VEHICLE MOVEMENT BASED STREET LIGHT CONTROL:

ABSTRACT:

Street lights are the major requirement in day to day life of transportation for safety purpose and
avoiding accidents during night. Street lighting systems are becoming more complex with rapid
growth of cities. To control and maintain such complex street lighting systems, various street
light control systems are developed. In this project, we are going to develop a project called
Street Light Control using 8051 Microcontroller, in which the street lights are automatically
turned ON or OFF based on the movement of the vehicles.

The project aims at saving energy by detecting the vehicle movement on highways and switching
on the block of street light ahead of it and simultaneously switching off the trailing lights. The
project requires sensors to detect the vehicle movements and switches on the lights ahead of it.
As soon as the vehicle moves ahead the trailing lights automatically switches off. This can be
used to save a lot of energy instead of using conventional system where the street lights are
remained ON. The sensors sense the vehicle movements and send it to a 8051 microcontroller
that initiates commands for switching the lights ON/OFF.
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POWER SUPPLY
LCD DISPLAY

IR SENSOR
RELAY
MICROCONTROLLER

RESET STREET LIGHT

CRYSTAL

Hardware Specifications

8051 family microcontroller

LEDs

Transformer

IR LEDs
 Diodes

Transistors

Voltage Regulator

Photodiodes

Software Specifications

Keil Vision IDE

MC Programming Language: Embedded C

Principle of Operation

The principle behind the working of the project lies in the functioning of IR Sensor. We are
going to use a Transmissive type IR Sensor in this project.

In Transmissive IR Sensor, the IR transmitter and receiver are placed facing each other so that IR
receiver always detects IR Rays emitted by the IR Transmitter.

If there is an obstacle between the IR Transmitter and Receiver, the IR Rays are blocked by the
obstacle and the IR Receiver stops detecting the IR Rays.

This can be configured to turn ON or OFF the LEDs (or street lights) with the help of
microcontroller.

Applications

1. This street light control circuit can be used in normal roads, highways, express ways etc.

2. This project can also be used in parking areas of malls, hotels, industrial lighting, etc