Development Of Crosswind Detection For Direction And Speed Monitoring System At Highway Using Android APP

The term crosswinds are mean the horizontal winds blowing at 90 degrees from the direction of travels with the speed of 12.5 miles per second. Crosswind could make a trouble when traveling on wet or slippery roads, especially during heavy rain and thunderstorms. It can make the vehicle overturning when crosswind blows through it. Windsock invisible at night can cause danger to highway users. This problem can increase the risk of being involved in the accident. To overcome this problem, the crosswind detection for direction and speed monitoring system at highway is being introduced in my final year project. The signal from speed and direction sensor will be processed by microcontroller and transmitted to the Blynk cloud. Blynk is a software or app allows a user to control microcontroller devices from a smartphone or tablet. The outputs from the microcontroller will be transmitted to the LCD screen to display the current information of crosswind and give the warning to the road users. LED light will indicate the status of the crosswind. The microcontroller will update the data to the Blynk cloud through Wi-Fi. Data stored in the Blynk cloud will be accessed by Blynk App. Users can get information about wind condition using the Blynk App. As a conclusion, this project is very useful as it will enable the road users to be aware on danger of crosswind. This project is expected to reduce an accident among the road users at crosswind area. The objectives of the project crosswind detection for direction and speed monitoring system has been successfully achieved.