Design and Implementation of Steering Based Headlight Control System Using CAN Bus

The Controller Area Network is a simple, well designed, highly efficient and reliable in-vehicle bus standard widely used since its development in 1983. Controller Area Network is a serial communication protocol that supports distributed real-time control in Automotive Electronics. CAN is a thrust area for the past two decades in multi-disciplinary research, encompassing various tools and concepts for solving real-time problems. In this paper steering based headlight control system using CAN bus is implemented. The model consists of a steering control unit which determines the direction of the headlight according to the changes in the steering position. The Headlight control unit is varied from −16° to +16°. The proposed model is efficient in comparison with the conventional gaze controlled headlight system in terms of reduced transmission time, the speed of transmission and provides safety to the drivers during night time.