Finger Print Based Voting System for Rigging Free Governance

Title of the project: Finger Print Based Voting System for Rigging free governing System
Domain: Biometrics & Embedded Design
Software: Embedded C, Keil, Proload
Microcontroller: AT89S52
Power Supply: +5V, 500mA Regulated Power Supply
Display: LED 5mm, 16 X 2 LCD
Crystal: 11.0592MHz
Biometric Sensor: FIM3030N
Storage Capacity: Up to 100 finger print images
Image Registration: Through Serial Communication
Applications: Industries, Banks, Office, Library, colleges


ABSTRACT
According ancient Greek scripts BIOMETRICS means study of life.Biometrics studies commonly include fingerprint, face, iris, voice, signature, and hand geometry recognition and verification. Many other modalities are in various stages of development and assessment. Among these available biometric traits Finger Print proves to be one of the best traits providing good mismatch ratio and also reliable. Registering the attendances of students has become a hectic work as sometimes their attendance may be registered or missed. To overcome this problem i.e. to get the attendances registered perfectly we are taking the help of two different technologies viz. EMBEDDED SYSTEMS and BIOMETRICS.
Firstly discussing about Biometrics we are concentrating on Fingerprint scanning. For this we are using FIM 3030N high voltage module as a scanner.
This module has in-built ROM, DSP and RAM. In this we can store up to 100 user’s fingerprints. This module can operate in 2 modes they are Master mode and User mode. We will be using Master mode to register the fingerprints which will be stored in the ROM present on the scanner with a unique id.
When this module is interfaced to the microcontroller, we will be using it in user mode. In this mode we will be verifying the scanned images with the stored images. When coming to our application the images of the citizens will be stored in the module with a unique id. To poll their vote the citizens have to scan their image which is then verified with the image present in fingerprint module and their vote will be updated.
This scanner is interfaced to 8051 microcontroller through max232 enabling serial communication. By using this controller we will be controlling the scanning process. After the scanning has been completed the result is stored in the microcontroller. By simply pressing a switch we can get the details of the polling.This project uses regulated 5V, 500mA power supply. 7805 three terminal voltage regulator is used for voltage regulation. Bridge type full wave rectifier is used to rectify the ac out put of secondary of 230/12V step down transformer



Advantages:
No manual errors
No false Voting
Need not remember any password
Need not to carry any card
Scopes for Advancements:
GSM modem can be connected to this unit to communicate to remote reporting office
RTC can be interfaced to record login and logout time.
Applications
Government Elections
Company / Corporate internal elections
Union Elections