Design and Implementation of an Attendance System Using MFRC522 RFID Cards Based on Arduino Uno and XAMPP for Jakarta International Polytechnic

Abstract

The development of automatic identification system technology provides an opportunity to improve the efficiency of administrative processes, including attendance systems in educational environments. Conventional attendance systems that still use manual signatures have various weaknesses, such as the potential for data manipulation, slow recording processes, and difficulties in centralized data processing. This study aims to design and build an RFID card-based attendance system using the MFRC522 RFID module integrated with Arduino Uno as the main controller and the XAMPP server as a data processing and storage medium. This system is implemented in the Jakarta International Polytechnic environment to improve the efficiency of student and staff attendance management. The research methods include hardware design, software development, system integration, and performance testing. The MFRC522 RFID module is used to read the user's RFID card, then the identity data is processed by the Arduino Uno and sent to the server via serial communication to be stored in a database managed using XAMPP. The system is also equipped with a web-based interface to facilitate the management and monitoring of attendance data in real-time. The results of the study show that the designed system is able to carry out the user identification process quickly and accurately and record attendance data automatically into the database. Implementation of this system can reduce the potential for fraud, speed up the attendance recording process, and increase the efficiency of data management in educational institutions so that it can be a more effective alternative solution compared to conventional attendance systems.