Probably many people have heard of smart cities, but there are also many people who do not think of street lights, but it is an indispensable part of smart cities. At present, more and more cities around the world regard street lamp renovation as the node of the Internet of Things construction and are compatible with applications in multiple industries. For example, monitoring and saving lighting energy, finding free parking spaces, measuring air quality, security industry, etc.
1. What is an IoT smart street lamp
Smart street lights are also called smart city multifunctional integrated poles. They integrate sensors, video surveillance, emergency calls, intelligent lighting, wireless networks, information release, and charging piles. They can quickly realize street lights' intelligent perception, information transmission, remote control, etc. Functions to contribute to the process of urban intelligence is an important part of the new infrastructure.
2. Smart street light: small figure, great function
Based on the realization of smart lighting, smart light poles can expand a variety of functions, such as wireless monitoring, wireless base stations, environmental monitoring and other functions. It is the in-depth application of "smart city" and "Internet of things+" in cities, and also the realization of smart cities An effective carrier for IoT perception platform.
Smart lighting: save energy
When you are walking on a quiet and dark street, the lights behind and in front of you are always on. When approaching street lights, they will light up and gradually reach their maximum intensity; at the same time, the lights behind them will slowly dim until they go out. Even on the same road, the brightness of street lights in the first half of the night and the second half of the night will be different. In the first half of the night, when there are more vehicles and pedestrians on the road, the street lights are obviously brighter; in the second half of the night, when there are fewer vehicles and pedestrians on the road, the street lights are slightly darker. According to factors such as traffic flow, people flow, power supply status, weather conditions, etc., the brightness of the lighting is automatically adjusted without human adjustment. This is the "smartness" of smart street lights.
Smart cities can't just be castles in the sky or limited to small-scale test scenarios. To realize the interconnection and interoperability of various scenarios, it requires many efforts. How can smart street lights achieve rapid "landing"?
For the transformation of smart light poles, we must first solve the problem of changing times in infrastructure construction. From the current point of view, there are many implementation methods for smart light pole control solutions. Therefore, the reliability and safety of communication, investment costs, operating costs, convenient deployment and maintenance should be considered in the choice of street lamp communication technology. The business model is the key to the rapid implementation of smart street lights.