Question: Design a ladder logic program to control two sets of traffic lights used in a typical intersection where one street is busier than the other.
Design a ladder logic program to control two sets of traffic lights used in a typical intersection where one street is busier than the other. The system starts as soon as the program is activated, and continues to operate until the program is removed.
Initially, the GREEN light of the main street (SN) is ON. When there are no vehicles triggering an inductive non-contact sensor on the main street and a vehicle on the side street triggers a sensor (use as a NO switch in the PLC program), the light sequence changes. For the main street, the YELLOW light turns ON for 3 seconds, and then the RED light turns ON for 10 seconds. During this period, the cars driving on the side street (EW) can go through the intersection (GREEN light ON for 7 seconds and YELLOW light on for 3 seconds). Then, the system resets, and the sequence is repeated.
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