ON or OFF: Automated Arduino-based smart street light system based on environmental light conditions

Abstract

People desire to live sophisticated lives while enjoying all the amenities in today's modern environment. The advancement of science and technology is accelerating rapidly to satisfy these needs. Internet of Things (IoT) plays an important role in automating a diverse arena, including health monitoring, agricultural irrigation, traffic management, street lighting, classrooms etc. with the help of cutting-edge innovations. Street lights are now operated manually, which waste a significant amount of energy globally and has to be altered. Especially in Sri Lankan, with the country facing an economic crisis, the wastage in the process of street lighting may cause a huge additional loss to the economy. The best approach in plugging this additional expenditure is by implementing a smart street lighting system using Arduino to control the energy wastage. Also, this smart system does not need any humans to operate it as it is a fully automated system as well. The system is implemented in Tinkercad - an online platform allowing users to design and simulate 3D models - and it works perfectly. The system fills the gap of this research as well.