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Development of Arduino Lighting System for Full Paper

Classroom Used Article history
Tan Kai Yong1, Kugaraajan Tare Malingam1, Muhammad Aizat Mohd Arfin1, Khairul Huda Received
21 July 2022
Yusof1*, Fadhilah Aman2, Norazliani Md Sapari3.
Received in revised form
1
8 September 2022
Faculty of Information Science & Engineering, Management & Science University, Shah Accepted
Alam, Selangor, Malaysia 11 October 2022
2
Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor Branch, Puncak Perdana Campus, 40150 Shah Alam, Published online
Malaysia 1 November 2022
3
School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,
81300 Johor Bharu, Malaysia

*Corresponding author: [email protected]

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Abstract
This project proposes a smart lighting system based on human presence. Pyroelectric Infrared (PIR Sensor) will be utilized to
detect the human presence and the Light Dependent Resistor (LDR Sensor) will be used to measure the surrounding light
intensity which will manage to fix the lamp light based on the surrounding light intensity. The dimmer principle is based on
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) which will control the light intensity. In this system dual modes are used, which is auto and
manual modes. In the manual mode, the system will be controlled using mobile app which will be connected through
Bluetooth to the system. Meanwhile, for auto mode, the system will operate based on the human presence in the place.

Keywords: - Arduino Uno, light intensity, automatic, manual, light system

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1. Introduction there is no need to turn off or turn on the electrical

appliances prior to departure or upon arrival in your
In today's era, energy efficient systems and devices cabin. This is the primary improvement of the projected
are the needs of the times. Humans waste too much power system. (Indeevar et al., 2017). The authors of the paper
by not turning off lights, when they're not in use. To presented the concept of home automation using IR
overcome this problem, a device was developed that can sensors and LDR. The system is connected to the Internet
be installed classroom. This device will detect the through a local area network (LAN). Development of
presence of a person and automatically turn the device on Arduino Lighting System for Classroom demonstrated
and off and controllable with phone's application using Android app through Arduino microcontroller via
(Maswoodhur, Salah & Walled, 2021). The paper also Bluetooth. Vibhuti et al. (2018) proposed a system that
discusses using IoT to control light intensity and turn uses relay control and the WAGO PLC (Programmable
lights on and off anywhere as needed (Said, Abdullah & Logic Controller) and Arduino Uno. Devices such as tube
Basir, 2020). This concept not only increase electrical lights can be switched on and off spontaneously using a
efficient, but also extends the life of light components. PIR sensor and environmental conditions. Automatic
Electricity efficiency can be increased by using the control is provided by sensor data in real-time
suggested system because electrical appliances will be implementation, while manual control is provided by an
automatically turned ON or OFF based on the presence of Android application. However, the difficulty in this paper
a human being using a PIR sensor (Kamthe et al., 2020), is the control and monitoring of devices done with an

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Arduino Uno. These operations are possible with only an presence is detected in the room, the lights will turn off
Arduino Uno. In addition, research was conducted using a for in a minute. The delay time setting depends on it
vacancy sensor (Ajay et al., 2016), which is a direct needs. Thus, due to that, the new lighting system is
replacement for standard wall switches. These sensors are proposed in this paper.
combined with passive infrared technology to detect the
presence of personnel in the room as well as voltage Table 1: Differences between ordinary room and light system
switching in a single package. If a room is left empty for room
5-10 minutes, this system will turn off the lights. These
sensors are mounted on the ceiling and have a 180 and Ordinary Room Light System Room
360 degree filed view, covering an area of up to 1000 The switch is on the wall The light system is used as a
square feet. However, these sensors have some remote control
Brightness cannot be composed Brightness can be adjusted
drawbacks, including limited range (one sensor may not according to the surroundings
cover an entire room) and the need for a lot of additional A switch is required to turn off or Automated systems to runs
wiring in the case of wired sensors. on by manually sensors.
Thus, due to that, this project was built to reduce the
limitation happen in previous paper and will be used for
classroom application, where it can detect people and turn 2. Methodology
on the lights automatically. Not only that, the lights will
go off if the user leaves the classroom. Moreover, this The architecture of the proposed system is shown in
project can detect the surrounding brightness and adjust Fig. 1. In this paper, two major components will be used,
the brightness of the lights with the surroundings replace which are hardware and software.
the light switch by using a smartphone.
The proposed project also uses an Arduino system and A. Hardware
MIT app inventor to work. Compared to a traditional
classroom, the proposed project has an automatic system The main hardware components required for this
and can control the brightness. The limitation for the project include Arduino microcontroller, PIR sensor,
traditional room is the brightness of the lights in the room Bluetooth module (HC-05), LED strip 5630, LDR sensor,
cannot be controlled and adjust the brightness with the Transistor (TIP120), Power supply 12V, cables and
surroundings. For example, if it is raining, the room will jumper wires. The overall circuit connection is shown in
look a little brighter and if it is noon, the lights will be a Fig. 1 below and component labelling are shown in Table
little bit dimmer. This function cannot be found in a 1.
normal classroom, which is user with the brightness of the
atmosphere.
The light switch in the room is opened and closed
manually with another view, that is, it does not have an
automatic system. The automatic system can facilitate us
so that we can open the lamp automatically. This is the
problem author have and want to solve it. No remote
control. This problem causes the user to always go to the
place of the switch to open or close the lamp. If there is a
remote-control system, the user only needs to use the
control to open or close the lamp in any place.
The project is suitable in rooms that use manual
switches and need to control the brightness of the lamp,
including: i. Classrooms, ii. Laboratory and iii. Meeting
Room. As mention in Table 1, for the ordinary or
Fig. 1. Overall diagram connection components with Arduino
traditional room, normally, the switch is stick on the wall,
UNO
it may cause the inconvenience of the room user to switch
on or off the light compared to the light system, which Table 1: Label component of proposed design
able to remote control the light as can determine by the
room user. Furthermore, the lack of the ordinary room A Light Dependent Resistor (LDR Sensor)
that mostly cannot be adjusted brightness of the room B Bluetooth Module HC-05
compare to the light system which able to adjust C Pyroelectric Infrared (PIR Sensor)
surrounding brightness by remote way. Furthermore, in a D Led Strip 5V
E NPN Transistor (TIP120)
common room the light required room user to turn off or
F Arduino UNO
on else the light will remain idle compare to the light
system, the room will run automatic mode when it set. B. Software
The lights will turn on or off depending human presence
via PIR motion sensor in the room. Whenever no human
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Meanwhile, for the software components as shown in

Fig. 2 (a) and (b) include Arduino IDE to program the
Arduino UNO microcontroller using C/C++ language
communication with MIT Inventor Application (Walter &
Sherman, 2015). The Arduino UNO microcontroller is the
central processing unit of the Arduino light system based
on the requirements to determine the function it needs.
The function of this microcontroller that has been
programmed with the instructions is to analyze from the
problem statements and to carry out the appropriate
functions by solving those issues.
In this project 12V LED strip are use and Arduino
board are connecting together with Bluetooth adapter,
LDR module and PLR sensor. The maximum distance of
Bluetooth is 15m. Meanwhile, for PIR sensor has a delay
time from 5 seconds to 5 minutes. PIR sensor has a
distance of 7m with 120 degrees to detect the user and
LDR module uses 5V and its sensitivity can be changed.

Fig. 3. Flow chart of development Arduino lighting system

for classroom
(a)
3. Result and Discussion

In this part, three sections will be discussed.

a) Prototype of Project

Fig. 4 shows the overall prototypes of proposed project.

Fig. 4 (a) shows, whenever PIR sensor detect human
(b)
presence, the room light will turn on. Once everyone is
Fig. 2. (a) Blocks as communicating with an Arudino UNO and left the light will turn off after 20 seconds based the
(b) build icon, name and box of the proposed project setting has set. Meanwhile, Fig. 4 (b) shows, when the
project is in the remote mode, the day light is received
Fig. 3 show the flow chart of the proposed project and the from outdoor, microcontroller will automatically adjust
description as follows: the light based on the brightness of the room.
• The system works, the circuit will perform manual or
automatic operation.
• If the system is running an automatic operation, the
system will run the PIR sensor will work and the
Arduino will run the operation.
• If the system performs a manual operation, the
system will run through the MIT app inventor and the
Arduino will run the operation.
• The Arduino will run the intensity light system
operation to turn on or off the LEDs.

(a)
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In the second analysis, a one-week data analysis and

results according to the table 3 are made. The factor might
be different if the location of the LDR sensor is place on
different area due to light spot angle. The manual control
light brightness on how much current accordingly use for
0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% for recording the results.

c) Analysis on The Brightness Control

Table 3. Comparison the brightness control versus the

current use

Brightness control in percentage Current

0% 1.97mA
25% 6.12mA
(b) 50% 9.83mA
Fig. 4 Simulation project environment (a) detect human 75% 18.2mA
presence and (b) receive outdoor light 100% 24.9mA

In Fig. 5, the user uses the MIT App to control the front From the Table 3, its shows that, by controlling the
and rear lights. Additionally, the user choose the desired brightness of the light intensity, it may result in how
light level. much current of the lamp are uses, and the greater the
current, the greater the brightness of the lamp. Most
rooms are not able to use automatic systems and control
the brightness of the lights. Therefore, in this project,
Arduino Classroom Light Up System has been produced
to overcome the problem. This project is able to facilitate
use because it has two systems, automatic and manual.
Arduino inventor to perform functions such as sensors,
Bluetooth adapters and so on.
Among the advantages of using this Arduino UNO
board is that programming is easier to do. In addition, the
inputs and outputs available on the Arduino UNO board
are also compatible with what is used. Furthermore, this
Arduino also has many inputs and outputs. Therefore, if
there are improvements on this project, the addition of the
Fig. 5: Simulation project to control the front, rear and level pin number can be done on the Arduino board without
lights changing a new board.

b) Analysis of Current Consumption 4. Conclusion

As shown in Table 2, a light intensity for how much From the conclusion, all objectives were achieved; the
current that use for the lights based on the time of day at lights were turned on automatically. Using of "PIR
9am, 12pm, 3pm and 5pm for a week is analyzed. From SENSOR" help perform the operation of opening and
the analysis, the current consumption is depending on the closing the lights in the classroom with the presence of
current time (day and night). For example, when the time people in the classroom. In addition, the brightness of the
is at 9 am, then the current consumption is around 20.3 lights has been successfully controlled with "DIGITAL
mA and when the time is at 3pm, the current consumption LIGHT INTENSITY SENSOR MODULE" according to
is around 9.7 mA. It will show that, no lighting is ON the brightness in the classroom and outside automatically
during mid-night. and manually. Mobile phone apps have managed to
function automatically and manually. With this
Table 2. Time zone for the current consumption application, all objectives have been achieved by
controlling the brightness of the lights, the lights are
Time Current (mA) turned on and off.
9am 20.3mA
12pm 14.8mA Acknowledgement
3pm 9.7mA
5pm 19.5mA The authors fully acknowledged Ministry of Higher
Education (MOHE) and MSU Shah Alam for the
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