependent
variable.
Rapid Application Development
Prior on experimenting with the product to the sample population, the researchers will
analyse the functionality of the prototype‟s system. The researchers will use the Rapid
Application Development (RAD) as the method of developing the system. The RAD method
is a system process model that focuses primarily on the system development portion thereby
utilizing the used of prototypes (Morallo, 2015). Furthermore, prototyping is used for trial
Code/ Program
Installation
In effect, this 4-step methodology process includes all the necessary activities for
designing, developing, and presenting the Traquer system in order to provide the necessary
Research Locale
The prototype will be constructed and pre-tested at the student researchers‟ house.
The final testing of Traquer will be at the Grade 12 STEM classroom specifically on its
entrance door.
Experimental Procedure
alcohol pump are to be programmed in Arduino IDE. Through the help of various search
engines, the researchers will be able to follow different guides in constructing the codes.
During the process of coding, we will assemble different materials to produce the product.
We will utilize bread board, Arduino uno, jumper wires, RFID tag and RFID reader,
Sensor, LCD I2C, HC-SR501 PIR Motion Sensor, Channel Relay, 12v Power Supply,
Buzzer, LED Lights, Micro Diaphragm High Pressure Self Priming Water Pump, hose,
The researcher will prepare a couple of used 2”x2” wood, finishing nails, sandpaper,
white paint for the first coating and black paint for the second coating, and paint brushes. The
dimension of our disinfecting walk-through gate is the same as the standard size of a door.
Upon finishing the stand, we will install the water hose along with the nozzles and pipe
connectors.
The standbox will be made with cut out plywood, finishing nails, door handle, hinge,
illustration board, paint and paint brush. It is designed with one door, all for the disinfectant
and for the system parts. Put holes in the illustration board to fill in with the RFID scanner,
Testing of Traquer
The RAD process focuses primarily on the Traquer‟s system development through
utilizing the use of a prototype allowing revisions such that trial and error to achieve a quality
product. Countless changes will be made on the wirings and accurate coding is necessarily to
be programmed. Through the usage of RAD, the functions of Traquer will be workable.
After which, the Traquer is well-equipped for the final experiment tested at the
Figure 3. The flow of the RFID, Temperature Scanner, and Ultrasonic Sensor, Ultrasonic
STEM!” from the beginning of the system. The system flow for attendance tracking starts
The RFID module is then triggered to scan for any NFC card that is present in the
range of area. If there‟s no NFC card present, the system will continue to loop from the start
and can only proceed to the next command when NFC is present. After scanning the UID of
the NFC card, the system will match the acquired UID for the assigned data set by the
system. If the NFC card is not registered, the buzzer will be triggered, the light will display
red, and LCD will show “Not Registered” for 1s, indicating that the NFC is not registered
yet. Else, if the NFC card is part of the registered ones, data from the assigned card will be
stored to the Arduino Uno to be used later in inputting data and it will now proceed in
scanning the temperature using the contactless temperature scanner. If the temperature
reached above 38 Celsius or below 35 Celsius, the buzzer will be triggered, light will lit red,
and LCD will show the temperature for 1.5s indicating that the student‟s temperature reached
and beyond the limit of a normal body temperature. “Retry Scanning” will be displayed in the
LCD so that the student could retry the whole process and double check the temperature. If
not, there will be no access in entering the classroom and/or depending on the teacher‟s
decision.
No data will be stored from the NFC card to the Arduino Uno if the temperature
reached beyond and below the range of a normal temperature. If the body temperature is
normal, the buzzer will be triggered for .03s, same goes for the light where it will light the
green and the LCD will show the welcoming message. All of these will be executed for 1
After the successful scanning, the stored data from the Arduino Uno will be transferred to the
Microsoft Excel Software where the researchers will be utilizing the use of the ad-on tool
“PLX-DAQ”. The USB port will serve as the connection for the laptop and Arduino Uno so it
must always be present if the students want the connection between them.
The PIR Motion Sensor will be triggered for approximately 3s when any motion is
detected. PIR Motion Sensor will send electric signal to the Arduino Uno in order for the
relay to function as the connector for the power supply and water pump.
or board and the software used to program it. An Arduino board can be purchased pre-
assembled or, because the hardware design is open source, built by hand. Either way, users
can adapt the boards to their needs, as well as update and distribute their own versions.
Figure 5. The flow of Arduino and RFID – RFID Transmitter and RFID Receiver with
Figure 6. The flow of Arduino Uno and Ultrasonic Sensor with regards to distance
The Ultrasonic Sensor uses sound waves to detect any object from the area. When an
object is brought near the ultrasonic sensor, the waves created from the trigger pin would be
reflected to the echo pin in which this could detect the distance of the object near the sensor.
scanning
The contactless temperature scanner uses infrared radiation in collecting signal from
object near it and converting it into electric signals. When an object is brought near the
module, it will scan the temperature of the object and storing it in the Arduino Uno.
The Temperature scanner scans almost everything around it. In order to limit this, the
researchers paired the ultrasonic sensor with the temperature scanner so that when it reach
specific distance assigned for the ultrasonic sensor, the temperature will be scanning only
once and the data obtained will be sent to the Arduino Uno.
If the PIR Motion sensor is triggered, the channel relay allows the current from the
power supply to pass to the water pump making it function in return. The power supply is
connected to a wire and will be directly charged from an outlet. The pump powers with 12V
so the researchers adjusted the power supply to 12V in order for it to send enough current to
the water pump. The single relay can handle this 12V so there is no need to have more relay
connected.
The standbox will be made with cut out plywood, finishing nails, door handle, hinge,
illustration board, paint and paint brush. It is designed with one door, all for the disinfectant
and for the system parts. Put holes in the illustration board to fill in with the RFID scanner,
The researchers will prepare a couple of used 2”x2” wood, finishing nails, sandpaper,
white paint for the first coating and black paint for the second coating, and paint brushes. The
dimension of our disinfecting walk-through gate is the same as the standard size of a door.
Upon finishing the stand, we will install the water hose along with the nozzles and pipe. The
disinfecting gate is dependent to the standbox since it contains all the system parts.
Figure 9. The stand where the water hose along with nozzles and connectors are installed
(1) Can use Traquer as a contactless attendance tracking system for students.
(2) Can minimize the indirect physical contact with the use of RFID as attendance tracking
(3) Can efficiently manage and monitor the attendance and temperature of students through
The researchers strongly believe that the outcome of this study will benefit the
following:
Students. It will benefit the students with their core implementation of surface cleanliness
Teachers. This study is equipped with an automated tracking device which allows them to
Future Researchers. This study provides them ideas and further needed information on how
tracking by the usage of a multifunctional machine. This study can also benefit them with
how and what works within the machinery and how everything functions overall.
Cantilan National High School. The administrator and staff may take into consideration of
developing more Traquer for both automated attendance tracking and contact tracing
purposes.
Literature Search for 3 days June June Input data from existing
Review relevant 7, 10, studies.
literature. 2022 2022
Constructi Build the walk- 1 week July July 18, Creating the structure of
ng the through gate and 11, 2022 the prototype.
Prototype standbox. 2022
Data Test the 3 days July July 22, Look for anomalies and
Analysis prototype. 19, 2022 identify errors to be
2022 fixed.
Analyze data. 3 days July July 25, Gather data and other
22, 2022 findings from the
2022 analysis.
Breakdown of Budget
Arduino UNO R3 Php. 530.00
NFC Card 10pcs Php. 135.00
Temperature Scanner Php. 600.00
Ultrasonic Sensor Php. 90.00
Buzzer Php. 50.00
Water Pump Php. 378.00
Motion Sensor Php. 200.00
Power Supply Php. 650.00
Breadboard Php. 65.00
Jump wires Php. 180.00
Power adapter Php. 125.00
LCD 12C Php.140.00
RGB Php. 35.00
Channel Relay Php. 42.00
Other materials Php. 700.00
Total Php. 3,920.00
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