Smart Attendance Management System

📚 Welcome to the Smart Attendance Management System, a sophisticated solution designed to streamline attendance tracking and management using RFID technology, a Flask-based web interface, and a MySQL database.

Overview

This project offers an integrated system that encompasses multiple components:

1. RFID Card Reader (Arduino Sketch)

• Scanning_ID_Card.ino: The heart of the physical setup. It operates an ESP8266-based RFID card reader.
• Functionality: This module reads student IDs using RFID cards and communicates this data via UDP to the central server.

2. Flask Application (Attendance Management)

• app.py: The core of the web-based application, built using Flask.
• Features:
  • Attendance Recording: Allows real-time recording of student attendance.
  • Email Notifications: Automated email alerts to students based on attendance thresholds.
  • Reporting and Analysis: Offers insights into attendance trends and statistics.
• Integration: Seamlessly communicates with a MySQL database to manage attendance records.

3. Attendance Recording Script

• record_attendance.py: Listens for incoming UDP messages from the RFID reader.
• Functionality: Processes student ID data received via UDP, marks their attendance in the MySQL database, ensuring a robust and real-time attendance tracking mechanism.

Functionality Highlights

🌟 RFID Card Reader:

• Effortlessly captures student IDs using RFID cards for swift identification.
• Sends acquired data to the Flask application for centralized attendance management.

🚀 Flask Application:

• Empowers users to record attendance efficiently.
• Automated email notifications for students falling below attendance thresholds.
• Comprehensive reporting and analytical capabilities for informed decision-making.

🔧 Attendance Recording Script:

• Dedicated script to handle real-time attendance updates based on incoming RFID data.

Project Structure

📁 The project structure comprises:

• Source code for RFID communication (Scanning_ID_Card.ino) in the folder Scanning_ID_Card
• Flask-based web application (app.py)
• Script for real-time attendance updates (record_attendance.py)
• Organized the HTML files in the template folder and CSS and JS files in the static folder.
• Provided the ER Diagram of the Database.

Setup and Usage

🔧 Getting started with the Smart Attendance Management System:

1. RFID Configuration:

   • Set up the RFID card reader according to the specifications outlined in Scanning_ID_Card.ino.

2. Flask Application:

   • Launch the Flask-based application using app.py.
   • Ensure MySQL is configured with the necessary database schema and connection details.

3. Attendance Recording:

   • Run the attendance recording script record_attendance.py to listen for incoming RFID data and update attendance records.

4. Interface Interaction:

   • Access the Flask web interface to utilize various attendance functionalities.

Additional Information

📝 This project is an ongoing endeavor, constantly evolving to incorporate advanced features and optimizations.

🔗 Contributions, suggestions, and feedback from the community are highly encouraged and welcomed.

Contributors

👨‍💻 Meet the brilliant minds behind this project:

• Sai Charan Teja
• Khyathi Devi
• Rushita

License

📜 This project is licensed under the MIT License.