Vance VanDoren, Ph.D., P.E., Consulting Editor, Control Engineering
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PLCs, PACs
November 1, 2009
Sorting out PID controller differences
Back in college, I learned that the ubiquitous proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control algorithm consists of three operators or terms acting on the error signal as shown in the “Theoretical PID algorithm” graphic.
By Vance VanDoren, Ph.D., P.E., Consulting Editor, Control Engineering