Abstract

Lighting up the streets consumes a significant amount of the electrical power produced in many nations. However, during some times of the day, the vehicles present on the road are quite low, and over time certain areas of the streets remain empty of vehicles. This work proposes a framework that automatically turns OFF and ON the lights when there are no vehicles and vehicles are available respectively in the streets. This approach may save a significant amount of electricity. Furthermore, it might enhance the lamp's lifespan. In general street lighting systems, unnecessary the lights are ON most of the night in the areas with a low rate of vehicles and meaninglessly wastes a large amount of power. The objective of this work is to develop a new framework for fulfills the demand of flexible lighting systems by designing a Smart Street Lighting Controller (SSLC). In the proposed system, the street lights will be automatically ON before the sun sets at the evening, and when sufficient illumination on the roads the street lights are OFF at morning time. In addition, these lights can only glow with a maximum intensity when the rate of vehicles in the region is high otherwise it should glow at a minimum intensity. In this work to control the street light system, Arduino Uno is used as the brain, whereas Infrared (IR) sensors are utilized to detect the vehicle movement and the day/night time light intensity is detected using Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) sensors.