Traffic control system // digital design and implementation

In spring of '07, I took a digital electronics class in which our final project was to design and implement a traffic control system on a CPLD using VHDL. I was the team leader for our group of three, and really enjoyed working on this project - going above and beyond the requirements. I was responsible for the physical implementation and construction, and I also designed most of the circuitry. I ended up building the circuit board, as well as debugging and rewriting most of the code.

Requirements:
• design of traffic controller on a CPLD development board
• two-lane thoroughfare with left turn lane, intersected by small crossroad
• implementation on a small model

Additional Features:
• light sensors to trigger when cars were waiting in the turn lane or cross street
• 7-segment LED displays to demonstrate timing sequences
• robust logic to optimize traffic flow
• self-contained scale model with all circuitry inside and simple user interface
• idle mode, to pause execution while explaining each state of its cycle

I won't go into much detail on this one, but here are some pictures of our model.



And here is some of the code, developed in Xilinx ISE.



Our team ended up winning best design in our class (of about 10 teams), and our system is now on display in the engineering department.

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