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Re: blog; Motor Controller Options for 2015

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Originally Posted by cjl2625 View Post
"Onboard closed-loop PID control" for the Talon SRX? What exactly does this mean? Can you tell it to move to a certain position like a servo, or something like that?
PID stands for proportional-integral-derivative. This three dollar phrase means that for a speed control loop you can tell the speed controller to go to 2500 RPM and expect it to command the motor to go to 2500 RPM quickly, smoothly and precisely (assuming you have a rotary encoder to measure the speed at the shaft). I may not have the details quite right in this case but that's the general idea of PID for speed control.

For more on PID enter PID Controller in Wikipedia.
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