In this edition of our regular Arduino and Proteus tutorials, we have once again come out with a very cool project called Automatic Stair light simulation in Proteus 8.11. This Do-it-yourself intelligent (sensor or manual activated) stair lighting from HomeMade Electronics lights up your stairs automatically when you enter the staircase area. This project saves energy and reduces your electricity bill.
The actual project (Automstair ligbht sybstem) makes use of Arduino Nano and Ultrasonic sensors. However, due to simulation and simplicity, the ultrasonic sensor has been replaced with push buttons. You can request the ultrasonic version in the comment section.
Automatic Stair Light designed and simulated in Proteus. The system detects the presence of humans and lights up the LEDs in sequential order. The real constructed system makes use of Arduino Uno and an ultrasonic or motion sensor for automatic detection.
However, I used two push buttons to construct this automatic stair light as you can see from the video below for simulation purposes which can also be physically implemented with real functional components. For code and diagram of the project with either ultrasonic sensor or motion sensor, kindly leave a comment.
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When the circuit is activated, it lights the LEDs sequentially, starting from where the user is detected. So for instance, if the user is climbing up the stairs, the LEDs will start illuminating from the base of the stairs and gradually move to the top.
As soon as the user reaches the top, the sensor detects the presence and triggers the system to turn off the LEDs again starting from the bottom.
This automatic stair light can be configured from the Arduino code to change the speed at which the LEDs transition from the ON state to the OFF. To edit the speed, you can refer to the code below:
int tOn = 300; //LED On delay
int tOff = 4000; //LED Off delay
Check the video demonstration of the project below:
If you encounter any problems, or if you need help constructing this automatic stair light project, leave a comment below.
Please Could you be so kind as to share the code and diagram of the Automatic Stair Light project with either an ultrasonic sensor or motion sensor with me?
I learn more on here about embedded systems and electronics, than anywhere else, for which I’m grateful to you.
Can you tell me the Arduino pins you want to use for the ultrasonic sensor?
Specifically, the Echo and Trigger pins. Or if you want me to decide the pins myself, let me know.
It would be best if you decided that Sir.
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i want the nature of work ….How it works?
The real system detects the presence of humans and turns ON the stairs light. When the person climbs or descends, the system automatically turns OFF the lights.