Week 4 : Introduction of the Project

For last decade, world had witness the increment of the of fossil fuel. This led to increase the price to produce electricity. Since that, many products which utilizes alternative sources to produce electricity has been develop. Located in the equator region, Malaysia receives an equal time of day and night throughout the year. It goes without saying that, solar energy is the best renewable energy to be used in Malaysia.

Intelligent Highway Lamp Post will be using solar energy as its main source to produce electricity. Solar panel or photovoltaic cell will transform sunlight into electricity. The electricity will be used to recharge the battery, which in turn, will be used to power up the lamp post at night. A motion detector circuit, will detect the presence of vehicle.

If there is a vehicle using the highway, motion detector circuit will send information to lamp post controller to switch on the lamp. By doing this, we could prolong the life of the bulb and the battery used.