International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vol 9, No 3: June 2019

Automatic traffic light controller for emergency vehicle using peripheral interface controller

Norlezah Hashim (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM))
Fakrulradzi Idris (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM))
Ahmad Fauzan Kadmin (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM))
Siti Suhaila Jaapar Sidek (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM))



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2019

Abstract

Traffic lights play such important role in traffic management to control the traffic on the road. Situation at traffic light area is getting worse especially in the event of emergency cases. During traffic congestion, it is difficult for emergency vehicle to cross the road which involves many junctions. This situation leads to unsafe conditions which may cause accident. An Automatic Traffic Light Controller for Emergency Vehicle is designed and developed to help emergency vehicle crossing the road at traffic light junction during emergency situation. This project used Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC) to program a priority-based traffic light controller for emergency vehicle. During emergency cases, emergency vehicle like ambulance can trigger the traffic light signal to change from red to green in order to make clearance for its path automatically. Using Radio Frequency (RF) the traffic light operation will turn back to normal when the ambulance finishes crossing the road. Result showed the design is capable to response within the range of 55 meters. This project was successfully designed, implemented and tested.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJECE

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE, ISSN: 2088-8708, a SCOPUS indexed Journal, SNIP: 1.001; SJR: 0.296; CiteScore: 0.99; SJR & CiteScore Q2 on both of the Electrical & Electronics Engineering, and Computer Science) is the official publication of the Institute of ...