Generic PID control code

Technical Programming
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I was asked by Adamdb of team #1583 to post a code example of what we did to execute a PID loop. The two files, pid.c and pid.h are attached below.

in order to use a pid loop, you must do a couple of things. first, you create the data structure, for example:

DT_PID arm;

in some initialization code later, you need to initialize the constants

init_pid(&arm, 100, 10, 10, 100, 5);

(see the included file for the argument list)

then finally, you can execute the loop by doing this

pwm03 = pid_control(&arm, errorValue);

It really isnt that bad, and if you notice a lack of comments/explanation, please make a note of it. Also, this code doesnt go into the theory behind it, it only executes the theory. so if you dont know what a proportional coefficient is, then i suggest that you read this: PID without a PhD

happy control-loop-ing.

Edit: i added the default code plus the PID code for those of you who are having trouble getting started.

pid.zip (1.5 KB)
pidController.zip (206 KB)


pid.zip (1.5 KB)
pidController.zip (206 KB)

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I was going to post mine, but beside for some minor syntax differences, the drivers are identical.

Good work.

PS. It looks like the uberbots’ programmers have come a long way since I last talked to you before eliminations at UTC last year.

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Again, nearly identical PID code. I constructed mine from the PID without a PhD article as well.

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I was about to make code from PID without a PhD, but then I saw this. It’s always great to see teams post code for others to use.