MODELLING OF SMART CAR PARKING SYSTEM USING PLC

The improved lifestyle of people accompanied with an increase in the number of private vehicles has posed a problem of unavailability of appropriate parking places. This problem is a root cause of many other problems such as traffic jams and road accidents. The designing of a smart, secure and efficient parking system to tackle the problems caused by the limited parking spaces such as undesirable road fights and traffic jams are presented in the paper. In the paper, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) based system has been proposed to automate the process. The simulation studies of the designed system are also shown in the paper. The smart car parking system provides complete guidance for parking the vehicles in a particular sequence along with a proper arrangement for the security of the vehicles. The implementation of the designed system in real time can reduce parking related issues.