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Traffic Light Control PRADEEP PDF

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Trafic light control

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• Nowadays, controlling the traffic becomes major issue

because of rapid increase in automobiles and also because


of large time delays between traffic lights.
• So, in order to rectify this problem, we will go for density
based traffic lights system.
• This article explains you how to control the traffic based on
density n this system, we will use IR sensors to measure the
traffic density.
• We have to arrange one IR sensor for each road; these
sensors always sense the traffic on that particular road.
• All these sensors are interfaced to the microcontroller.
Based on these sensors, controller detects the traffic and
controls the traffic system.
• The main heart of this traffic system is microcontroller. IR sensors are
connected to the PORT C (PC0, PC1, PC2, and PC3) of the
microcontroller and traffic lights are connected to PORT B and PORT
D.
• If there is a traffic on road then that particular sensor output becomes
logic 0 otherwise logic 1. By receiving these IR sensor outputs, we
have to write the program to control the traffic system.

• If you receive logic 0 from any of these sensors, we have to give the
green signal to that particular path and give red signal to all other
paths. Here continuously we have to monitor the IR sensors to check
for the traffic.
• ATmega8 controller

• PCB board

• IR sensors -4

• LED’s-12(4-red,4-green,4-yellow)

• 12v Battery or adaptor

• Serial cable

• Connecting wires
• Connect 12V battery or adaptor to the development board.
• Switch on the supply.
• Burn the program to the ATmega8 microcontroller by keeping the
programming switch sw2 in program mode.
• Connect four IR sensors to PORT C.
• Connect LEDs to PORT B and PORT D.
• Arrange all this LED’s same as like traffic lights.
• Arrange one IR sensor for each road.
• Now you can see the normal traffic system based on time basis.
• Now if you place any obstacle in front of any IR sensor, then the system
allows the traffic of that particular path by glowing GREEN light.
• Finally, turn off the board power supply.
• Density based traffic light control have many advantages compared
to time based traffic control.

• We can save considerable amount of time

• We can avoid unnecessary occurrence of traffic jams which causes


public inconvenience.
• There is no need of traffic inspector at the junctions for
supervising the traffic to run smoothly.
• The intelligent work which is done by traffic inspector will be
perfectly done by the microcontroller in the circuit with the
help of sensors and the program which is coded to the
microcontroller.
• Using timer and micro-controller this circuit can became more
efficient and automatic.

• using methodology of this circuit we can design four way traffic


light controller also.
This circuit control only two way traffic due to this reasion it use only
in towns and slow traffic areas.

This circuit does no contain any type of timer or micro-controller ,so it


operates manually.

This circuit can not be used in metro city or where there is more traffic.
• Thus from above theory we can conclude that using the method of density
based control of traffic lights we can save a considerable amount of time
and also we can prevent excessive traffic jams thus leading to smooth traffic
flow.
• In practice presently in India we are following time based control of traffic
signals and we are experiencing a heavy traffic jams all over which in turn
consumes lot of time and fuel.
• We hope these methods will be adopted as soon as possible so that the
limitations we are experiencing with present method can be overcome
google,
https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno
[2] http://www.instruconnect.net/arduino [3]
http://www.udemy.com/beginning-arduino [4]
http://www.learningaboutelectronics.com/Articles/A
tmega328-pinout.ph

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