Shopping cart
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How it works...
All Smart shopping carts in the supermarket are registered in supermarket database and have a unique id number . The process that takes place in a cart when a customer picks up a cart and pick up the good can be stated as follows.
The shopper just have to scan the item before adding it into the cart.
Then the price of the item will be added to the current bill by reading tag on the item.
Then the billing will be done automatically.
Shopper can scan and remove any item ,the item will be removed from the bill also in our system
Customers can’t put/remove an item without scanning it will be monitored in our system.
This will be done by using the laser beams on the surface of the cart and weight sensors at the bottom of the cart.
Customer can release the shopping cart by paying the bill at the exit .There are 3 payment methods,
cash payment
credit/debit card payment
online payment using mobile/web app
Figure 1 :Monitoring system on the shopping cart
Figure 2 : Do not tally ? How is it checked ?
Shopping cart components
Figure 3 : Design components of the shopping cart (product)
Figure 4 : Block Diagram of the shopping cart (demo)
For the Demo we use RFID reader module for scanning items instead of Barcode Reader .
Technologies used
Hardware
Micro controller : Atmega 328p
measure weight : weight sensor +HX711 module
laser beam : KY008 laser transmitter module
Item scanning : RFID reader module / Barcode scanner
Software
micro controller programming : Arduino
Hardware
3d Design
Details about used hardware components
Circuit Diagrams
PCB Designs
Hardware testings