Mans desire to make life easier ignited the technological evolution leading to the

change in how human faces the complexities of life. Advancement in information

technology affected various areas in our society spreading like a wildfire. We are just
beginning to witness how Information Technology can revolutionize every aspect of our
daily lives.
Mobile Phone has become a necessity for everyone nowadays. It allows people to
stay connected with the world without bothering the time and location. With the
expansion of technology, it has also changed its actual purpose, which is to make or
receive calls and messages. Now, mobile phone is also in use for various purposes.
Enough to handle all the tasks, which were earlier, considered for a landline and for a
personal computer.
Mobile phone has been used for various purposes, which not only work as a
service but also as awareness for people. It has become a source of information and a
device through which anyone can be reached around the globe without the concerns of
boundaries or limits.
Worldwide expansion of mobile networks has put mobile technology into the
hands of millions of people who do not have access to desktop computers or reliable
landline connections. Innovative programs have been put in place to disseminate crucial,
social and political data over mobile devices (Davidson. E, 2012).
Urman, D., (2008) stated Indeed, mobile phones have made tremendous
contributions to society and to mankind. From its inception as a tool of communication
used only by deaf or hearing impaired individuals, SMS or Short Messaging Service had
turned into a very powerful means of communication. Also, SMS had made the world
smaller and much better as people rapidly gain access to mobile phones. Moreover, it
created a new way of system of communication all together.

Additionally, stated by Soundararajan D. 2012, in the article entitled Significance

of Mobile Application Testing in the Booming World of Mobile App, he explained that
in the current Smartphone era, Mobility is not just the facility to make calls on-the-go,
but has transformed as an essential living style. Diverse mobile apps pertaining to fun,
entertainment, banking, shopping, networking etc, makes mobile apps an essential tool.
This enthusiasm in Smartphone applications is the reason behind the aggressive market
growth in mobile apps development. This stunning growth of mobile apps development
in the global mobile application market proclaims the significance of mobile application
testing.
In accordance with the proven beneficial outcome brought about by the
conjunction of computer technology, schools and educational institutions these days have
considered the assimilation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in
campuses. This paves the way to a better monitoring of students.
RFID was initially designed as a very powerful inventory and animal tracking
technology. RFID systems are now being marketed to schools as a way to extend
inventory tracking to individuals. This proposed application include incorporating RFID
tags into school ID cards or mandatory clothing items, like uniforms, in order to track the
attendance, whereabouts, and movements of students, teachers and staff. RFID-tagged
items (e.g. computers, library books, textbooks etc.) may be used to indirectly monitor
individuals along with the items. RFID may also be used for cashless payment in
cafeterias, vending machines, and transit systems, among others (Rezmiersky, V. et.al,
2012).
Research is increasingly showing that attendance in school is incredibly important
and is directly correlated to student success and graduation rates. According to a study
conducted by Hedy Chang and Mariajose Romero, they found out that when students are

chronically absent during kindergarten (both excused and unexcused absences) that these
students perform lower academically in first grade. This is true regardless of gender,
ethnicity or socioeconomic status. These findings are troublesome and indicate that there
is a need to educate families and school districts about the importance of school
attendance early on in a childs education.
Schools all over the world are finding it hard to make children understand the
importance of coming to school regularly and on time. Moreover, some students cut their
classes whether it is elementary school, high school or college. Attendance can be a very
big problem thats why more and more schools are implementing strategies to improve
school attendance and to help the parents keep track to their childrens log.
Thus, the proponent sees that the realization of the importance of technology in
schools and its successful implementation is a necessity. The proponent also believes that
increased mode of communications is the key to building healthy relations. Through SMS
technology and android mobile application, information dissemination will be a viable
option to automatically notify the parents regarding their childrens login and logout time
in school through the development of the proposed study entitled Ethernet Based Login
and Tracking System with Mobile Application for Living Stone International School.
Description of the Local Situation
The proposed study will be implemented in Living Stone International School
(LSIS). Situated along the perimeter of Angeles City, in the province of Pampanga. June
6, 2007 marked the beginning of the school as an institution for formal education. LSIS
had its initial take-off in the academe in school year 2007-2008, with Grades Five and Six
in the elementary level, and First and Third Years in the secondary level with a total of
seventeen (17) students. The school was granted government authority to operate by the
Department of Education of the Republic of the Philippines.

With the Government

Recognition that was granted by the Department of Education in 2009, the number of
students continues to grow at a very stable rate, with approximately two hundred (200)
students during the school year 2009-2010. (http://www.livingstone.edu.ph)
Currently, the school does not have any student attendance monitoring system in
their entrance gates. Even advanced technology and devices like turn style are not
implemented in the school. Traditional system like NO ID NO Entrance policy is being
implemented. Also, students entrance and exit in school are not well-monitored. The
guard-in-charge allows the student to go out without checking their class schedule.
However, in case of unexpected emergencies, students can leave the campus upon
rendering a permission to leave the school. This slip is being approved by Ms. Carmen
Sampang, Assistant Principal or the School Principal, Ms. Amelita Tumagoy. Before
approving the said slip, the administrator needs to contact the parents regarding the
incident. After which, when parents are notified, student can leave the campus.
The proponent wants to have a first hand in proving the credibility and integrity
of the information that are deemed necessary in the students attendance monitoring
tracking system. This information is of great impact in the decision-making process and
need to reach the concerns the soonest possible time. For example, a regular grade
school students last subject ends at 5pm then suddenly the students logout time is 2pm.
In this scenario, the parent will be automatically notified with his child log-out time via
SMS and through logging his/her mobile application account. This information is
deemed important for the parents, knowing that their children are going out of the
campus earlier than their assigned class schedule.
In this regard, the proponent wants to eliminate this dilemma through developing
an innovative online mobile application system that will easily monitor the login and out
of the students. High-tech technology and devices like Radio Frequency Identification

(RFID) shield, Arduino Micro-controller, Ethernet Shield and Short Message Service
(SMS) will be the perfect tools to process and disseminate information faster and
accurate coming from a reliable source. The programming language to be used in
developing the mobile application is through B4Android. To easily manage the database,
the proponents will use mySQL and SQLite.
Through the proposed study, it will be a big help for the parents because it will
give them the assurance and comfort that their children are well-secured, and are
arriving and are going out of the school on time.
Foreign Review of Related Literature and Studies
Stated by King P., (2012), San Antonio is taking its cue [tracking kids with RFID]
from the Houston, TX, school district. It began using RFID chips to monitor students on
13 campuses in 2004. Houstons Spring Independent School District gave 28,000
students RFID badges to record when they get on and off school buses. The police and
school administrators provided the badges to ostensibly prevent truancy and child
abductions.
Mexicos Universidad Regiomontana is using RFID to prevent theft of laptop
computers it issues to staff and faculty. The Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, in Texas,
is tracking state-of-the-art equipment to improve inventory management. And universities
in the United Arab Emirates are RFID-tagging diplomas, to ensure the documents'
validity. In addition, some parents and educators have developed innovative applications
to help students learn and improve their health (O Connor C., 2012) .
Also, as stated by OConnor, In early 2005, Brittan Elementary School, in
Northern California, invited a now-defunct startup to install an RFID-based automated
attendance-tracking system. The school wanted to test whether the technology, which
would collect the identification number encoded to the RFID-enabled school IDs issued

to students, would give teachers more time to teach and provide accurate records on
student whereabouts, which would prove useful in the event of a student disappearance or
other emergency.
According to Rosen, D. (2012), Students and parents in San Antonio, TX, are up
in arms over a decision by the Northside Independent School District to require students
at two local schools to wear RFID-equipped nametags as part of the Student Locator
Project. The two schools: John Jay High School and Anson Jones Middle School, plan to
use the nametags to pinpoint student locations both at the school and outside its premises.
In addition, students are required to use the microchip ID when checking out school
library books, registering for classes and paying for school lunches.
Additionally, Rosen stated that in 2010, the Contra Costa County School District
received a $50,000 grant to put RFID tags into basketball jerseys that students are
supposed to wear while at school. The bulk of the grant went toward setting up sensors
around the school to read the tags and computer systems to actually monitor where each
student is. The program tracks preschool children.

Many schools in area of Houston have set up the new technology known as RFID
(radio frequency identification), these are chips which will be in scholars ID cards, the
school management is thinking about the students security, but most of the parents think
it will be dangerous for the students, although it concerns for protection of the student it
might be a risky step. But the school management feels that it is a great advantage for the
school and for the students, earlier in California and in different schools like in the Santa
Fe school and spring districts, to keep track on students and whereabouts about the where
there are in the campus. Even though this technology is expensive it is very useful asset,
the principle of bailey middle school in spring who have adapted this technology told that
its a great asset and leaders of the school tell that by adapting this device is helping in

students turnout (number of attendance) and also improves security (Security Software
Resources,2013).
Dan Hobson, Managing Director for M:Science commented, "Berkshire College
of Agriculture understands how using SMS OnLine can help them communicate more
effectively with students. There is pressure on schools and colleges to continuously
integrate modern technology into their infrastructure. Using SMS is an example of how
this can be done with benefits to the college, and the whole learning experience."
As affirmed by Lakshmi B., (2012), Using RFID Technology to Develop an
Attendance System and Avoid Traffic Congestion around Kindergartens RFID: Radiofrequency identification (RFID) is the use of a wireless non-contact system that uses
radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data from a tag attached to an object,
for the purposes of automatic identification and tracking. Some tags require no battery
and are powered by the electromagnetic fields used to read them. Others use a local
power source and emit radio waves (electromagnetic radiation at radio frequencies).The
tag contains electronically stored information which can be read from up to several
meters (yards) away. Unlike a bar code, the tag does not need to be within line of sight of
the reader and may be embedded in the tracked object.
Furthermore Lakshimi explained that school authorities in the Japanese city of
Osaka are now chipping childrens clothing, back packs, and student IDs in a primary
school. A school in Doncaster, England is piloting a monitoring system designed to keep
tabs on pupils by tracking radio chips in their uniforms. St Charles Sixth Form College in
west London, England, started September, 2008, is using an RFID card system to check
in and out of the main gate, to both track attendance and prevent unauthorized entrance.
Similarly, Whitcliffe Mount School in Cleckheaton, England uses RFID to track pupils
and staff in and out of the building via specially designed card.

The medical institution in Taiwan, Tri-Service General Hospital has been

conducting an experimental project utilizing RFID to facilitate the management on
patient tracking and epidemic prevention/control. The RFID system in this hospital
applies to the emergency ward and operating room currently, in order to confirm the
identity of patients and complete registration immediately for further treatment. The
medical staff can obtain the patient detailed treatment record and physical data including
name, age, blood type, relatives name, and contact information, etc.
In the article of PRWeb.com via COMTEX, 2011, Ross W.- CEO of Legiant
stated that the released of Legiant Mobile Timecard Express Android application allows
both the time and location for an individual, or an entire crew, to be captured in real-time
with one touch. Plus, this mobile application is free to all of our customers." Legiant
Mobile Timecard Express features include: Real-Time GPS Location - The application
sends the actual time recorded, along with GPS location, Job, Activity, Department, etc.
in real-time; Favorites - Users may select favorite items to use, including their favorite
pay type, departments and employees; Instant Crew Punch and Transfers - Authorized
users, such as supervisors, can utilize the crew punch feature. As each task is completed
and the entire crew begins another task, the supervisor can transfer the entire team to
another job, activity or department with one punch; and Punch without Internet Access If the network or internet connection is lost or unavailable, data will be recorded and
stored. Once the connection is re-established, the data will be automatically sent to the
Legiant Express system.
Similar with the proposed study, it will include actual sending of recorded time
that can only be viewed upon the parents log in registration in the proposed mobile app.
However, GPS location will not be involved in the proposed study and the system will
only be used for the student attendance tracking only.

Also, another mobile application that has some features identical to the proposed
study is uAttend. According to Carlsbad, CA (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 uAttend offers a
versatile product line that is made up of advanced fingerprint and facial recognition
biometric solutions, RFID (proximity card readers), as well as Smart phone and mobile
applications. This variety of product enables businesses to accurately record employee
work hours with multiple options for punching in and out.
The latest mobile application for iPhone and iPad users is one of the many easy to use
solutions that allow employees to remotely record their time and attendance. The updated
software version also makes it more convenient for floor supervisors and HR
administrators to manage the system on their handheld devices, eliminating the need for
accessing a computer.
Dissimilar with uAttend, the proposed study is an Android Application that can
only be installed in Android gadgets. Furthermore, the proposed study will only focus
with the students log records and will not include facial recognition and fingerprint
technology.
To easily manage the time logs of the students and to be produced a scalable
system, the proposed study will be making use of Ethernet technology. According to
Harper L., (2008), Popularity of Ethernet in todays business environment is triggered by
several benefits, out of which simplicity, granularity, and flexibility that it offers top the
list. These benefits enable enterprises to implement solutions that enable them to
integrate several useful features, such as Private Networks (VPN), Voice-over-Internet
Protocol (VoIP), audio and video teleconferencing, Virtual remote storage, multimedia
content sharing, and many more other useful features that helps them take their business
to new heights. Some of the many benefits that Ethernet offers an enterprise are:
simplicity, high bandwidth, scalability, easy provisioning and flexibility.

Local Review of Related Literature and Studies

According to Del Rosario R., (2012), PUP Student Monitoring Using RFID with
SMS Technologys main purpose of this system is to monitor the arrival and departure of
Polytechnic University of the Philippines students. The students will use their RFID card
(Radio Frequency Identification) to enter in the school premises. The RFID reader will
detect if the RFID card is registered on the database of the school. The function of SMS
(Short Message Service) Advisory is, it will give the parents the information regarding
the time of arrival and departure of their children in PUP campus even though they are at
home.

Moreover in the Philippines, East Central College is also using ID System using
RFID with SMS Technology for East Central College. The main goal of the study is to
modify the old process of monitoring the absences and the late of the student of San
Vicente Pilot School for Philippine Craftsmen. Also, the propose system will be able to
notify the parents or guardian of the student via Short Message Services (SMS) according
to the presence of their child. Lately, other schools are not able to monitor the attitude of
their students and could not reach for the parents to consult about their children. The
proposed study also targets to fasten up the process of checking up the schedule of the
students of San Vicente Pilot School for Philippine Craftsmen and to reach up with the
parents in case of any trouble or some unnecessary event via an SMS (Aijuushi, 2012).
Unlike the RFID system in PUP and ECC, the proposed system is more complex
and advanced since it will be implemented through android mobile application
technology. Parents can view the time logs of their children through logging into their
mobile application account.

Objectives of the proposed system

Modern technology has brought us a big change in our life. Since Alexander
Graham Bell invented the telephone, communication has come a long way. Before, all
work is done manually where in communication was in the slow phase. With that,
experts searched for ways to develop technology by means of high-tech gadgets, which
gave way to the discovery of mobile phone. With the help of mobile phone, our life has
changed.
In the Philippines, known as the "Text Messaging Capital of the World", SMS is
said to be the cheapest means of communication but has been proven effective.
Nowadays, many people use mobile smart phones regardless with their status in
life because of the low cost of sending messages and affordable cellular phone units.
Also, today, android gadgets are cheap and available in the market.
Many companies try to be at phase in development making them realize of longrange benefits derived from such. They need to be highly competitive in order for them
to be linked to the world. They are motivated to move forward to be ahead of others,
"globalization" is the name of the game, having it in their minds.
The aim of the research study is to propose an Ethernet Based Login and Tracking
System with Mobile Application making simple and inexpensive for Living Stone
International School to have a state-of-the-art ID card program without proprietary
software, local systems or dedicated staff. Moreover, one of the objectives of the system
is to reduce threat to students. Improve attendance and peace of mind for parents. Use of
mobile application and RFID in the Attendance System to improve parent satisfaction,
making attendance system faster, robust with automated parent contact.

Scope and limitation

The study mainly focuses on monitoring the students in a school environment.
Primarily, it can be of immense benefit to parents as well as to school administrators. The
proposed system will automatically sends message to inform parents their kids log in
and out time via sms and logging in to the proposed mobile application. Each student
wears a tag with unique ID . When he enters the gate or a classroom, the reader nearby
detects the tag ID immediately and uploads information to system to inform his parents
via SMS and through logging in the mobile app. Same is through when the student is
leaving the campus, logout time is being sent to the parent. The system automatically
records all attendance information of the students since the reader automatically reads
and stores the information. Students don't have to stop in queue, to slide card one by one.
The system will automatically record all attendance information and will be able to print
log reports that can be used for decision making. The RFID reader will be installed in the
main gate of Living Stone International School and in every classroom to maximize the
students logs. Furthermore, school notices such as class suspension will also be sent to
all the parents of the students.
Devices and technology that will be used upon the development of the proposed
system are the following; Arduino, Ethernet shield, RFID Reader and USB Stick. Visual
Basic 6.0, B4Android will be the Programming Language to be used and Microsoft
Access 2003, mySQL and SQLite as the database management system.
Moreover, the study would investigate on how effective the present method of
monitoring students schedule is, and provide an economical and efficient alternative to
the existing system. Through the use of a common medium, particularly the USB
Modem and mobile application technology notification can be easily propagated to
parents.

Limitation
The study does not cover the following inquiries; parents SMS query on the
schedule of the high school teachers as well as those of the students, school activities,
school notices, queries on the account balance/payables of students (e.g. enrolment,
miscellaneous and other). The proposed system cannot monitor the exact location of the
student specifically, tracking within the campus, such as visits to the Library, Play area,
Canteen and other various internal facilities. The proposed system has a parameter that
only range from one to two feet within the RFID reader. Upon the online registration of
the parents in the proposed mobile app, only the log in and out of the students record
will be shown.
Conceptual Framework
The proponent aims to present an Ethernet Based Login and Tracking System
with Mobile Application that would produce accurate and fast result of information.
The proponent conducted some interviews with the different administrative
officers in Living Stone International School to gather information.
Data gathered to analyze the problem of the existing in order for the researcher to
create the proposed system. To determine that the study will be effective, some test will
be conducted to know if the existing system needs to replaced and proceed in proposing
an Ethernet Based Login and Tracking System with Mobile Application.

Attendance log details

SMS Student
Attendance Log Access
Using Android App
Entrance gate with RFID
Reader

Student carrying personal

RFID tag on their IDs

Classroom entrance door with

RFID Reader

Figure 1.0 Conceptual Framework of the Proposed System

As shown in figure 1.0 the process of the proposed system starts when a student
arrives in school and enter the gate, the RFID reader will read the tag ID number of the
ID. The tag ID number will be sent to the server in which it will be validated on the
database. If the tag ID number is found the server will automatically sent a text message
or SMS to the registered number on will the student guardian or parent number is
registered. Every log in and out of the student is being send to the parents or guardian via
SMS. As a security measure the SMS can be viewed using the mobile android app. The
parent / guardian will login to the Android app using his / her username and password.
In order to track the student a RFID reader will also be installed on the entrance
door of the classroom, same as the one on the entrance gate. Every time the student

comes inside or goes outside the room. The student RFID will be read, this will trigger
the server to the prompt message to the parents on the whereabouts of the students.
Methodology
This section deals with the methodologies used as a set of customary and
acknowledged techniques with the duration of data gathered in the study being carried
out. The research method used by the proponent describes what the activity of the
research is, how to proceed, how to assess progress, and what comprises success.
The proponent will be using a descriptive type of research method. This type of
research is also a grouping that includes many particular research methodologies and
procedures, such as observations, surveys, self-reports, and tests. The four parameters of
research will help the proponent to understand how descriptive research in general is
similar to, and different from, other types of research.
Through this method, the proponent can conduct the research properly and use it
as a guide in coming up with solutions and accurate results.
To determine and give importance to the behavior of making decisions for the
innovation of the new system, the proponent uses a process. By means of observation, the
proponent has the power to distinguish things, their differences, advantages and
disadvantages. By doing observation, the proponent will see the problems of the current
system so that enhancement with the proposed system will be implemented.
Information gathered from books and thesis, dissertations, projects helped and
played a significant role for the proponent. The proponent gained knowledge in
accumulating data from related research projects and literatures that were found in
different school libraries. Furthermore, resources from the Internet made the research a
better innovation by providing related information concerning the proposed study.
Context Diagram is a data flow diagram that illustrates the entire system as one

generated element. This tool will present the flow in a graphical form of the proposed
system.
The proponent used Context Diagram to show the environment of the system by
stating all the elements that scopes the project by providing a visual model between the
system and outside entities.
Figure 2.0 presents the Context Diagram of the proposed system.

Figure 2.0 Contextual Diagram of the Proposed System

In this segment, the proponent will explore the major graphical modeling tool of
structured analysis: the data flow diagram. It is a modeling tool that allows the proponent
to picture a system as a network of a functional process.

These diagrams helped the proponent in visualizing the proposed study as whole. It
determined the important levels included in the system that described the transformation
of inputs and outputs. It provided a convenient idea of the major functional components
of the system.
The proponent used Data Flow Diagram to show what kind of data will be input to
and output from the system. It does not show information about the timing of the process
or information about whether processes will operate in sequence or in parallel. Figure 3.0
shows the Data Flow Diagram of the proposed system.

Figure 3.0 Data Flow Diagram of the Proposed Study

The proponents used spiral type of system development methodology that

identifies method in order to achieve a more organized process of developing the
proposed application. Shown in the next figure is the Spiral Model.

Figure 4.0 Spiral Model Methodology

Determine objectives
On this part, the proponent established an understanding of the objectives of the
proposed application specifically with its performance, functionality, and ability to
contain change and innovation.
Identify and resolve risk
It is the important phase of Spiral Model. In this phase, strategies are determined
to employ the available resources. This phase has been added particularly to distinguish
and resolve all the potential risks in the project software development.

Development and test

After analyzing the existing setting of the study, the proponent drew designs for
the development of the new system. The proponent identified and analyzed the gathered
information in order to crate input and output design file.
The proponent made use of storyboard to determine the ideal interface design of
the system and be able to know the possible output that the users can see and navigate.
Moreover, transaction flow is also designed to ensure a user-friendly interface.
In this phase, the proponent will develop all the required modules that the
application needs. Actual coding of the program also occurs in this phase.
Testing will be done by the proponent as well as the users of the system to ensure
that modules and sub-modules are working properly to produce the correct output.
Furthermore, testing phase will be done to fix errors, improve the application and revising
it if necessary.
Plan next Iteration
The spiral development model has one characteristic that is common to all model
- the need for advanced technical planning and multidisciplinary reviews at critical
staging or control points.
In this division, the proponent will assume the growth of the system. The
complexity of the scheme should be related and functional to have consistency if ever the
plan will take the next step.

Technology to be used
RFID: Technology and Applications
RFID is known as Radio Frequency Identification an ADC (Automated Data
Collection) technology that uses radiofrequency waves to transfer data between a reader
and a movable item to identify, categorize, track. Moreover,

RFID performs the

operation using low cost components and attempts to provide unique identification and
backend integration that allows for wide range of applications. Figure 5.0 shows the
System Components that will be included for the completion of the system

Figure 5.0 RFID Components

Figure 6.0 RFID Logical View

The algorithm that RFID use is Tree Algorithm wherein reader queries for tags,
reader informs in case of collision and tags, generates 0 or 1 randomly. Conditions are
followed wherein if 0 then tag retransmits on next query, if 1 then tag becomes silent and
starts incrementing its counter (which is initially zero). Counter incremented every time
collision reported and decremented every time identification reported. Also, in this
algorithm tag remains silent till its counter becomes zero. Reader informs tags in case of

collision and tags generate 0 or 1. If 0 then tag retransmits on next query, else tag
becomes silent and starts a counter. Counter incremented every time collision reported
and decremented otherwise.

Figure 7.0 RFID Tree Algorithm

Resource: RFID Technology and Applicatios. Sridhar Iyer

B4android v3.0
Basic4android is a rapid application development tool for native Android
applications, developed and marketed by Anywhere Software Ltd. Basic4android is an
alternative to programming with Java and the Android SDK.
Basic4android includes a visual designer that simplifies the process of building
user interfaces that target phones and tablets with different screen sizes. Compiled
programs can be tested in AVD manager emulator or B4A Bridge, which is enables
testing within a real phone.
The language itself is similar to Visual Basic and Visual Basic .Net though it is

adopted to the native Android environment. Basic4android is an object oriented and event
driven language.
PHP SQLLITE
SQLite is a C library that implements an embeddable SQL database engine.
Programs that link with the SQLite library can have SQL database access without
running a separate RDBMS process.
SQLite is not a client library used to connect to a big database server. SQLite is
the server. The SQLite library reads and writes directly to and from the database files on
disk.

COST ANALYSIS
Developing an IT application is an investment. Since after developing that
application, it provides the organization with profits. Profits or benefits can be monetary
or in the form of an improved working environment. However, it carries risks, because in
some cases an estimate can be wrong. And the project might not actually turn out to be
beneficial.

The cost of an information system involves the development cost and

maintenance cost. The development costs are one time investment whereas maintenance
costs are recurring. The development cost is basically the costs incurred during the
various stages of the system development.

Cost Benefit Analysis

I.

COST
Development costs
Hardware costs:
1 Computer unit (INTEL CORE i5 4430 3.00GHz)

P 24,000.00

1 Printer (Epson L110)

P 5,500.00

1 Switch (DLink DES1016A)

P 1,440.00

1 gizDuino v3.0

700.00

1 Ethernet Module (Shield)

785.00

1 RFID Module (Shield)

680.00

P 33,105.00
Software costs:
WIN 8 OS

3,010.00

B4ANDROID

4,257.00

SYSTEM COST

P 20,000.00
P 27,267.00

Operating costs:
Operating costs are the expenses required for the day to day running of the
system. (for running or maintaining the system)
Example:
Utilities (anti-virus, etc.)

P 3,000.00

Energy per month(electric bill, phone, etc.)

P 3,000.00

Supply costs:
Example: ink, paper, folders etc.
Total Cost

-------------------------------------

P 3,000.00
P 69,372.00