One of my daughters, who is studying architecture, had to make a model of a bus stop. Her idea was to add a sunshade to the bus stop for the convenience of bus users, so I told her, let's Arduinit.

The final idea was:

a) that the sunshade will be controlled by a servo, it will contract/expand the sunshade according to the position of the sun;

b) add a rain sensor so that the sunshade expands when it rains;

c) use photoresistors to calculate the position of the sun as well as to turn on the bus stop lighting and street lighting.

By the way. I am an Arduino fan. A couple of months ago, I started to learn Arduino along with my 8 years old daughter and my 6 year old son.

Here are som photos:

You can check the new version of the proyect at: New Version

EXPANDED TECHNICAL DETAILS

Smart Urban Prototyping

This architectural model explores automated solutions for passenger comfort in modern bus stops.

• Adaptive Sun Protection: Uses a Micro Servo to drive a retractable canopy. The canopy position is controlled based on the sun's angle (calculated via a Real-Time Clock) or measured in real-time using LDR sensors.
• User Presence Detection: An HC-SR501 PIR sensor detects when people are waiting. If no one is present, the canopy retracts to save power and protect against wind damage.

Smart Features

• Automatic Lighting: When it's dark and a passenger is detected, high-efficiency LEDs illuminate the stop and the bus schedule timetable.
• Interactive Map: A small OLED or series of LEDs indicates the current location of the simulated "Bus" based on timing logic.