Automatic Braking System of Train Using Zigbee Technology
Abstract
Railway is an Eco-Friendly and Popular mode of Transport in most major cities of the World. Train accidents occur normally due to safety violations resulting from ‘human errors or limitations’ and ‘equipment failures’ loosing precious lives. The Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), Govt. of India has referred Ten Train Collisions in the past for development of an efficient Train Anti-Collision system and the need for research in this field. Kokan railways have proposed and implemented an Anti – Collision System. The system did not take any active inputs from existing Railway signaling system, and also lacked two ways communication capability between the trains and the control centers or stations, hence was later decommissioned. The goal of this work is to design and implement a cost effective and intelligent full-fledged Train Anti Collision System to prevent the train collisions. We developed this system using 8051 microcontroller based on zigbee technology. Block diagram of the system is shown below.
