IoT Smart Streetlight System for Semi-Urban Areas with Fault Detection

This project introduces an Internet of Things (IoT) enabled system for automating the manual operation of street lights. In rural areas, currently, manual on/off operation of street lights is practiced wisely. Many times, they forget to turn it off, which creates energy waste. In rural areas, people are not aware of electricity conservation. To make it efficient, we automated the process. This system aims at energy conservation and ensures safety. At night, if the lights are not working due to some fault, the faulty lamp location creates an unsafe environment for both pedestrians and vehicles. To eliminate those risks, we incorporated a fault detection system with this system, which immediately sends a notification alert of the location of a faulty lamp to the administrator's web dashboard. If it rains or thunders during the day, it detects the light intensity of the environment and illuminates the lights at 10-40% as needed. As this system is for semi-urban areas, most people's movement on the street is very low during non-peak hours (10 p.m.–4 a.m.), during that period, lights glow at 60% intensity. If the person's movement is detected, it glows at full intensity. All the events that happen are synchronized with the web application through the cloud and can be accessed anywhere, anytime.