Smart Roadway Lighting and Security System

Abstract

Currently in manual system, the street lights will be switched ON in the evening before the sunsets and they are switched OFF in the next day morning after there is sufficient light on the outside. But the actual timing for these lights to be switched ON is when there is absolute darkness. With this, the power will be wasted up to some extent. This project gives solution for electrical power wastage. Also the manual operation of the lighting system is completely eliminated. The proposed system provide a solution for energy saving. This is achieved by calculating the intensity of the sunlight by incorporating the LIGHT DEPENDENT RESISTOR(LDR).This project is implemented with smart embedded system which controls the glow of street lights based on the intensity of the sunlight and lights will get automatically ON/OFF according to the light intensity. And whenever there is any defect in the street lights ,the defected light poles can be known with the LDR and smart embedded system , with this an automated report can be generated. The real time information of the street light (ON/OFF Status) can be accessed from anytime, anywhere through internet. and also the model will consist of a sensor that detects any accident that happened nearby. This way, model can be programmed to automatically report the accident even without the SOS button being pressed.