Priority System for Emergency Vehicles

Updated on 24th April 2023

An embedded systems project to prioritize emergency vehicles at traffic junctions.

Our Team

Team Ascendants, From left: Gimhani Gunasinghe, Komuthu Fernando, Haritha Hasathcharu, Nadun Rupasinghe, and Harini Kavindya

Introduction

This is our first year group project for university. This is a priority system designed for emergency vehicles such as ambulances so that they can use the console to directly control the traffic lights of the junction in front of them.

Moreover, it can also be used to notify the nearest hospital about the emergency patient along with the vitals recorded by the system's heart rate monitor, temperature sensor and pulse oximeter.

We were able to successfully simulate the system using Proteus and all the PCB designs were done using KiCAD. Unfortunately, we were not able to implement the system in real life due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methodology

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had to do this project remotely. Therefore, we were only able to simulate the system using Proteus. The development was done on Atmel Studio. We also used Blender to create a 3D model of the system. Finally, we used KiCAD to design the PCBs and the schematics. We used AWS to host the database and the backend that connects all the systems together.

Proteus Simulation for the Ambulance Console

PCB Design for the Ambulance Console

Final Thoughts

Though we did not get to implement the system in real life, we were able to simulate it and get a good understanding of how it works. We also learned a lot about teamwork and how to work remotely.

I also personally believe that we as a group learnt a lot about teamwork and helped paved the way to our success in the future.