This week, our team worked on finalizing the exact RFID reader to purchase and placing the purchase request. The component we ended up getting was the M6E Micro with a carrier board, which we chose because the carrier board had connection points that would make interfacing with the board easier.

https://www.atlasrfidstore.com/thingmagic-micro-lte-carrier-board/

We have received most of the other parts we ordered last week and plan on getting together to start setting up and testing the system. On the software side, we are exploring setting up an online database, as well as using MQTT as a communication protocol for interfacing between the RFID reader system and the online database. We are excited to make progress on this project and build our spring prototype!