Design of a low-cost streetlight monitoring system using LoRa

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dc.contributor.authorNchopereu, Genesis Tangong
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-22T13:51:53Z
dc.date.available2020-04-22T13:51:53Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionCapstone Project submitted to the Department of Engineering, Ashesi University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering, April 2019en_US
dc.description.abstractStreetlights are public goods that beautify cities, ensure safety for road users and security for city neighborhoods. A delay in streetlight maintenance jeopardizes the safety and security of many. Also, when streetlights stay on throughout the day, it wastes power and energy and increases cost. This project presents the design of a low-cost streetlight monitoring system based on LoRa technology. In the design, a Dragino LoraWAN 868MHz (LoRa/GSM) gateway module was used alongside one LoRa shied (transceiver) and an Arduino Uno. The transceiver, Arduino, sensors, and relay formed a LoRa node which was mounted on a streetlight. There is a web application at a remote-control unit with an interface that monitors every node (streetlight) connected to the system. Data about each node was sent to the gateway which uploaded it to the LoRa App server. The LoRa App server decoded the data and made it available through the RESTful API. The data on the LoRa server was accessed via the API using an HTTP integration and was displayed on the web application at the remote monitoring centre. The test LoRa node was able to send accurate information about the state of the streetlight to the LoRa server, and it was accurately displayed at the monitoring unit web interface or dashboard. The node was also able to switch on/off or dim the streetlight at the right times. Key Words: Streetlight monitoring, LoRa, MQTT, remote-control, gateway, IoTen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAshesi Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11988/532
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectstreetlight monitoring systemen_US
dc.subjectcontrollersen_US
dc.subjectLoRa technologyen_US
dc.subjectPugh Matrixen_US
dc.subjectweb-based applicationen_US
dc.titleDesign of a low-cost streetlight monitoring system using LoRaen_US
dc.typeCapstone projecten_US

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