Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement Circuit and Working

Nowadays, street lighting systems in industries or cities are growing rapidly. The important considerations in the field of different technologies like electrical and electronics are cost effective, automation and power consumption. There are different street lighting systems are developed to maintain and control the lighting systems. These lighting systems are used to control and decrease energy consumption. This article illustrates the street light that glows on detecting vehicle movement. Street light controlling is one of the most developing system in India to conserve the energy.

Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement

Generally, street light controlling system is a simple concept which uses a transistor to turn ON in the night time and turn OFF during the day time. The entire process can be done by a using a sensor namely LDR (light dependent resistor). Nowadays conserving the energy is an essential part and day by day energy resources are getting decreased. So our next generations may may face a lot of problems due to this lack of resources. This system doesn’t need a manual operation to turn ON/OFF the street lights. The street light system detects whether there is need of light or not.

Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement
Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement

Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement Circuit

The proposed circuit is built with ATmega microcontroller, DS1307 IC, LDR, LCD, PIR sensor, Array of LED. This circuit is very useful in our day to day life like highways, real time street lights, the parking areas, restaurants and hotels.

Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement Circuit
Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement Circuit

The working principle of this circuit is, when light falls on the light dependent resistor, then its resistance will be decreased, which results in an increase of the voltage at pin2 of the 555 IC. This 555 IC is inbuilt with a comparator, which associates between the i/p voltage from pin2 of the IC and 1/3rd of the power supply voltage. When i/p falls below 1/3rd then o/p is fixed to high otherwise it is fixed to the lower.

Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement Project

This project is used to detect the movement of a vehicle on highways or roads to turn ON the lights when the vehicle is ahead of the lights, and to turn OFF the glowing light when the vehicle passes away from the lights. By using this project we can conserve the energy.

Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement Block Diagram by Edgefxkits.com
Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement Block Diagram by Edgefxkits.com

During the night time all the lights on the highway road remain on throughout the night, so the energy loss will be high when there is no movement of vehicles. This project gives a solution for saving the energy. This is attained by detecting an approaching vehicle by turning ON the street lights. As the vehicle passes away from the street light, then the lights get turn OFF. If there are no vehicles on the road, then all the lights will turn OFF.

The infrared sensors are placed on each side of the road that are used to detect the vehicle movement and send the logic signals to a microcontroller (AT89S52 series) to turn on/ off the LEDs for a specific distance. Therefore, this way of dynamically switching ON and OFF the street lights helps in reducing the power consumption.

Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement Project Kit by Edgefxkits.com
Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement Project Kit by Edgefxkits.com

The power supply of this project comprises of a step-down transformer, which steps down the voltage from 230v to 12V AC. This is transformed to a DC using a Bridge rectifier. A capacitor is used to remove the ripples using a capacitive filter, and it is then regulated to +5V from 12v using a 7805 IC voltage regulator, which is compulsory for the microcontroller as well as other components.

Furthermore, this project can be extended by using suitable sensors for detecting the street light failure, and then sending an SMS to the control department through a GSM modem for suitable action.

By using this project a lot of energy can be saved. The proposed system uses LEDs instead of other lamps. The project is especially designed for street lighting in remote rural and urban areas where the traffic is low at times. The system is multipurpose, extendable and totally variable to user needs.

The applications of this street light that glows on detecting vehicle movement mainly involve in highways, real time street lights, hotels, parking areas and restaurants, etc. The advantages are; low cost, more life span and energy can be saved.

Thus, this is all about street light that glows on detecting vehicle movement circuit and it working. We hope that you have got a better understanding of this concept of the information which we have given in the above.Furthermore, any queries regarding this topic or microcontroller based projects, please give your valuable suggestions by commenting in the comment section below.

 

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48 Comments

  1. Alik Sarkar says:

    Hi i am a cse student and working on this vehicle detecting project,so I want to implement it in our college ,so can this project be practically implemented rather than just using a toolkit,

    Secondly,in this project we switch off the light when there is no vehicle ,don’t u think we should rather decrease the intensity to a minimum constraint for the path walkers
    If u know any such circuit where u just decrease the intensity,then pls send me

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  2. Prathamesh says:

    HI sir ,
    i am studying in final year of e&tc , diploma ,
    i want to do project on Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement,
    for further details request to guide me how i can get kit for iT

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  3. Prathamesh says:

    HI sir ,
    i am studying in final year of e&tc , diploma ,
    i want to do project on Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement,
    for further details request to guide me how i can get kit for it ,
    prathamesh chaugule

    Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Prathamesh
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply
  4. jaswinder says:

    please give the code for vehicle movement based street light with external sensing project

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  5. This is my graduation project, but what do I do when the professor decides to use solar energy to feed the system with the energy needs, and that the poles of the road light are connected to each other wirelessly using sensors and each column is powered by solar energy. Is it possible to apply this? Please help me

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    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Anwar
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply

  6. I need coding and deep explaination of this project

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  7. adrisha deb says:

    it is vry useful for me…i want to the list of material nd how many cost are needed ?plzz help me

    Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi adrisha deb
      I sincerely appreciate your kind response regarding my article
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply
  8. Naresh Rathore says:

    sir,
    Please let us know how it is made, make all the work all the steps

    Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Naresh Rathore
      I sincerely appreciate your kind response regarding my article
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply

  9. In the place of ldr we can able to use obstacle detector(ir sensor)??? why I am asking means ldr will work on detecting light only ,ir sensor will work on detecting movement. i.e it will work on without absence of light

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    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Abhiram
      yes you can use LDR

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      1. The project is very good.
        I had a question
        if instead of vehicle any man or animal suffer by the road then lights are on or off ?

  10. Hi sir
    I am lokesh
    I want these parts ?
    Can u please say me where I can get them
    And
    I need the list of materials

    Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Lokesh
      I sincerely appreciate your kind response
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Shonnan
      yes, it works properly. we have developed a prototype project for engineering students.
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply

  12. Which ray is used to detect a particular object with reflector with distance about 5 to 8 m.

    Please suggest me

    Any information about this issue than plz mail me

    Vishnukottayi.vk@gmail.com

    Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Vishnu
      IR transceiver (photo didodes) are best suitable for your applications

      Reply
  13. Sipra Singh says:

    What would happen if some vehicle​ is on the way in where we implement the IR sensor , or it got stopped there, what would happen if the LED will glow continuosly ?

    Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Sipra Singh
      I sincerely appreciate your kind response regarding my article. the LED will glow continuously until the vehicle is present at IR sensor.
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply
  14. abhishek kumar anurag says:

    Can u plz give me a asm or c code plz…..its urgent….

    Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Abhishek Kumar Anurag
      We are very sorry to inform you that once you purchase the project we can provide the source code, documentation, and circuit diagram
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply

  15. How will it sense whether it is day or night ? according to this project , street lights would glow on detecting the vehicle movement during the day time also ? please reply

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  16. How will it sense whether it is day or a night ? according to this project , street lights would glow on detecting the vehicle movement during the day time also ? please reply

    Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Archana
      as we explained above circuit using ic555 is a manually operated circuit. if you want automatic we have to use a special microcontroller based application.
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply
  17. veena reddy says:

    what will the implementation cost for a specific range of area?
    does it will work effectively on during the rainy days?

    Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Veena Reddy
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply

  18. The project sounds really good. I’m studying second year B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Department. I want to work with this project. So, can I get further details of this project and also the coding part.

    Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Preethi
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply
  19. soundarrajan v says:

    Hi tarum Agarwal it’s a nice project.
    I’m eager to do this,so can you send the full details of apparatus or components required to make this.
    Waiting for your reply.
    Thank-you.

    Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Soundarrajan v
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply
  20. ChennaKrishna says:

    I NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT

    Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi ChennaKrishna
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply
  21. Md ashraf jamal says:

    Please give me new idea to save more and more energy in street light that glows on detecting vehicle movement like automatic further intensity concept and what will be next.

    Reply
  22. Rahul Itnal says:

    Street Lights that Glow on Detecting Vehicle Movement using ATmega8 microcontroller code for this project

    Reply

  23. can i know the apparatus for this project

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  24. Manimaran says:

    Sir,i need very intersting project based on mobilephones,circuits

    Reply
  25. Rhituporna Sarkar says:

    Is this a latest one!? If yes please let me know..

    Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Rhituporna Sarkar,
      Yes, It is the latest project.
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply
    1. Tarun Agarwal says:

      Hi Srilekha,
      Thanks for your Appreciation.
      For any other technical queries or for customization of projects please email us on team@elprocus.com

      Reply

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