Intelligent Road Illumination Network using IoT

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Abstract: In day-to-day life electricity has been an area of concern worldwide. There are not many sources for nonrenewable sources and most of the power generation stations, they are based on fuels that are conventional. Street lights are one of the consumable sources of electricity that are essential parts of the day-to-day life. The conventional street lighting systems require manual operation and also consume a large amount of power as they are in powered on condition from evening to early morning. The conventional manual operated street lighting systems consume a large amount of power, need manual operators and heavy cost on installation which has been a great disadvantage and an area of major concern. The costs of energy can be reduced immediately to 35% through intelligent on/off mechanism and targeted organized way of power consumption. The aim of this project is conservation of energy by reducing electricity wastage and to minimize the manpower. The idea utilizes Light Emitting Diodes (LED) that doesn’t take huge amount of power and being directional light sources, it can radiate light in specific direction thereby improving the efficiency of the streetlamps. Using LDR with LED lights the intensity can be controlled. IR sensors utilized on one roadside send signals for the LEDs to get glowing for the next specific section of the road after sensing the density and movement of pedestrians.