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Traffic Light

This project uses a 555 astable circuit and 4017 counter to operate the lights of a traffic light in sequence. The 555 provides clock pulses to the 4017 counter, whose outputs determine which lights are on at a given time. The red, amber, and green LEDs light up in sequence to mimic an actual traffic light, and the duration of the full cycle can be adjusted from 7 seconds to 2.5 minutes.

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Traffic Light

This project uses a 555 astable circuit and 4017 counter to operate the lights of a traffic light in sequence. The 555 provides clock pulses to the 4017 counter, whose outputs determine which lights are on at a given time. The red, amber, and green LEDs light up in sequence to mimic an actual traffic light, and the duration of the full cycle can be adjusted from 7 seconds to 2.5 minutes.

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Tanmay Mukim
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This project operates red, amber and green LEDs in the correct sequence for a single traffic light.

The time taken for the complete red - red & amber - green - amber sequence can be varied from about 7s to about 2 minutes by adjusting the 1M preset. Some amber LEDs emit light that is almost red so you may prefer to use a yellow LED. The 555 astable circuit provides clock pulses for the 4017 counter which has ten outputs (Q0 to Q9). Each output becomes high in turn as the clock pulses are received. Appropriate outputs are combined with diodes to supply the amber and green LEDs. The red LED is connected to the 10 output which is high for the first 5 counts (Q0-Q4 high), this saves using 5 diodes for red and simplifies the circuit.

This project uses a 555 astable circuit to provide the clock pulses for the 4017 counter.

Parts Required

resistors: 470 3, 22k, 100k capacitors: 0.1F, 1F 16V radial, 10F 16V radial diodes: 1N4148 6 LEDs: red, amber (or yellow), green 1M preset, horizontal 555 timer IC, such as NE555 4017 counter IC DIL sockets for ICs: 8-pin, 16-pin on/off switch battery clip for 9V PP3 stripboard: 20 rows 21 holes

Stripboard Layout

Circuit diagram

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