08-16-2017, 10:56 PM
automatic room light controller with bidirectional visitor counterautomatic room light control system
Often we see visitor counters at stadium, mall, offices, class rooms etc. How they count the people and turn ON or OFF the light when nobody is inside? Today we are here with automatic room light controller project with bidirectional visitor counter by using Arduino Uno. It is very interesting project for hobbyists and students for fun as well as learning.
Components
Arduino UNO
Relay (5v)
Resisters
IR Sensor module
16x2 LCD display
Bread Board
Connecting Wires
Led
BC547 Transistor
The project of Digital visitor counter is based on the interfacing of some components such as sensors, motors etc. with arduino microcontroller. This counter can count people in both directions. This circuit can be used to count the number of persons entering a hall/mall/home/office in the entrance gate and it can count the number of persons leaving the hall by decrementing the count at same gate or exit gate and it depends upon sensor placement in mall/hall. It can also be used at gates of parking areas and other public places.
This project is divided in four parts: sensors, controller, counter display and gate. The sensor would observe an interruption and provide an input to the controller which would run the counter increment or decrement depending on entering or exiting of the person. And counting is displayed on a 16x2 LCD through the controller.
When any one enters in the room, IR sensor will get interrupted by the object then other sensor will not work because we have added a delay for a while.
Circuit Explanation
There are some sections of whole visitor counter circuit that are sensor section, control section, display section and driver section.
Sensor section: In this section we have used two IR sensor modules which contain IR diodes, potentiometer, Comparator (Op-Amp) and LED s. Potentiometer is used for setting reference voltage at comparator s one terminal and IR sensors sense the object or person and provide a change in voltage at comparator s second terminal. Then comparator compares both voltages and generates a digital signal at output. Here in this circuit we have used two comparators for two sensors. LM358 is used as comparator. LM358 has inbuilt two low noise Op-amp.
Control Section: Arduino UNO is used for controlling whole the process of this visitor counter project. The outputs of comparators are connected to digital pin number 14 and 19 of arduino. Arduino read these signals and send commands to relay driver circuit to drive the relay for light bulb controlling.
Display section: Display section contains a 16x2 LCD. This section will display the counted number of people and light status when no one will in the room.
Relay Driver section: Relay driver section consist a BC547 transistor and a 5 volt relay for controlling the light bulb. Transistor is used to drive the relay because arduino does not supply enough voltage and current to drive relay. So we added a relay driver circuit to get enough voltage and current for relay. Arduino sends commands to this relay driver transistor and then light bulb will turn on/off accordingly.