Motion-sensored LED network controls road lighting by using data from a nighttime sensor and two IR sensors to activate LEDs only when necessary. 555 timer circuits ensures the lights stay on for 90 seconds after a vehicle is detected. It's powered by energy harvested from speed bumps, where mechanical energy is converted into electricity, all regulated by a BQ24650 chip, and stored in lithium batteries.
Other Contributors: Zein Abed-Ali
Skills Acquired
- Energy storage optimization and feasibility under space constraints (mountains)
- Solution design under financial constraints in communities in crisis / on low budget
- Lighting parameters, regulations and driver comfort litterature review and design
- Back-up system design for emergency scenarios and hierarchy design for decentralization
- Sustainable energy generation, responable conusmption & minimal loss techniques implemntation
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