Arduino Traffic Light Project [With Pedestrian Crossing]

Arduino Traffic Light Project

Arduino traffic light

If you are looking for something easy, simple and at the same time you want to impress everyone with your Arduino then traffic light project is probably the best choice especially when you are a beginner in the world of Arduino.

We shall first see how to make a simple traffic light mechanism then to make it more interesting  add the provision of pedestrian crossing as well. This post will cover the items required, step by step procedure and final code that needs to be uploaded on the Ardunio to make it all work.

So let’s start!

Items required

Arduino Uno
Arduino board r3
10K Ohm Resistor
10K resistor
220 Ohm Resistor
resistor
Push Buttons
Connecting Wires
connecting wires

How does the traffic light system works?

In this project we will be simulating the traffic light system as in real life. The Red LED will be switched ON for 15 seconds followed by yellow and Green. Then Green will get turned OFF and yellow will be switched ON for few seconds followed by RED again and the cycle goes ON.

Now if we include the pedestrian crossing feature, the signal lights should operate to RED LED whenever someone pushes the crossing button as in real life. So instead of lights changing every 15 seconds, the light will change only when the button is activated.

Now lets learn how to put everything together.

Steps to follow

  • First let’s make the circuit for normal traffic light system without the pedestrian crossing feature. Make sure to follow the exact circuit diagram since the program is designed accordingly.
  • Circuit diagram for traffic lights arduino
  • Now that you got the first half in place, let’s add the pedestrian crossing feature with little more addition to the existing circuit diagram.
  • Circuit diagram for traffic lights arduino UNO
  • Upload the Arduino code which is made for this project. You can find the code at the bottom of the post.
  • Bingo! you are all set to test your traffic light system with pedestrian crossing.
  • NOTE: If you want to run the project without the pedestrian feature then the void loop() of the code needs to be changed with the following code :


    void loop()

    {

        changeLights();

        delay(15000);

    }

    Video

    Here is a short video which can help you to get it right:

    Arduino Code


    int red = 10;

    int yellow = 9;

    int green = 8;

    int button = 12; // switch is on pin 12

    void setup(){

        pinMode(red, OUTPUT);

        pinMode(yellow, OUTPUT);

        pinMode(green, OUTPUT);

        pinMode(button, INPUT);

        digitalWrite(green, HIGH);

    }

    void loop() {

        if (digitalRead(button) == HIGH){

            delay(15); // software debounce

            if (digitalRead(button) == HIGH) {

                // if the switch is HIGH, ie. pushed down - change the lights!

                changeLights();

                delay(15000); // wait for 15 seconds

            }

        }

    }

    void changeLights(){

        // green off, yellow on for 3 seconds

        digitalWrite(green, LOW);

        digitalWrite(yellow, HIGH);

        delay(3000);

        // turn off yellow, then turn red on for 5 seconds

        digitalWrite(yellow, LOW);

        digitalWrite(red, HIGH);

        delay(5000);

        // red and yellow on for 2 seconds (red is already on though)

        digitalWrite(yellow, HIGH);

        delay(2000);

        // turn off red and yellow, then turn on green

        digitalWrite(yellow, LOW);

        digitalWrite(red, LOW);

        digitalWrite(green, HIGH);

        delay(3000);

    }

    int red = 10;

    int yellow = 9;

    int green = 8;

    int button = 12; // switch is on pin 12

    void setup(){

        pinMode(red, OUTPUT);

        pinMode(yellow, OUTPUT);

        pinMode(green, OUTPUT);

        pinMode(button, INPUT);

        digitalWrite(green, HIGH);

    }

    void loop() {

        if (digitalRead(button) == HIGH){

            delay(15); // software debounce

            if (digitalRead(button) == HIGH) {

                // if the switch is HIGH, ie. pushed down - change the lights!

                changeLights();

                delay(15000); // wait for 15 seconds

            }

        }

    }

    void changeLights(){

        // green off, yellow on for 3 seconds

        digitalWrite(green, LOW);

        digitalWrite(yellow, HIGH);

        delay(3000);

        // turn off yellow, then turn red on for 5 seconds

        digitalWrite(yellow, LOW);

        digitalWrite(red, HIGH);

        delay(5000);

        // red and yellow on for 2 seconds (red is already on though)

        digitalWrite(yellow, HIGH);

        delay(2000);

        // turn off red and yellow, then turn on green

        digitalWrite(yellow, LOW);

        digitalWrite(red, LOW);

        digitalWrite(green, HIGH);

        delay(3000);

    }


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