Connecting the cheque deposit box to the TCP/IP via TCP/IP stack module

This project report describes the design of Cheque Deposit Box (CDB). CDB is a low cost cheque deposited machine which is developed to meet a function exactly like existing machine that is available at the banks. The CDB is divided into three parts i.e. the input devices, microcontroller, and output devices. Input devices consist of Barcode Reader and switches, while output devices are serial printer, TCP/IP Stack Module, LEDs and latch. The work that carried out in this report is to build the TCP/IP Stack Module which is function as a network server to store or send the data to the internet from the CDB. The main components of this module are PIC18F2620 chip as a microcontroller, KNC28J60 chip as an Ethernet controller and SPI EEPROM as flash memory storage. This PIC18F2620 microcontroller will download with TCP/IP Protocol Stack v3.75 from Microchip after a several changing depend to it functions and this module will communicate with AT89S53 microcontroller in the CDB via SPI interface. Findings in this project showed that the CDB will have it own IP address and can store and send the data through the internet successfully. This project meet the function exactly like existing machine and contributes to development banking system in Malaysia.