International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 – 8887) International Conference on Recent Trends in engineering & Technology - 2013(ICRTET'2013) 18 Futuristic Trolley for Intelligent Billing with Amalgamation of RFID and ZIGBEE Varsha Jalkote 1 , Alay Patel 2 , Vijaya Gawande 3 ,Manish Bharadia 4 , Gitanjali R. Shinde 5 , Aaradhana A Deshmukh 6 Student , SKNCOE, University of PUNE , Maharashtra, INDIA Asst. Professor, University of PUNE , Maharashtra, INDIA 15-,6 ABSTRTACT As we know that there is a huge crowd in the malls in metro cities. Specially it becomes more crowded on holidays. People purchase different items in the malls and puts them in the trolley. At the cash counter billing process is done using bar code scanner. This is very time consuming process. To avoid this we are developing a system which we called as ’Futuristic Billing Trolley Using RFID module and ZIGBEE module’. In this system we are using RFID tags instead of barcodes. This RFID tags will be on the product. Whenever the customer puts a product into trolley it will get scanned by bvgfc RFID reader and product price and cost will be display on LCD display. Like this the process goes on. We are using ZIGBEE transmitter which will be at trolley which is used to transfer data to main computer. At the main computer ZIGBEE receiver will be placed which will receive data from transmitter. To store the products price and total billing memory used will be Atmel AT24C04. LCD used will be 16X2 alphanumeric display . It will be used to display products names, products cost etc. 1. INTRODUCTION The basic idea of our paper is based upon the lines of the “Futuristic Trolley for Futuristic Billing with amalgamation of RFID and ZIGBEE” used in the Malls and Shopping Centers. Barcodes have been in existence for many years and have been used by departmental stores and supermarkets to manage purchases of merchandize by customers and keep track of inventory. However, the barcode system is no longer the best way to business operation. Customers are tired of waiting in long, slowly moving checkout line in departmental stores, especially, in holidays. With the decrease of prices through efficiencies of technology and large-scale production of semiconductor wireless components, there has been a search for new markets in which semiconductor chips can be used. This has led to the use of RFID also known as smart tags. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. In a very interesting article, the San Jose Mercury News tells us about Charles Walton, the man behind the radio frequency identification technology (RFID). In this paper we are using RFID technology for making an futuristic billing trolley. A device “BILLING TROLLEY” also called as “Data Logger Device” is an information storage system. Here the system parameters of an Futuristic Trolley like products name, products amount, company name etc. are continuously recorded. The system displays as well as announces the name of the product and cost. This “FUTURISTIC BILLING TROLLEY” is also applicable for various applications and using proper interface the recorded data can be downloaded on and stored into a computer. The trolley being wireless consist of ZIGBEE module hence free to move in large area. The system is an efficient means for a commercial purpose as it is less time consuming and easy to control. A shopping mall or shopping centers a set of buildings with retail shops with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from floor to floor .There has been a speeding growth in the number of shopping malls in India from late 2000 to early 2005.Within 5 years total number of malls in Mumbai has share of 31% and then Delhi, which has a share of 21% with 360 malls anticipated in India by 2007 and 600 malls by the end of 2010.[9] The growth was fuelled by rising incomes, greater availability of credit and business lifestyles. Purchasing and Shopping at big malls is becoming daily activity in metro cities. We can see big rush at these malls on holidays and weekends. This crowd becomes huge when there are special offers and discount. People purchase different items and put them in trolley. After total purchase one need to go to billing counter for payments. At billing counter the cashier prepare the bill using barcode reader which is very time consuming process and results in long queue at billing counter. The past two years have witnessed an explosion of interest in radio-frequency identification and supporting technologies, due primarily to their rapidly expanding using tracking grocery products through the supply chain. Currently such applications monitor store-keeping units (SKUs) rather than individual goods, as the relatively high cost of RFID deployment and the very low profit margin of supermarket products make item-level tagging impractical. Yet, economic and technical concerns aside, it is easy to envision a supermarket in which each item is tagged with an RFID label and all shopping carts feature RFID readers. The carts could potentially include onboard computers that recognize products placed inside and that display information and promotions retrieved wirelessly from the system back end. Item-level deployment of RFID technology would also allow for quick checkout aisles that scan all products at once and thus eliminate queues, which are consistently reported as one of the most negative aspects of supermarket shopping. A simple extension of this system would be to embed RFID devices in consumers' loyalty or frequent-shopper cards to identify individuals. This could expedite system login and charge the shopping cost directly to the customer's account at the point of sale-unless removed at the POS. [5,6].