Thread: Tuning PID Parameters
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Unread 21-01-2012, 16:38
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Tuning PID Parameters
So I just got back from a fairly long conversation about tuning PID parameters and other closed-loop control systems, and am wondering how most of you guys do it.

The key item of debate was whether or not it would be better to tune the P gain first (that is, start with I and D gains set to zero, as per the Ziegler-Nichols method), or to algorithmically relate P and I to D and a damping factor.