Bitlis Eren Univ J Sci & Technol 6 (2), 66-72, 2016 E - ISSN 2146-7706 Research Article Received August 29, 2016 Available online December 2016 RFID based on the design of a new fuel recognation system Fatih Maraşlı 1 * , Musa Çıbuk 2 1 Bitlis Eren University, Ahlat Vocational School, Department of Computer Technologies, Bitlis - Turkey 2 Bitlis Eren University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Electric-Electronic, Bitlis - Turkey * Corresponding author: fmarasli@gmail.com Abstract A new fuel recognition system based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology aims to provide a solution for the problems that occur during refueling process of vehicles such as wrong type of fuel filling and misusage of pumps, especially in fuel stations. The RFID tags are placed both in vehicles and stations consistently due to the proposed system. A software interface is designed for visual tracking of the system using the C# programming language. The developed interface works with the integrated RFID application development kit. Reading and writing operations on tags are performed via this kit. The results are shown at the interface display. The process of data storage is done by means of a created database, both on server systems and in the memory of the tag. Also in the mini-survey results carried out under this thesis, it is inferred that this system would be a solution for the financial and depreciative loss of fuel stations. As a result, with the system developed in this study, an effective and practical solution is provided against refueling errors. Thus, it would be possible to overcome this kind of errors which cause traffic and vehicle problems. Keywords: Wireless Technologies, RFID, Application Areas, Fuel Control System. 1. Introduction Wireless technologies have great importance in our daily life. Most basic technologies such as WiFi[1], Bluetooth[2], the NFC[3], IrDA[4], and ZigBee[5] in wireless communications are used in many fields. Today, thanks to increasing smart phone usage, these technologies have already been delivered to many users. File transmission / reception, video calls, sharing devices and many other applications are possible through the use of wireless systems. This development of wireless systems found a great place in areas such as war technology [6], applications requiring data privacy [7], and manufacturing activities. In the middle of the 20th century RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) was developed to be used in war technology which has taken a leading role in wireless systems. The rapid development of this technology was developed to describe the physical object as a result this activity has contributed to the production activities significantly too. Today, developed and grown RFID systems are preferred in terms of important criteria such as costs, production time in manufacturing operations and supply chain. Today, RFID systems may be used as an alternative to bar code systems. RFID technology can be developed and used in many areas; flexible, reliable and cheap. So, application areas of this technology has been tried to be a solution to problems in fuel stations examined in details in this study. 2. Material and Method In this study, by using RFID technology, it was tried to bring a solution to an engrained problem in the fuel station. As materials, Alien ALR9900+ development kit and an interface with the C # programming language in connection to the computer has been developed. 2.1. RFID Technology RFID is called as identification of Radio Frequency. So, components of the RFID communicate with radio frequency. RFID is consisted of three basic components; the reader, the tag and the antenna. Readers are the components that receive the data of the object via the tags and transpose the data to numeric codes by using radio waves. Tags are the components that store the information. The communication between the tag and reader is provided by antennas and that is called as “coupling”. Extra antennas are used to extend the reading distance. The basic operating principle of RFID is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Power/communication mechanism of tags at lower frequencies than 100 MHz in the close space [8]