PID Article / Explanation I Wrote

[Guy Davidson]

In a recent conversation with a friend I mentioned the topic of PID to him. He was curious, and since he didn't really get the Wikipedia page (which confused me too before I read a few other sources) he asked me to write a quick article about it. So I did. The result is posted here and hopefuly explains some basic control theory and PID concept/programming to people who never heard about it before. I'm posting it here to see if I can get some feedback before sending it to him (he moderates a message board specifically for FIRST teams in Israel, so he's going to translate it).

Thanks for any feedback / comments,

-Guy

[Pavan Dave]

Thanks, I was actually reading Matt Krass' PID theory about five minutes ago for a project I am doing. This one looks good too and is a little easier for me to understand. Kudos!

Thanks,
Pavan.

[Guy Davidson]

Thanks! I was hoping this article can explain the concept to people who never heard about it before. I'm very glad I got it right.

-Guy

[bear24rw]

Great paper.. i would suggest adding some example code though

Nice job

[Mike]

Glad to see some more FIRSTers contributing to the community!

For reference, the paper Pavan was talking about is also very useful. Matt's goes a bit more in depth on the technical side, so I'd recommend reading it after Guy's.