With the prototype nearing completion, things are looking optimistic for Team Investigator. The GPS is able to obtain latitude and longitude information, the RFID reader is able to read tags and obtain the serial numbers, and we ended up using only the ESP8266 as a microprocessor and WIFI module. The board is able to connect to a router we have set up, and it is also able to send data out for other computers on this router to listen to via a TCP/IP connection. Moreover, a computer listening to the TCP port is able to add the data to an SQL database.

Overall, Team Investigator has been able to integrate all these sensors together with the exception of the GPS. All of our testing has been indoors (particularly due to the fact that we need too be near the router), however, we plan on ensuring the GPS information can also be transmitted alongside the RFID data when a tag is scanned before the prototype inspection day!