There have been lot of problems in street lights. Major problem in some places is every evening a person has to come and switch ON the street light and it should be again switched off in morning. Yes, ...

The other requirements for the project were to use a microcontroller and to keep it simple. [Vadim] chose an ATtiny2313 to handle the RC-5 IR protocol and switch the light.

An important advantage to this circuit is that the power source can range from 5 V to 12 V without seriously affecting its operation. That and the circuit’s very low current draw allow the ...