EDN

The basics of doing PID design: Part 1 – Classical control theory

Any good athlete will tell you that the key to an exceptional performance is to imagine the task ahead and then to practice until the body can bring this imagined sequence into reality. Similarly, ...
Electronics360

Wind turbine control systems: From PID to reinforcement learning

In an RL-based control system, the turbine (or wind farm) controller is realized as an agent that observes the state of the ...
Electronic Design

Positioning a Linear Servo Motor with a PID Controller

The ABCs of PID control. Considerations for interfacing elements in the electrical circuit to accomplish those parts of the PID function for position control. Firmware code implementation.
EDN

The basics of doing PID design: Part 2 – Building PID predictive controls

The reactive controls we discussed in Part 1 are driven entirely by error. This is a bit like driving a car while looking out the back window. Your mistakes may be ...
ISA

Fundamentals of PID Control

Proportional-integral-derivative (PID) is the most common industrial technology for closed-loop control. A proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller can be used to control temperature, ...
ACHR News

Back To BASics — Control Loops

Good building mechanical design requires a firm grasp of the mechanical engineering fundamentals (thermodynamics, psychrometrics, the fan laws, etc.). The same can be said about the BAS design needed ...