TRAFFIC LOAD BASED

TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLLER

Submitted to:
Dr. Inam-ul-Hassan
Submitted by:
Muhammad Yasir (12-EE-75)
Waleed Raza (12-EE-138)
Muhammad Muneir (12-EE-146)
Dept. of Electrical Engineering,
U.E.T, Taxila

INTRODUCTION

TRAFFIC

CONGESTION IS A
SEVERE PROBLEM IN MANY MAJOR
CITIES ACROSS THE WORLD.
AN

ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC CONTROL

SYSTEM CAN BE DEVELOPED
WHERE THE TRAFFIC LOAD AND
EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARE
CONTINUOUSLY MEASURED BY
SENSORS CONNECTED TO A
MICROCONTROLLER-BASED
SYSTEM WHICH ALSO PERFORMS
ALL INTERSECTION CONTROL
FUNCTIONS.
MICROCONTROLLER

BASED
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM IS AN
APPLICATION SPECIFIC PROJECT,

DESCRIPTION
During normal time the
signal timing changes
automatically on sensing
the traffic density at the
junction but in case of
any emergency vehicle
like ambulance, fire
brigade etc., requiring
priority are built in with
RF control to override the
set timing by providing
instantaneous green
signal in the desired
direction while blocking
the other lanes by red

BLOCK DIAGRAM

MICROCONTROLLER

The AT89C51 is a lowpower, high-performance

CMOS 8-bit microcomputer
with 4K bytes of Flash
programmable and
erasable read only
memory (PEROM).
The Atmel AT89C51 is a
powerful microcomputer
which provides a highlyflexible and cost-effective
solution to many
embedded control
applications.

89C51

ROAD MAP
THIS

PROJECT IS IMPLEMENTED BY
PLACING IR MODULES AND LEDS AT
THE 4 WAY JUNCTION, THE FOUR
PATHS ARE REPRESENTED AS
E,W,N,S.
IR MODULES ALONG FOUR PATHS,
AND LEDS ARE THERE FOR
INDICATION PURPOSE.

POWER SUPPLY

BUFFER

POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT

IR SENSING
CIRCUIT

AMBULANCE RECEIVER
SENSOR

PIN1:GND
PIN2:+Vcc
PIN3:OUTPUT

AMBULANCE CAR CIRCUIT

ADVANTAGES

During normal time the signal timing changes

automatically on sensing the traffic density at
the junction but in case of any emergency
vehicle like ambulance, fire brigade etc.,
requiring priority are built in with RF control to
override the set timing by providing
instantaneous green signal in the desired
direction while blocking the other lanes by red
signal for some time.

It reduces the possibilities of traffic jams caused

by traffic lights to an extent.

CONCLUSION
By using this system configuration we can reduce the
possibilities of traffic jams caused by traffic lights to an
extent. The number of passing vehicles on the road decides
the density range of traffics and on the basis of vehicle
count microcontroller decides the traffic light delays.