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Parcel Counter Electronic Card System

A capstone thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY in [DEPARTMENT]
by

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Under the guidance of

Mr Butsa
LECTURER

School of Information Sciences and Technology

Harare Institute of Technology
BE277, Ganges Road, Belvedere
Harare
May [2023]
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Overview
Introduction
Problem Statement
Objectives
How objectives are met
Chapters Covered
Conclusion

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Introduction

Parcel Counter Electronic Card System

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Problem Statement
People leaving their items in the parcel counter of a certain shop say OK,
PICK & PAY, SPAR just for safe keeping to do their business without the
intention of accessing the shop thereby affecting other customers with parcel
from accessing the shop
Crowding the parcel counter
Losing customers

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Objectives
To develop a system that monitors the movement of parcel counter electronic
cards.
To develop a system that reports when a parcel counter electronic card is out of
its proximity.
To develop a system that calculates charges of the time the parcel counter
electronic card is out of its proximity.

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How Objectives are met

Designing an electronic card with a GPS module and an esp32 Wi-Fi module
that communicates with a microcontroller node mcu through an online data
base that is Firebase. The card sends its location to the database and the
microcontroller retrieves the location of the card.
 After the microcontroller retrieve the card location it compares the coordinates
of the card with the set boundaries. If the card is out of range it notifies the
parcel counter officer.
 Once the card is out of range the system will start to calculate the charges by
multiplying the time a customer takes out of range and charge fine per second.

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Chapters covered
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3

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