Thread: Alternative Method for calculating “I” term in PID
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Re: Alternative Method for calculating “I” term in PID
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Originally Posted by petek
There are a couple of good links to PID basics in this thread.
I'm familiar wit the tweak-until-right method. But I (as many students are, I believe) am clueless when it comes to calculating as was described:

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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
Turning the system on and twiddling the 'knobs' for P I and D will drive you crazy :^) All that math stuff: the bode plots, the pole/zero diagrams... it really is necessary unless you have a control system that can characterize the open loop response of the system by hitting it with step functions.
Is KenWittlief expecting high-school students to understand that? I consider myself pretty advanced for my age-group, and all that went clear over my head.