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Build Attendance System using RaspberryPi, Parse & Kotlin

Name: Build Attendance System using RaspberryPi, Parse & Kotlin
Rating: 4.3 (13 reviews)

Track attendance in real time through an IOT hybrid system using Android Kotlin, Parse server, Rpi & Push Notifications

Created byMohamed Belhassen, Ahmed Snoun

Last updated 1/2020

English

What you'll learn

Discover Raspberry Pi technology
Control LCD Display using Raspberry Pi
Control 4x4 Keypad using Raspberry Pi
Control RFID RC522 chip using Raspberry Pi
Learn how to use Parse Platform (Parse Server)
Learn how to use back4app web service to host Parse App
Send and receive push notifications
Manage Parse App backend using the REST API
Learn Android development using Kotlin
Manage Parse App backend using the Android client API
Build Attendance Tracking System from scratch and step by step

Course content

12 sections • 114 lectures • 13h 57m total length

Introduction5:47

Install the Raspbian Operating System inside a micro SD-Card5:47
Start Raspberry Pi as regular computer (stand alone mode)5:20
Start Raspberry Pi as a standalone desktop by connecting a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, and configure the display resolution. Open the terminal and Chromium, and explore Python and Scratch.
Download and install the ssh client “Putty” in windows3:43
Learn how to download and install the SSH client Putty on Windows by selecting the correct version, installing, and creating a desktop shortcut for quick access.
Activate SSH access in a fresh Raspbian operating system6:54
How to get the IP address of a Raspberry Pi device connected to the network?4:39
Access Raspberry Pi Desktop using VNC6:46

Activate I2C interface in Raspberry Pi6:13
How to connect I2C LCD display to Raspberry Pi?8:13
Install the LCD controller7:51
Control the LCD display from external scripts using named pipes6:04
How to automatically start the LCD controller after rebooting Raspberry Pi?6:08
How to schedule periodic tasks using "cron"?8:04
Schedule tasks with cron by configuring the five fields (minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week) and the command to run, using values, ranges, lists, and steps.
Activity: Print date & time in the LCD display1:49
Activity solution2:23

Connect RFID RC522 chip to Raspberry Pi4:44
Activate the SPI interface in Raspberry Pi2:18
Install the SPI Python library2:23
Clone the RFID controller2:42
How to write data to RFID tag?9:28
Write data to an RFID tag using a Python script, set up libraries, interact with the reader, collect user input, and provide feedback for an attendance system.
How to read data from RFID tag?5:13
Learn to read data from an RFID tag using a Raspberry Pi, by running a Python script to capture the tag's data and print it to the console.
How to use the RFID controller from a different directory?3:27

Introduction to the Parse Platform5:27
Learn how the Parse platform simplifies backend development by connecting apps to backend cloud storage. Compare self-hosting and hosted options and acknowledge MongoDB storage and the open-source community.
Introduction to Back4app service4:05
Manage data using the dashboard (create, update & delete classes & data objects)9:14
Save new data in the Parse backend (using Python)11:05
How to query data? (using Python)10:18
Update existing data (using Python)9:49
Delete existing data (using python)9:02
Activity: Add a salary for an employee using his Social Security Number (SSN)0:45
Activity solution4:18

Introduction11:49
Explore Android operating system architecture from Linux kernel to applications layer, and learn how Kotlin, Android Studio, and the Android SDK enable building and testing apps with Android virtual devices.
Installation of Android Studio (Windows)2:30
Installation of Android Studio (Ubuntu)12:30
Install android studio on ubuntu by downloading the installer, extracting it, and running setup; then add the bin folder to path and create a desktop launcher for easy access.
Installation of Genymotion emulator (Windows)4:18
Installation of Genymotion emulator (Ubuntu)7:35
Create, & run Genymotion virtual device2:54
Android World

Create your first Android application “Hello World”9:43
Deploy an android application on Genymotion virtual device1:58
learn how to deploy and run an Android application on the Genymotion emulator, start the device, and view the app running on the simulated Android environment.
Deploy an android application on a real Android device3:35
TextViews, EditTexts, Buttons in Android using Kotlin16:38
Intents in Android using Kotlin15:43
ListView in Android using Kotlin12:06
RecyclerView in Android using Kotlin21:22
DatePicker in Android using Kotlin11:07
Learn to implement a date picker in Android using Kotlin by wiring a button to show the date picker dialog and display the date in a text view using calendar.
Take picture from camera in Android using Kotlin12:06
Pick picture from gallery in Android using Kotlin10:49
Android development

How to prepare an Android App to interact with Parse Server10:15
How to Retrieve Parse server data from Android8:05
How to apply query constraints?3:08
How to retrieve files?6:52
How to handle pointers ( Part 1 )9:26
How to handle pointers ( Part 2 )10:33
Learn how to handle pointers in Android to query the attendance times class, include related employee data, and display today’s employee names with entry and leaving times in Android list.
How to save objects in Parse from Android?14:31
Activity: Display the employees data retrieved from the cloud in a RecyclerView1:46
Activity solution10:10
Integrate the pass sdk into the recycler view project, configure the pass server and permissions, query employees, and update the adapter with Picasso-powered photos to display the results.

How to implement Android push notification in Parse? ( Part 1 )8:02
Learn to implement android push notifications with Firebase Cloud Messaging. Set up the Firebase project, connect your Android app, add the google-services.json, and configure the dashboard to send notifications.
How to implement Android push notification in Parse? ( Part 2 )6:32
How to use channels to send notifications?6:41
Subscribe / unsubscribe to push channels6:41

Requirements

Basics of Programming

Description

In this course, we will guide you step by step to build your own real time attendance tracking system using Raspberry Pi, Android, Kotlin and Parse server.

We will start by introducing the used technologies to build the real time attendance tracking system.

We will teach you how to use Raspberry Pi to control I/O devices like LCD display, 4x4 Keypad and RFID Chip.

We will teach you as well, how to create android applications using Kotlin, and we will see together how to use basic concepts in Android, like TextViews, Buttons, EditTexts, RecyclerView, Date picker, Camera, Gallery, etc.

You will learn also, in this course, how to use Parse server to create a cloud backend for your applications, and you will be able at the end of this course, to manage your stored data in Parse, using either the Raspberry Pi through the REST API and Python, or using Android Kotlin through the Parse client API.

Also, you will learn how to implement push notifications in your Application, and how to send notifications from the Raspberry Pi using the REST API.

Finally, the capstone project consists of building a real time attendance tracking system using the learned features, this project will be composed of three sides, the first one will be the Raspberry Pi based device which will be used by the employees to mark their attendance using the RFID tags, and the second side will be the Kotlin based Android Application which will be used by the admin to track the attendance of his employees in real time.

These two sides will connect together using Parse backend App.

Who this course is for:

Beginners
IT Students
Developers
Any curious learner who want to start an IOT carreer

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Introduction1 lecture • 6min

Initiation to Raspberry Pi6 lectures • 33min

Control 20x4 I2C LCD Display using Raspberry Pi8 lectures • 47min

Control 4x4 Keypad using Raspberry Pi4 lectures • 16min

Control RFID RC-522 chip using Raspberry Pi7 lectures • 30min

Persist Data to the cloud using Parse Platform9 lectures • 1hr 4min

Setting up the Android development environment6 lectures • 42min

Initiation to Android Development using Kotlin10 lectures • 1hr 55min

Access Parse Server data from Android application9 lectures • 1hr 15min

Push notifications4 lectures • 28min

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