Next-Gen Railway Crossings with IoT Solutions for Enhanced Safety and Control
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https://doi.org/10.21015/vtcs.v13i1.2086Abstract
Unmanned level crossings particularly at the railway crossing are very dangerous, and cause accidents, which are normally caused by human oversights. This study provides an IoT-based railroad crossing system, which can improve safety using a combination of the NodeMCU, vibration sensors, and Firebase to control the gates in real time. In contrast to the manual or semi-automated systems used in the past, our solution exploits the use of wireless data transmission to monitor a train that is heading towards or leaving as well as automate the operation of the gates. The system will comprise three interconnected nodes namely two vibration sensor nodes that will be located at strategic points along the track and a gate node that has the leadership of a servo motor, a buzzer and LED indicators. Sensor data of the presence of a train is sent to the gate node when it has been recognized by the firebase, which closes the gate automatically and sends alert notifications. When the train takes off, the second sensor is utilized to open the system again. Our scalable, low-cost and real-time solution is expected to dramatically decrease the number of accidents in on coming trains, as well as offer a very efficient and IoT-based alternative to the traditional gate control systems.
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