RFID Laptop Monitoring and Management System
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This paper describes the design of an RFID Laptop
Monitoring and Management system. Laptops embedded with
RFID chips are monitored and tracked to provide a monitoring
system for the purpose of tracking as well as monitoring
movement of the laptops in and out of a building. The
proposed system is implemented with both hardware and
software components. The hardware architecture consists of
RFID passive tag, RFID module (reader), and a server hosting
the application and database.
The RFID readers are distributed at major exits of a building
or premises. The tags are programmed with owner laptop
details are concealed in the laptops. The software architecture
consists of an application software that has the APIs
(Applications Programming Interface) necessary to interface
the RFID system with the PC, to achieve automated laptop
monitoring system. A friendly graphic user interface (GUI)
and a database that saves all readings and owners details. The
system is capable of reducing laptop theft especially in
student’ hostels as laptops can be monitored as they are taken
either in or out of the building.
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TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering