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How to make a circuit of Automatic Street Light control system?

May 1, 2022 by Charles Clark Leave a Comment

The automatic street light system is very common nowadays as it provides intelligent street lighting mechanisms. It provides light automatically during the night without any human interference. These energy-saving street lights make use of incandescent lamps instead of LEDs.So here I will teach you how to make an electronic circuit for street light automation. The heart of this circuit is an LDR (Light Depended Resistor) which is connected as a potential divider with a 56K resistor. The drop across LDR is used for switching the transistor. Solar-led street lighting systems are the advanced versions of this ordinary automatic street light controller.

Circuit diagram of Automatic Street light using LDR

Components Required

  1. Rectifier power supply (Step down transformer [1A], Diodes-4, Capacitor-470μF)
  2. LDR
  3. Resistors (56KΩ,100Ω)
  4. Transistor BC187 x 2
  5. 6V or 12V Relay
  6. Bulb

Working of Automatic Street Light circuit

  • The bulb should remain OFF during the daytime and turn ON automatically during the night.
  • The unique property of the light-dependent resistor is utilized here. LDR is a variable resistor that has very low resistance in the presence of light and very high resistance in the absence of light.
  • In this circuit, we create a potential divider network with an ordinary resistor in one arm and an LDR on the other arm.
  • According to Ohm’s law (V=IR), the voltage drop across the resistor increases when its resistance increases.
  • Here the drop across LDR varies with changes in light intensity. That is voltage drop across the LDR is minimum in the presence of light and maximum in the absence of light.
  • One end of the LDR is connected to the base of a BC 187 transistor. At night, the drop is very high (> 0.6V) and it is sufficient to turn on the transistor.
  • When the first transistor is ON next one will also turn ON. Thus the relay coil energizes and the bulb will glow.
  • During the daytime, the drop is very small (< 0.6V), so the transistor remains in the OFF state.
  • The diode Df is the freewheeling diode used for decaying the energy stored in the relay coil when the circuit is switched off.

Conclusion

Automatic street light control is very popular and easy to implement in the project. Using simple LDR, transistors, and relay anyone can build this one within hours which is suitable for any project showcasing competition.

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