The GSM based Arduino controlled smart street illumination system with remote controlling and illuminance logging sub-systems has been developed for common streets, where street luminaires are controlled and operated manually. This system is controlled by a microcontroller and various sensors installed in the system. The street luminaires can also be used by a simple mobile phone with better planning than existing one. It can be turned off or on by sending simple messages and this system has an illuminance sensor and a real-time clock (RTC) also. As a result, the light can glow automatically just by calculating the time of the day and ambient illuminance level. Moreover, if a motion on the street in-front of installed PIR (passive infra-red) sensor is detected, it turns on the light. When there is no movement, the luminaire glows at 20 % of its maximum illuminance value. In this way, energy savings can be done. This system has another specification. It can log the illuminance values of surrounding area for entire day for few years in a simple text file with a date and time tag.
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