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Cashless Campus
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INTRODUCTION
The project entitled “Cashless Campus” is an embedded system. The main objective of this system is to make all the transaction in a campus without liquid cash. Here we are trying to implement a cashless campus using RFID technology. That means students do not need to keep cash to purchase anything inside the campus, they just need to swipe the card given to them and enter their password. If the user is an authorized person, he can perform the transactions. After the transaction, sufficient amount will be deducted from their account.
Background Problem
The success of a system depends largely on how accurately a problem is defined, thoroughly investigated and properly carried out through the choice of the solution. During background study data are collected on the available files, decision points and transactions handled by the present system.Thus,this phase involves of the initial investigation of the organization with the objective s of identifying problems of the existing system. The Cashless Campus is a standalone application in which users can easily do their daily campus transactions in an accurate and precise manner. Educational zone is fast growing today. The daily transactions in a campus are becoming more and more complex. The management has the head ache of making the system properly. So the concept of Cashless Campus is a good solution. By virtue of today, socioeconomic environment and continuing advancements in information technologies ,companies are offering more computer related services and becoming more sophisticated computers having high capacity of storage and fast method of retrieving real time information have become boon for corporate.
SYSTEM ANALYSIS
Existing System
Nowadays, the transactions inside a campus are carried out using liquid cash. Every campus is faced with the problem of theft, and due to a campus’s inherent nature of accessibility it is difficult to restrict this access This project cashless campus system are designed and implemented to tackle the drawbacks of the existing systems.
Proposed System
The proposed system is interactive, highly user friendly. Here we are going to implement a ‘Cashless Campus’ using RFID technology. Each user will be providing a unique tag and a password. The card or the tag designed for the personnel often contain a unique ID number. The access is granted if the ID and the password matches. The purchase amount will be debited from their account .ie, The system is used to make all the transactions inside the campus without liquid cash
Feasibility Study
A feasibility study is conducted to identify the best system that meets all the requirements. This includes an identification description, an evaluation of the proposed system and the selection of the best system for job. If a project is seen to be feasible from the results of the study, the next logical step is to proceed with it. The research and information uncovered in the feasibility study will support the detailed planning and reduce the research time. Feasibility Studies can be undertaken by any type of project or team and they are a critical part of the Project Life Cycle.
Commercial Feasibility:
It is used to determine the single and multi-dimensional market forces that affect the system. This is done by evaluating the market; the users and the demand. There is no efficient system that can provide a secure and safe backup. So bringing in a system that meets the requirements will produce high demand
Commercially our proposed system is highly feasible as it offers a very convenient and efficient method for automating the existing manual task. It liberates the Electricity board of its additional cost and wastage of time and labor. Our system can easily be leveraged with the existing hardware.
Economic Feasibility:
Economic analysis is the most frequently used method for evaluating the effectiveness of a candidate system. More commonly known as cost/benefit analysis, the procedure is to determine the benefits and savings that are expected from a candidate system and compare them with costs. If benefits outweigh costs, then the decision is made to design and implement the system.
Though the initial cost incurred for this system is high, on the long run the money wasted by the board on the manual system surpasses this cost. Further, large scale production of the hardware can also reduce the cost incurred in its production.