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Abstract
The majority of the energy used today is consumed by illumination, including both indoor and outdoor lighting. Although some locations will have a significantly reduced number of vehicles in traffic, cars are constantly passing by. But in an ordinary street lighting setup, all lights are turned on at night. The problem can be fixed by installing energy-saving lighting controls. The planned work would include two sets of controls, such as dimming the lighting for pedestrians while switching to a brighter setting when vehicles are parked along the roadside, and turning the lights off when there are no cars on the road and turning them back on when cars return. LEDs are utilised for street lighting, while photo diodes and infrared (IR) sensors detect the location and speed of passing vehicles. Sensor control signals have been sent to the 8051 microcontroller. The microcontroller contains the circuitry needed to toggle between bright and dim modes of operation based on the presence or absence of automobiles and pedestrians, and to completely turn off the lights when neither condition is present. The proposed solution will help in reducing the amount of energy currently used for lighting. Greater complexity is required for controlling the city's lighting infrastructure as cities grow and people's living standards increase.
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Copyright © 2023 Butharaju Mahesh. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
