Thread: PID code questions
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Re: PID code questions
Everytime I see reference to a PID loop, I can't help but think it's a bit overkill for a lot of what we're doing. Control systems aren't my expertise so I'm not sure how accurate my statements are. At least for drive train applications, there seems to be enough friction in the system that you'd only need to use a proportional controller. Overshoot and oscillation just won't be large problems then. I say this because a proportional controller was working perfectly fine for us for driving to the tetra the other day. Is it just because the gain wasn't set very high? Or is it overkill?

Matt