The smart cart(an enhanced shopping experience)

Project Title

The smart cart(an enhanced shopping experience)

Project Area of Specialization Electrical/Electronic EngineeringProject Summary

We proposed an intelligent cart which senses the product which is purchased by the customer and then bills it accordingly. To do so we have RFID tags attached to the product and there is a Raspberry Pi which scans the RFID tag and generates the bill in real time accordingly. The current bill amount can be seen on an LCD screen also the payment method that is from easy paisa .LCD will display three options on screen that is whether the customer wants to continue shopping, want to remove any item, and the pay option. We are also able to check the contents of the shopping list by logging on to the Shopping Malls website and then pay the bill accordingly. The web server is responsible for receiving and sending data. It sends data to the customers cellphone that is in the form of receipt (the amount, price and name of product) while receive data from microcontroller implemented on the cart that is how may items, which item and how much for that item customer purchases. This will make shopping more easy and comfortable.

The main technologies that play a vital role in this proposed system are;

• • Raspberry Pi
  • RFID
  • Web Server
  • Easy paisa application

We proposed the system that eliminates many problems faced by customers as well as by the cashier and advances their method of payment. The Smart Shopping System has the prospective to make your shopping easy and systematic to the customer.

Project Objectives

The main objective involved in this plan is

• To implement a Smart Shopping Cart with the help of RFID technology based on IOT for improvising purchasing and makes the shopping more convenient
• To give an innovation which is minimal effort oriented, effectively adaptable and efficiently feasible for helping shopping in individual. With the help of this a lot of time will be saved at the billing counters.

Project Implementation Method

Benefits of the Project

• It will make the process of shopping convenient for the customers.
•  Will  reduce the congestion at checking counters.
•  Will reduce the strain on checking counters and the errors encountered due to the same.
•  It will gives an account for each and every item in the Shopping Malls in a detailed and systematic order.
•  It will encourage paperless and electronic methods of payment. 

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

 Shopping and purchasing items in malls and supermarkets has become a daily routine. In most of these malls and supermarkets after the customer purchases the items and goes to the billing counter for paying the bill, the cashier uses barcode system to scan the item and generate the bill which is long and time consuming process and this leads to long queues at the billing counters. To overcome the above mentioned problem, we have used RFID instead of barcode in our Smart Shopping System. We are proposing such a system that has additional functionality which will calculate and

update the customers bill when they add the product in their trolley. We have proposed a system that uses RFID reader that can scan the tags and display the bill on LCD screen, also the RFID is connected to IOT which update or send the product related information to the application. The customer pays the bill via Easypaisa account linked to the smart shopping application.The main component of proposed system are explained as follows;

RFID: RFID is a specific term utilized for systems which use radio wave to naturally distinguish things. RFID is a technology that permits exchange of information using radio signals labels and tags. In the proposed system we are using RFID reader and tags instead of barcode for online billing. In this scheme the item can be read by the RFID reader and the total of the item is showed on the LCD screen. Our proposed smart cart will be capable of generating a bill within the cart, and provides centralized and automatic billing system.

LCD SCREEN: HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a proprietary audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from an HDMI-compliant source device, such as a display controller, to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. HDMI is a digital replacement for analog video standard.

MICROCONTROLLER: We use Raspberry Pi as a microcontroller. It is a control unit which is a low-cost computer having compact size and utilize low power. It supports LINUX operating system and also has an SD card. It supports all kinds of languages, networking and devices and also supports multi-functions.

SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION:

PYTHON: Python is an interpreted, object-oriented programming language with dynamic semantics. Python is simple, easy to learn syntax emphasizes readability and therefore reduces cost of program maintenance.

IOT: The internet of things refers to the ever growing network of physical objects that feature an IP address for internet connectivity, and the communication that occurs between these objects and other internet enabled devices and systems.

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry OthersOther Industries Education , IT Core Technology Internet of Things (IoT)Other Technologies Cloud InfrastructureSustainable Development Goals Decent Work and Economic GrowthRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	47500
RFID reader	Equipment	8	1500	12000
RFID tags	Equipment	10	50	500
microcotroller	Equipment	1	8000	8000
shopping cart	Equipment	1	6000	6000
battery	Equipment	6000	1	6000
HDMI screen 7''	Equipment	8000	1	8000
wires,adaptor etc	Miscellaneous	7000	1	7000