Smart Shopping Cart with Automatic Billing System using RFID and Arduino
Abstract:
Shopping is easy but waiting on a bill counter after shopping is too boring and tedious task. Huge amount of rush plus cashier preparing the bill with barcode scanner is too time consuming and results in long ques. So here we have made an innovative project which will be placed in the shopping trolley itself.
The system consists of a RFID reader which is controlled by Arduino microcontroller. So whenever the shopper puts any product in trolley it is been detected by the RFID module and it is displayed on LCD along with the price of the product. As the shopper adds more things it is detected by the module and the price according to that increases. In case if customer changes his/her mind and doesn’t want any product added in the trolley he can remove it and the price added will be deducted automatically. After the shopping is completed the entire bill details will be displayed on the LCD screen, each card or tag acts as a product, where the product details are pre early set or dumped into the card. When the bill amount is paid, the shopping details will be sent via GSM module to the prescribed customer mobile number. The entire working process is implemented by the software called Arduino IDE.
Hence this system is suitable for use in places such as supermarkets, where it can help in reducing man power and in creating a better shopping experience for its customers.
