Wireless Based Secure Unmanned Railway Gate for Accident Prevention

Abstract

In everywhere at level crossing between railroad and highway, there are so many railway accidents happening due to carelessness in manual operation or lack of workers. So, these papers describes the automatic railway gate control using microcontroller for human lives and preventing major problem in railway track. Railway gate may be saved for the road user to prevent accident in terms of train speed at level crossing. It can be divided into two parts. The first part is hardware development where all electronic components. IR sensors, inductive sensors are the input components. Buzzer, light Indicator, Motor, and LCD display are output components. These are controlled by the controller circuit. The Microcontroller forms the main unit of the system. It receives input signal from the sensors and sends information to the gate motor driver for opening and closing the gate. The Input Signal will active LCD Display and alarm and indication light circuit was provided as additional part of this system. The first inductive sensors and IR Sensors are fixed at a certain distance of a gate and the second sensors are fixed at the same certain distance after the gate. The gate is closed, when the train crosses the first IR sensors and the gate is opened, when the train crosses the second IR sensors. This system deals one of the most effective Method to avoid train accidents. The second part based on software programming to operate the hardware structures. Program for railway gate control is based on PIC Microcontroller with PIC basics pro Language.